katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
knight; keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
cinnamon; cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator; go-between; flattery; flatterer
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; moon; moonlight; katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)
katsura forest; beautiful forest
Keien period (between the end of the Russo- Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912)
Katsuragawa Station (Hokkaido)
Japanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)
Cercidiphyllaceae (monotypic plant family containing the katsura trees)
cinnamon powder; powdered cinnamon bark
ogeima (in go); large knight's move
cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)
Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)