Commoners were only allowed to wear clothes in subdued colours, such as blue, brown or grey.
庶民は青色茶色鼠色と言った地味な色の服しか許されませんでした。
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I'm going to go on a sun-set cruise in the Tokyo bay on the Symphony classika tomorrow. I have got on that ship before, but it's a long time ago. So I'm looking forwared to going there.