日本語 Japanese Ask Questions Thread 6

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Japanese - Ask questions thread
http://dis.4chan.org/read/lang/1174719097/1-40

日語 Japanese Ask Questions Thread2 質問
http://dis.4chan.org/read/lang/1206158123/1-40

日本語 Japanese Ask Questions Thread 3
http://dis.4chan.org/read/lang/1267485093/1-40

日本語 Japanese Ask Questions Thread 4
http://dis.4chan.org/read/lang/1302350850/1-40

日本語 Japanese Ask Questions Thread 5
http://dis.4chan.org/read/lang/1330050873/1-40

how would one search pixiv or google when looking for ballgowns and nightgowns? looking around for the translation of former left me with a transcription of gown into katakana which for some reason yields thousands of pictures of Reimu's head and the latter left me with 寝巻 which as far as the found content goes makes me believe these are kanji for pyjamas.