(architecture, furniture) a baldachin; a canopy bed; a curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style shinden zukuri (寝殿造) residences of the aristocracy in the Heian period. Its origins are believed to date back to the 5th century. Often prefixed with the honorific mi (御 (michoudai 御帳台)), and sometimes abbreviated to michou (御帳). The base was a low lacquered platform about 2m x 2m in area and 39cm high called a hamayuka (浜床).

building, structure, construction, edifice

beautiful

(archaic) beautiful

(typography) a typestyle or typeface that is more design-oriented and graphical, and that deviates significantly from traditional styles such as the 五体 (gotai, “five styles”), the 明朝体 (Minchōtai, “Ming style”), the ゴシック体 (Goshikku-tai, “Gothic style”), etc.

extraordinary, unusual

emergency

very; extremely / exceedingly; tremendously

design

to design