綺 - figured cloth, beautiful

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair

geisha

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service

pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)

neatly made

was pretty; was beautiful; was clean

there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn

elegant (speech); clear; high-sounding

fine clothes

make-believe fiction

thin twilled silk fabric

embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds)