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- ADZUKIEither the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.
- AIKIDOA Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
- ARAMEA seaweed, Eisenia bicyclis, used in Japanese cuisine.
- BASHOA sumo tournament of any kind.
- BENTOA Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
- BOINGA representation of the sound of something bouncing. Announcing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy. Announcing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the met
- BOKEHA subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.
- BOZOA stupid, foolish, or ridiculous person, especially a man.
- BUDOJapanese martial arts.
- BUDOSJapanese martial arts.
- BUNRAKUA traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
- BUNRAKUSA traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
- BUTOHA form of Japanese contemporary dance.
- CHADOThe Japanese tea ceremony.
- CHADOSThe Japanese tea ceremony.
- CHANOYUA traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
- CHANOYUSA traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.
- CHAYAA teahouse in Japan.
- CHIYOGAMIThe repeating pattern found in many origami papers, originally applied with wood blocks, but now mainly using silkscreen techniques.
- CHOKOA small handleless cup in which saké is served.
- DAIKONAn East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughou
- DASHIA type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
- DOHYOThe ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held.
- DOJOA training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.
- DOWNBURSTA powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.
- ENOKIAn enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes).
- FUGUBlowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
- FUGUSBlowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
- FUSUMAA vertical rectangular sliding panel, often painted or decorated, used in Japan as a door or movable wall.
- GETAA Japanese raised wooden clog, worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
- GOBANSAlternative form of gobang (“strategy game”).
- GRADUATEA person who is recognized as having completed any of various levels of education.
- HABUAny of several venomous snake species of Asia.
- HAIKAIA form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns.
- HANIWAA terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.
- HIRAGANAThe main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.
- HOMESTAYA system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.
- IKEBANAThe Japanese art of flower arrangement.
- IMARIJapanese porcelain wares (made in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari, particularly around the 17th century).
- INROA small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding small objects.
- JINRIKSHASynonym of rickshaw.
- JUDOA Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.
- JUDOGIThe uniform used for judo practice and competition, based on traditional Japanese clothing.
- JUDOKAA practitioner of the Japanese martial art of judo.
- JUDOSA Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.
- JUKUA private Japanese school offering lessons outside of regular school time.
- KAGOAn open and suspended Japanese style of sedan chair.
- KAMAA sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
- KAMIAn animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
- KANAThe hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived f
- KARATEAn Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
- KAROSHIDeath, such as from heart attack or stroke, brought on by overwork or job-related stress.
- KATAAny of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
- KEIRINA form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny.
- KIBEIA Japanese-American who is born in the United States but primarily educated in Japan.
- KIMONOA traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.
- KOGALA subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
- KOJIA substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, an
- KOMBUEdible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine.
- KOMBUSEdible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine.
- KOTOA Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn o
- KUDZUAn Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montana var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious inv
- KUMITEThe aspect of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.
- KURIThe kitchen of a Zen monastery.
- KUZUAlternative form of kudzu.
- MAIKOAn apprentice geisha.
- MASAA strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting.
- MATSURIA Japanese festival.
- MEBOSA type of sweet snack food consisting of dried apricot made into a pulp and flavoured with salt and sugar.
- MEDAKAOryzias latipes, a small Japanese ricefish, popular for use in aquariums.
- MIBUNAA leaf vegetable used in Japanese cooking, Brassica rapa nipposinica or Brassica rapa japonica
- MIKADOA former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
- MINOA traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.
- MINSHUKUA type of hotel found in Japan, a cheaper version of a ryokan.
- MIRINA form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
- MISOA thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.
- MONDOA dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
- MURANonuniformity in the luminance of a display device.
- NAPABrassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
- NETSUKEA small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes (紐通し (himotōshi)), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a co
- NIGIRIRegular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
- NIGIRISRegular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
- NIRAMIAIThe staredown between sumo wrestlers before a match.
- NISEIOne whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.
- NORIA type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
- OJIMEA Japanese carved bead worn between the inrō and netsuke.
- ORIGAMIThe Japanese art of paper folding.
- OTAKUOne with an obsessive interest in something, particularly an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga.
- PACHINKOA mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.
- PANKOCoarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.
- PANKOSCoarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.
- REIKIA Japanese form of pseudomedicine that involves transferring chi through one's palms.
- RENGAA form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together, the origin of haikai and haiku.
- ROSHIAn elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
- RUMAKIA mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.
- SADOAlternative form of chado (“Japanese tea ceremony”).
- SAMURAIIn feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.
- SASHIMIA dish consisting of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.
- SAURYA marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.
- SEITANSpecially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food.