give a sponge bath

whey

paintings of daffodils and ume flowers

(mahjong) having one's hand completely concealed; not having called any tiles

(literary) removal of evil / (medicine) dissection (surgical removal)

(literary) to remove of evil / (medicine) to dissect (surgically remove)

(history, collective, chiefly attributive) Japan and China under the Qing dynasty

period drama

a historical period where social disorder is so great due to war, disease, political disorder etc. that there is little or no cultural development; Dark Ages

anachronism