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. acupuncture 針　hari, haritate .

Aesop fables, Greece - (Fox and sour grapes)

. ageya 揚屋 brothel .

. ajiro 網代 (あじろ) wickerwork fishtraps .



. akindo 商人 merchants in Edo .

Acupuncture - Akupunktur  and moxabustion

. akuta 芥 / アクタ, gomi ゴミ garbage, dirt .


Alzheimer, memory loss, senility, dementia ...

. ama 海女 woman divers and 海士 fishermen .

. ama 尼　Buddhist Nun, amadera 尼寺 nunnery .

Amulets and Talismans in haiku (o-mamori, fuda)

. an 庵 thatched hut - yado 宿 my humble abode .

. andon 行灯 lanterns in the home .

. aozashi 青挿 (あおざし, 青ざし) "fresh wheat sweets" .


. - Architecture - a list of keywords - .

Aristocrat, aristocrats (kuge)

aruki-gami - God of Wandering

asameshi - breakfast
Aum, A-Un, Om, Ohm  alpha and omega

. aware 哀れ Basho feels the pathos of things .


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Bamboo, including Asian Art


. Bantaroo 番太郎　flood warden in Edo.

. Barnabas Gospel, Turkey .



Beard (hige)

. Bechamel, béchamel sauce .


Beggar, begging, Bettler, tramp, hobo (lumpen)

Bell, temple bell (kane). Bronze Bell (dootaku)

. betsu zashiki　別座敷 detached sitting room .


Bible (baiburu)

Bicycle (jitensha)

. Big Bang of the Universe .

Bird droppings (tori no fun)

Birth (o-san, umu)

Birthday (tanjoobi)

. biwa 琵琶 lute Biwako 琵琶行 a Chinese poem .


Blindness, blind people

. Bloodroot flowers, Sanguinaria canadensis .


Blue, the color of sky and water

. Blues - Nuit bleue (Blue night) music .



Body (karada) and body parts

Bonsai, small pots of trees and plants

Book, reading (hon o yomu)

. bon 盆 tray, dinner tray .

Boredom, to be bored (taikutsu)

botamochi - rice cakes with bean paste

Box, auspicious box (chigibako)

Box, stationary box (bunko, tebunko)

Bread (pan)

Breakfast (asagohan, asameshi)

Bridge (hashi)

. broom　箒 hooki .


Buddha, Great Buddha. Daibutsu and Hotoke


Buddhist and Shinto Ceremonies

Buildings tall and famous, skyscrapers matenroo

. bunko 文庫 library *.

Bunraku and Joruri, puppet theater

. . butsudan 佛壇 or 仏壇 Buddhist family altar . .


. byoobu 屏風 folding screen - gin byoobu 銀屏風 silver folding screen .



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Café de Flore, Paris, France

Candle (roosoku)

Car (kuruma)

Carpenter (daiku, tooryoo)

Cartoons about haiku

. Cassoulet - slow-cooked casserole . France



. cha 茶　tea, green tea - Tee with Basho .

. chabudai ちゃぶ台 / 卓袱台 table for tatami rooms .

. chaya 茶屋 tea house, tea stall by the roadside .

chawan - tea bowl or rice bowl


Chicken (niwatori)

chigaidana, chigai-dana　違い棚 staggered shelves

. chigo 稚児　children temple acolytes *.

Child, children (kodomo). Kind, Kinder

Chindonya street band

Chinese Medicine (kanpo, kampo)

Chiyogami - colored printed paper

Chopsticks hashi

Chuugen, o-chuugen, chugen

Clay dishes - kawarake

Clock (tokei) and Time (jikan). Uhr und Zeit

Clouds (kumo) . Sea of Clouds (unkai)



Coffee, Tea, Iced Coffee (koohi)

Colors of Traditional Japan. Introduction

. Comet Panstars .


Computer and Haiku

Cosplay, costume play

Cotton wrapper cloth (furoshiki)

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. daifukuchoo 大福帳 account book .
..... kayoichoo、tsuuchoo 通帳　credit account book

Daiji ... important, serious ... so much depends

. daimyoo, Daimyô 大名 Daimyo, Lord of a Domain .

. dairibina 　内裏雛 "Emperor Dolls" for the Hina Doll Festival * .

. daitoko 大徳 "high priest", monk, abbot ... .

Dance, Dancing (mai, odori, kagura)

Darkness (kure)

Dawn (asahi, yoake)



Dead body, deceased person, hotoke

Delicacy , delicacies (chinmi)

Demosthenes, Greece

Dentist, toochache, Zahnweh

Departure, parting with friends (wakare)


Dice (saikoro) and gambling


Dog (inu)

. dokan 土管 earthen pot from Tokoname, 土管坂 Dokanzaka road .

. dokuro 髑髏(どくろ) skull .



Donburi meal with rice with a topping in a pot

doomori 堂守 temple warden
doomori no ue-wasuretaru hechima kana

Door curtain (noren)

. dooshin, dōshin 　同心　Doshin, police officers in Edo .

. doozen 銅山 Dozan, copper mine .

Dragon, including Asian Art

Dream, dreaming (yume)

Dried food (kanbutsu)

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eboshi　烏帽子 hat of a courtier


. Echigoya, Echigo-ya 越後屋 Echigo store in Edo .

. . Edo 江戸　the Samurai Capital . .


EGO and Haiku. Riddles

Earthen pan or plate (hooroku)

Earthquake (jishin)

Elephant (zoo)

Elevator, escalator

Embankment, dike, levee (dote, tsutsumi, teiboo)

eta - outcast, lowest rank in Edo society

Evening (yuugata, hi no kure)

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FOOD TOPICS for haiku ... a LIST  WASHOKU


Face (kao, tsura)

Faith, belief, prayer, religion

Famine (kikin) in Japan

Fart, farting (he) and KAPPA, the Water Goblin



Field (hatake, tanbo)

Fish, as kigo and others

Fishing (tsuri)


. Flamenco . 　　


Flower and Hana, a Japanese problem

Flute (fue, yokobue). Drums (taiko)

Folk toys and traditional handicraft

Fortune-telling, (mikuji) fortune cookies

Four directions, north south east west

Fragrance bag, sachet (nioibukuro)

Frankenfood, frankengrass, frankenrice

. fude 筆 brush for writing .


Fukusuke, the eternal servant

.furiuri, furi-uri 振売 peddlers, hawkers, salesmen .

. furumono dana 古物棚　dealer of old things .

. Furusato : Home village, home town, home land
(furusato ふるさと　故郷、古里) Heimat .

. futon 蒲団 Japanese bedding. mino futon 三幅布団 / 三布蒲団 narrow matress .


. fuuga, fūga 風雅 Fuga. elegance, refinement - Aesthetics and Basho .

. fuugetsu, fūgetsu 風月 the beauty of nature .


. futsukayoi 二日酔い/ 宿酔 hangover .






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. gaijin bochi gaijin-bochi cemetery for foreigners - Yokohama .

gaki - hungry ghosts

Gambling (bakuchi)

. Gangnam Style in Korea - dancing and lifestyle .

Garden, Japanese Garden, Temple Garden, Zen Garden


Genji Monogatari, the tale of Genji

Gesture (tetsuki, mudra)

Geta, wooden sandals of Japan


Ghosts (yookai, bakemono, yuurei). Monster, Demon, Devil

Glass beads, beads (tonbodama, tombodama)

Global warming

Go, a board game, Igo

Goats (yagi). Kenya

. gobyoo 御廟 imperial mausoleum .

. Golem - and Prague .


. goki ichigu 五器一具 one set of begging bowls .

. Gokuraku　極楽 the Buddhist Paradise and Namu Amida Butsu　南無阿弥陀仏 .

. gokutsubushi 穀つぶし, 穀潰し, ごくつぶし a person without a job or income .

. Goshiki 五色　 "Five Colors" .

. Gosho　御所 the Royal Palace, Kyoto .

. gosun kugi 五寸釘 a nail of 5 SUN - to curse someone .

. goten 御殿 palace, manor - tonozukuri 殿造り .


Graves (haka). visiting graves ( haka-mairi)
- - - - - Graveyard warden (onboo)

Groundbreaking ceremony for a new building

Guitar Gitarre

Gyoza, gyooza, Chinese dumplings



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. ha 歯 tooth, teeth .

. hachi takaki, hachitataki 鉢叩き　ceremony for Saint Kuya .
- - - . hachitataki and natto 納豆　fermented beans.

. hafu 破風 gable, gables .



. haikai 俳諧 - hokku 発句 - .


. hakama 袴　Hakama formal trouser skirt .

Hakata Doll (Hakata ningyoo)

. hakkei 八景 Eight Views, eight famous scenic spots .

. Hallelujah songs - Canticle of the Sun .


. han 小藩 feudal domain, shoohan 小藩 small domain .

Hangover (futsukayoi)

. haori 羽織 men's coat .


. harakiri 腹切り ritual suicide .

Harassment (hara, harasumento)

. hari, ryoo 梁 beam, crossbeam . 　　

Hat, Straw hat, hood. Kasa, booshi, zukin...

hatago, lodging on the road

hatobue, pigeon flute


Head mound, tomb for a severed head. Kubizuka 首塚

Heart Pond (kokoro no ike)

. hei 塀 wall (of a temple) .
- - - dobei 土塀 mud wall, sujibei 筋塀
. . . . hei 塀 wall of a garden - kakine 垣根 hedge, fence .

. hei no yane 塀の屋根 wall with a roof .

. hell, hades 　地獄　jigoku - and more keywords of HELL .

Hermit, mountain hermit (sennin)

. heso no o, hozo no o 臍の緒 umbilical cord .

. Hida no takumi 飛騨の工 / 飛騨の匠 craftsman from Hida .

higasa - parasol, summer umbrella

Higgs boson particle

. hijiri, hijiri kozoo 聖小僧　mendicant monk, "holy man" .

. Hikawa Jinja 氷川神社 Shrine in Akasaka 赤坂 . Tokyo

Hiking, Walking, Trecking

. hinokigasa 檜木笠 hat made of cypress bark .

. hioke 火鉢 Hibachi, Braziers 　 .

. hisashi, itabisashi 板庇 planks of the eaves.



. hoiro 焙炉 stove to dry green tea leaves .

hokori 埃 dust

. hokutoo 北斗 the Big Dipper, the Plough .

Homeland, Hometown (furusato)

Honey (hachimitsu), the sweet taste ...

hoojoo-e, Hojo-E - Ceremonies for the Release of Living Beings

Horse (uma). Various Kigo with this animal.
- - - - - Horse meat, raw (basashi)


. hotoketachi 仏達　Buddha statues .


Hot Drinks / Cold Drinks

Hot spring, spa (onsen)

Hotel (hoteru, ryokan)

. hoya 穂屋 "shrine hut with a thatched wall" .




- - - - - Humanity and Observance

Hunger, famine

. Hurling - game of ancient Gaelic origin, .


Hut, thatched hut, hermitage (iori, an)

Hyakudo mairi - -  100 prayers circuit (in a temple or shrine)

Hyperborea



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I, the first person in haiku. watakushi, ore ...

- - - - - INDIA has many regional HAIKU topics


Ikat kasuri weaving

Ikebana, Flower Arrangement

. ikizue 息杖 - tsue 杖 walking stick of a porter .

. ikkanbari 一閑張 Ikkanbari laquer from Matsuyama .


Illness, disease (byooki). Hospital Stay

. imayoo 今様 popular songs .

. imo no kami 痘瘡の神 deity of smallpox .

Important things (daiji)


Ink painting (sumi-e)

Inkstone, ink-stone (suzuri)

. inkunshi 隠君子 man of little worth, watchman .

. inroo, inrō 印籠 Inro, pillbox, pill box .

. iPhone - アイフォーン .

. iori, an 庵, yado　宿 my humble abode, thatched hut .

. iroha　いろは　the Japanese alphabet .

. irori 囲炉裏 sunken hearth, fireplace .

. isaribi, kagaribi 漁り火 fire to lure fish .


ishizue - corner stone, stone foundation


. Izakaya, 居酒屋 public drinking house, Kneipe .

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Jam and marmalade (Marmelade)

Jewellery, bracelets, bangles, anklets


. jinbe, jinbei 甚平　light summer robe .


. jizaikagi　自在鈎 pothook, Kesselhaken .

. Jizo Bosatsu (Kshitigarbha) 地蔵菩薩 Jizoo .

jookamachi　城下町　castle town
. Matsuyama . Edo, Kanawaza . . .

. joomae 錠前 locks of Edo .

jooroku 丈六 Joroku Buddha Statue .


Judgement, Duality, Yin and Yang


. jusha 儒者 Confucian scholar .


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. kabuto 甲 helmet of a samurai .

. kadomatsu 門松　pines at the gate .

. kagami 鏡 mirror .

kago - palanquin, sedan chair

. kaisan 開山 temple founder and 開山堂 hall .

Kaiseki . Japanese Food for the Seasons

. kakekoo かけ香 hanging fragrance bag .

. kaki, kakine 　垣根　hedge, fence .
kakoi 囲い, saku さく. hei 塀 - garden wall

. kama 鎌 sickle to cut rice .

. - kami 神 japanese Shinto deities - . - and Matsuo Basho

. kamidana 神棚　household Shinto altar, "shelf for the Gods" .

. kamigaki 神垣 "Fence of the Gods", fence of a Shinto shrine .

. kamiko 紙子　 paper robes .

. kami no kao 一言主 face of the deity Hitokotonushi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 .

. kannushi　神主 Shinto priest . 　　

. kane　鐘 temple bell .

kanreki, manroku - 60th birthday

. kaoo, kaō 花押 Kao official signature .

. kapitan カピタン　Kapitein, Captain, Dutch Delegation .

. karakuri ningyoo からくり人形 mechanical dolls .

. karakusa 唐草　/ からくさ　Karakusa art motives .

Karma - - fate, a Buddhist concept
tashoo no en　他生の縁 karma relations

karuta - card games and other games

. karakoromo から衣　robes from China .

. kariginu 狩衣 hunters gear, hunters robes .

. karo toosen 夏炉冬扇 to be useless -- like a stove in summer, a handfan in winter


. kasa 傘 umbrella, paper umbrella, karakasa .

. kasa 笠 hat, traveller's hat, straw hat .

kasugai 鎹 / かすがい clamp, cramp, cleat, staple

. katabira 帷子 light linen dress .

. katsuo uri 鰹売 vendor of skipjack, bonito fish monger .


. kawa　川　river, rivers .

. kawara 瓦 /　かわら roof tiles .

. kazarinawa 飾縄 rope decoration for New Year .



. kesa 袈裟 kasaya monk's robe .

. keshizumi 消炭 (けしずみ) ash to extinguishing the fire .


Kettle, tea kettle, water kettle, chagama, tetsubin


- - - - - Kigo (and haiku) as Topics for Haiku !
- - - - - . - - kigo and kidai 季語（季題）- - .


. - - kire 切れ　and kireji 切字　- - cut and cut markers - .



Kimigayo, kimi ga yo 君が代 the Japanese Anthem

kimono and other robes

. kindachi 公達（きんだち）nanshoku、danshoku 男色 homosexuality .

. kinu, koromo きぬ　- 　衣 scented kimono .

. kinuta 砧 fulling block .

kiseru - tobacco pipe in the Edo period

. kitsune 狐 fox and Fox Deity (Inari　稲荷） .


Knife, knives (hoochoo, waboochoo, wabocho)

Koan, educational story in Zen Buddhism

. Kobayashi Issa and Cultural Keywords .

. kobiki uta 木挽唄 song of the timber cutters .

kobiru, ko-biru "littel lunch" snack


.　koie, ko ie, ko-ie 小家 small house / oya 小屋 .

kojiki, konjiki - beggar

. Kojiki 古事記 "Records of Ancient Times" .

Kokeshi こけし wooden dolls

. koma 駒 - uma 馬 - Japanese horses .

. Komabune 高麗舟 Korean Ship - (Koorai 高麗 Korea) .

. kometsuki 米搗き professional rice grain pounder .


. komorido 籠人 / 籠り人 person in retreat .


. koo 香 incence, kakekoo かけ香 .

. koogoo 香合 Kogo, incense container .


koozui, flood, flooding


. koshi no wata 腰の綿, 腰綿 "cotton wrapper around my hips" .

. kosode 小袖　short-sleeved kimono .


. kotatsu 火燵 heated table for winter .

. koto 琴　 Koto zither .  - kotobako　琴箱　box for a koto


. Kumasaka 熊坂 a Noh play - Noo 能 Noh-Performance .

. kunchi, kunichi 九日 - okunichi (おくにち) "Honorable Day with a Nine" .

. kura 蔵 storehouse, warehouse .

. kuri 庫裏 temple kitchen .

. kusamakura, kusa makura 草枕 pillow stuffed with grass .

kusa - weeds, small plants - mugura cleavers
. kushi くし -　櫛 comb, hairpins .

. Kutsuki bon 朽木盆 tray from the Kutsuki region - Tray, trays 盆 bon .


. kyara 伽羅 special wood for incense .

. kyooku 狂句 Kyoku - comic verse, crazy verse .



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Labyrinth, Maze, Mandala

Lake, Pond (ike)

. Lakota Sioux Dancers - The Black Hills & Badlands .


Large portions (yamamori)

Laugh, smile (warai, hohoemi)


Letter, Mail (tegami, yuubinbutsu)

Ley line, geological formations


. lighthouse - toodai　灯台 / 燈台 .

Life, my life, my fate (mi no ue)

Light, lights

Lip, lips (kuchibiru)


Lodgings, inn (hatago)

Loincloth (fundoshi). Hip-wrapper (koshimaki)

Loneliness (sabishisa)

Lottery (takarakuji), lottery ticket

Love (aijoo)

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. machi ishi, machi-ishi 町医師 doctor of the town - Medicine in Edo .

. makie, maki-e 蒔絵 gold-silver laquer work .

. makuwa melon 真桑瓜 makuwa uri .

. maku-yu 幕湯 hot spring curtain .


. mamori, o-mamori まもり -　お守り　amulets and talismans.

Manekineko, beckoning cat

Manhole (manhooru)

Manners of Edo

Manure, shoveling manure, raking manure

. manzai 万歳 Manzai performance .

marionetto マリオネット marionette, puppet

Marishiten, Marishi-Ten

. Mars, the planet 火星 kasei .

. masu 枡　 measuring box .

- - - - - - - - . masu 枡　container for ritual sake .


matsu - pine



. Maya 摩耶 Mother of Buddha and Maya Temple .

. mayuhaki, mayu haki 　眉刷毛　 eyebrow brush .




Meditation, Zen Meditation

. megane 眼鏡 glasses, spectacles - Brille .

. meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】 nether world .

. men 面　- 能面 Noh mask .

Mentaiko, marinated roe of pollok

Meoto tablewear for couples

meshi - cooked rice

Metaphor in Haiku


Midnight (mayonaka)

Mikoshi - festival float, palanquin

Minaret  - a feature of Islamic mosques

. mingei 民芸 folk art and 民芸館 Museum .

minomushi - bagworm

. mino to kasa 蓑と笠　Mino raincoat and rain hat .

Mirror (kagami)

Misery, human misery, pity

. miyako 都 the capital of Kyoto　京都　 .

. miyamori 宮守 shrine warden .


mokugyo - fish gong for prayers

. momi suru 籾する hulling rice, polishing rice .

. Monday's Child .

. Moon pie and Royal Crown Cola .


. "Morning Glory" cloud formation . 　

Morning market (asa ichi)

Morning star, evening star, venus

Mortality (shi ni yuku)

Mountain (yama) Peak (gake) hill (oka)


. - mu 無 emptiness - nothingness - kyo 虚 emptiness .


Museum, Exhibition, Gallery

. mushiro 筵 portable floor mat .

Music (ongaku)
My country, my province (waga kuni)

. myoobu, myōbu 命婦 Myobu, Heian court lady and kitsune　狐 fox messengers .




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. nagezukin, nage zukin 投頭巾 square hood / hood, zukin 頭巾 .

. naginata 薙刀 / 長刀 / 眉尖刀 Japanese halberd .

Nail (kugi, kui)

. namakokabe　海鼠壁 special "namako" walls .

. nanshoku、danshoku 男色 homosexuality .

. Naracha 奈良茶 Basho and the importance of haikai .

Native American Women Warriors



Neck, nape (bon no kubo)

. needle 針 hari - needlework 針仕事 harishigoto .

. Nem (Vietnamese: món nem) saussage .
- and nuoc-mâm sauce

. nenbutsu 念仏 Nembutsu Prayer to Amida Buddha .

. nenohi, ne no hi 子の日 day of the rat .


Netherworld, the other world (meido)


nikui - to hate

Ninja, Shinobi and Haiku

Nioo 仁王 Nio, Deva Kings

. nokogiri 鋸 saw .

nomi - flea, fleas

. noo 能　Noh theater and Basho .

. nookyoochoo 納経帳 Nokyo - Pilgrim's stamp book .


. noren, nooren, nōren 暖簾 door curtain .

Nose (hana)

. Notre-Dame University .  France




. nukamiso tsubo 糠味噌壷 pot for fermented Miso paste .


- - - - -  Numbers used in Haiku, two and more

Numbers, also used in kigo

Nun, Buddhist nun (ama, bikuni)



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Official, bureaucrat (yakunin)

. ohitaki, o-hitaki 御火焚 great Bon-fire in Kyoto .

. oi 笈 backpack of the Edo period .

Old people, senior citizens, getting old, growing old


Olympic games

. okoraago 御子良子 Okorago, Shrine maidens at Ise .


. Omeikoo 御命講 Ceremony for Saint Nichiren.

. Omizutori ceremony in Nara .

. omotenashi, o-motenashi おもてなし　/持て成し service, treating guests .

ongaku - music

. onmyooji 陰陽師 (おんみょうじ) (? inyôshi) On-myo Yin-Yang fortune teller .


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. onsen 温泉　hot spring .


. oogi 扇 handfan .

. ookawa 大鼓, taiko 大鼓, daikoo 太鼓 big drum .

. Oomigaya 近江蚊帳 kaya mosquito net from Omi .


. Ootsu-e 大津絵 Otsu-E, paintings from Otsu .

Origami, folding paper, folded paper

. o-teuchi, oteuchi 御手討 death penalty with a sword cut .

. oya kookoo, oyakookoo 親孝行 filial piety,
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Pachinko pinball game

Pagoda (too) stupa

Pain, physical pain (itami)

Palanquin (kago) sedan chair

Pandora and her box, Greece

Paper torn to make pictures (chigiri-e)

Paperweight (bunchin)


- - - - - . Paradise - Gokuraku　極楽　- The Buddhist Paradise .
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Parents' day (Elternsprechtag) - Germany


Peace (heiwa)

Pearls, mother-of-pearl (shinju)

Pencil (enpitsu)


Pigeon, pidgeon, dove (hato)

Piggy bank (chokinbako)

Pilgrim's stamp book (nookyoochoo, shuinchoo)

Pissing, pee (shooben, shomben)

. Pithecanthropus erectus - Java Man .


. Pope Francis I .  elected on 13 March 2013.



Pottery, Plates and Pots in Haiku

Power-Stones, Stones and Stories ...


Prayer Wheel (maniguruma)

Prostitute, courtesan (oiran)



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