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maximum carrying capacity

low-class prostitute who was kept in a sort of cage at the front of the establishment (Edo period)

iron-reinforced warships built by Oda Nobunaga

crystal lattice

crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony

international index

crystallization differentiation

prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)

sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew

(taking a) spectacular photograph

water of crystallization

heir to the throne

crystalline material

guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)

first snow to settle on a mountain

severe (personality)

Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)

display box (for products)

laudation

meridian flow (in traditional Chinese medicine)

prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)

prostitute of the second rank (below the tayū; Edo period)

thoughts

office (usu. for construction, maintenance, services, etc.)

result of one's blood, sweat, and tears

clear glass

perfectly clear mirror

heat-resistant glass (e.g. Pyrex)

desolate (e.g. plains)

unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)