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Etymology
From. The term was borrowed when Portuguese traders and missionaries first introduced velvet to Japan in the 1500s.

Noun

 * 1) velvet

Usage notes
Both 🇨🇬-derived and 🇨🇬-derived  appear to be in common use in modern Japanese. seems to be somewhat more common.

The term might also be used more often to refer to velvet made from silk.

Derived terms

 * : the velvet strawberry (actually a cousin of the blackberry):
 * : a type of duck: the velvet scoter, velvet duck, or whitewing:
 * : the velvet fern:
 * : velvet yūzen (a dyeing technique)
 * : the velvet orchid: