noun:

• conjunctive form; continuative form; -masu stem of a Japanese verb - Linguistics term

noun:

• Naporitan; Napolitan; Japanese spaghetti dish made with ketchup - From French "napolitain"

noun:

• kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn

noun:

• catalpa bow; spirit bow; bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood - Shintō term

noun:

• Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni); Anderson's newt; Ryukyu spiny newt; Japanese warty newt

noun:

• Lingchi; Leng Tch'e; slow torture by slicing off parts of the body

noun:

• Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化

noun:

• beautiful weather; clear and cloudless sky; clear Japanese weather

noun:

• fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia

noun:

• shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute ➜ 三味線

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

noun:

• big-footed myotis (Myotis macrodactylus); eastern long-fingered bat; Japanese large-footed bat

noun:

• Kai; Kai ken; Japanese dog breed

noun:

• phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar - Linguistics term

noun:

• habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk

noun:

• sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm

noun:

• foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese ➜ 内国人

noun:

• door (esp. Japanese-style) ［戸］ ➜ 扉
• shutter; window shutter
• entrance (to a home) - archaism
• narrows - archaism

noun:

• Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on
• to bear (guilt, etc.)

noun:

• futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor)
• round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

noun:

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate ➜ ニホンザル
• sly person - derogatory term
• idiot; hick - derogatory term
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook ➜ 自在鉤
• bathhouse prostitute - archaism ➜ 湯女

noun:

• koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
• stringed instrument ［こと］ - archaism
• zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng ［箏・筝］

noun:

• adjectival noun (Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- and tari-adjective - Linguistics term

noun:

• living room (Japanese-style)