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high-quality glossy white habutai silk

to put in a word for

to spare oneself (the trouble)

tree swayed by the wind

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

to have become worn

for the benefit of both parties

discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)

to invite

waisted drum

anniversary of Shiki Masaoka's death (September 19)

Maratha Confederacy

history of poetry (esp. Chinese)

extractor (rifle)

center versus periphery theory

to be visible through

polyunsaturated fatty acid

special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi)

egg-laying hen

perpendicular distribution

Kushan dynasty (of India; approx. 60-375 CE)

Okuninushi

achievement of one's goal

a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)

white powder for use on the neck (e.g. by geisha)

thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)

chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly (esp. of species Atrophaneura alcinous)

curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture)

wedding hall

fluorescent color