noun:

• Murakami Fund (Japanese investment fund)

noun:

• overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)

noun:

• Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)

noun:

• hypothetical form (of verbs and adjectives in modern Japanese) - Linguistics term ➜ 已然形【いぜんけい】

noun:

• Velcro (from Magic Tape - Japanese name for Velcro)

noun:

• spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

noun:

• Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Japanese-Portuguese dictionary, published 1603-1604)

noun:

• Kounin-Jougan period (of Japanese art history, approx. 794-894 CE)

noun:

• Dodompa (a rumba-like Japanese musical genre popular in the 1960s)

noun:

• (in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country; wild man

noun:

• spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)

noun:

• blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.) ➜ 七味唐辛子

noun:

• women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); comfort women [literal] - euphemism ➜ 従軍慰安婦

noun:

• (Japanese) Monopoly Bureau

noun:

• New Party Nippon (Japanese political party)

noun:

• subsidiary adjective (in Japanese); auxiliary adjective - Linguistics term

noun:

• Shonan Gold (hybrid Japanese citrus)

noun:

• Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis (Japanese fossil species of crocodilian)

noun:

• speaking (generally related to learning English)

noun:

• pacifist constitution (often applied to the Japanese constitution); constitution which outlaws use of arms ➜ 日本国憲法

expression / adjectival noun:

• crumpled up (of a face; like the face of a Japanese spaniel while it's sneezing) - humorous term

noun:

• Liberal League (Japanese political party, 1994-2005)

noun:

• blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

noun:

• (English) bluebell

noun:

• Daijisen (major Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)