mud and tile wall topped with tiles
glossy silk cloth; degummed silk cloth
muddy colored lipstick or rouge
neri yōkan; firm adzuki-bean jelly
Nerima daikon (variety of daikon with a long, thick root)
(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
mustard paste; English mustard
kneaded sweet; confection made by combining powdered or granular ingredients (e.g. rice flour, sesame seeds, sugar) with a liquid or sweet bean paste and kneading the resulting mixture
boiled fish-paste products
miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat
rammed earth; pisé (de terre); paste (for making pottery)
seasoned sea urchin egg paste
dyeing of degummed silk; dyeing of raw silk at the same time as degumming