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var. of taro with long purple stalks

Chinese-style ritual saddle

tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice

karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

China-made thread or yarn

Karatsu ware; Karatsu porcelain

sliding door covered with thick patterned paper

pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)

tang cai (Brassica rapa var. toona)

karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

arabesque; scrollwork

Sanguisorba hakusanensis

Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo

Word usually written using kana alone

apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

Prunus persica var. densa (Chinese variety of peach)

castor oil plant (Ricinus communis); castor oil bean

miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)

gibberish

very sudden; very abrupt

trident maple; acer buergerianum

tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)

kara flowering quince (Chaenomeles lagenaria)

star anise (Illicium verum)