noun:

• mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.)
• Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)

noun:

• dropping; losing - abbreviation
• missing item; something one forgot to write down
• trap
• wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
• conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け

noun:

• area in Tokyo
• Japanese government departments (euph)

noun:

• prisoner; captive; prisoner of war
• Emishi allied with the Japanese during the Nara and Heian periods ➜ えみし

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the United States

noun:

• term used to refer to Japanese-American children (nisei) who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling

noun:

• famous sword; sword blade by Masamune
• sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844) - colloquialism

noun:

• buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
• soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles ［そば］ ➜ 蕎麦切り

noun:

• chimney - archaism ➜ 煙突
• kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe

noun:

• going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth - idiom
• itachigokko; Japanese children's game - original meaning

noun:

• mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)
• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun:

• snow boots - esp. 雪靴
• yuki-gutsu; traditional Japanese snow boots made of straw - esp. 雪沓

noun:

• right; right hand side
• afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing; above ➜ 右に同じ

noun:

• clothing; clothes
• kimono (or other trad. Japanese clothing)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• betterment; improvement
• kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement) - often written カイゼン - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• union; alliance; combination

noun:

• RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) - abbr of 日本労働組合総連合会

noun / ~する noun:

• autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour)
• leaves turning red; red leaves ［こうよう・紅葉］
• leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves ［こうよう・黄葉］

noun:

• (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum) ［もみじ］ ➜ 以呂波紅葉
• venison ［もみじ］ - colloquialism
• layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors ➜ 紅葉襲

adjectival noun / noun:

• big; large; drastic; substantial Antonym: 小幅

noun:

• full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing) ➜ 小幅・中幅

noun / suffix noun:

• quotient - Mathematics term ➜ 積
• dealing; dealer; store
• second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• Shang (dynasty of China) ➜ 殷

noun / suffix noun:

• angle
• square (or cube)
• bishop - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 角行【かくぎょう】
• third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) ➜ 五音
• Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 角宿・二十八宿【にじゅうはっしゅく】・蒼竜【そうりょう】
• jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan) ➜ 元【げん】

noun:

• way of standing
• dancer (in a Japanese dance performance) ➜ 地方【じかた】

noun:

• daily output
• Nissan (Japanese car company) - abbreviation

noun:

• Imperial reign
• Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)

noun:

• roux (mixture of butter and flour used to make sauces); sauce made from such a mixture - From French
• (Japanese) curry powder; curry sauce made from this powder

noun:

• half
• biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage - from "half blood" - sensitive

noun:

• Napoleon
• napoleon (Japanese card game)