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latest (fashion, hairstyle, etc.); up-to-date

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cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

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Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

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pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk

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figured satin

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glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

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snowy; covered in deep snow

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valley; ravine; glen; gorge

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to weave

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silk goods

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88 years old; (arch.) rice

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mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

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dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

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dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)

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stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

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grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult

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(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy

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to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

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to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

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weave; weaving; woven item

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snowflake-shaped family crest

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troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

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undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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small pine; young pine

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(silk) crepe

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gentian blue; salvia blue

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obi sash

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Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family

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incense

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pattern made from chrysanthemums with disordered petals (esp. used on family crests)

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a set; a suit

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dyeing; printing

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to dress up

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mere; only a ...

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unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable

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chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

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pushy; pushing; self-assertive

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to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)

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liking; taste; choice

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

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several years; a few years

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receiving; receipt

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embroidery; sewing

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to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order

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kimono fabrics shop; draper

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street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper

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carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

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flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

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