noun:

• The Circle of Rainbow Light; Japanese religious group based on the teachings of Aum Shinrikyo ➜ オウム真理教

noun:

• the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)

noun:

• the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)

noun:

• Japan and (South) Korea

~の noun:

• Japanese and (South) Korean

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• American
• American coffee (weaker than regular Japanese coffee) - abbreviation

noun:

• black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine

noun:

• yodan verb conjugation; verb conjugation of classical Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 五段活用

noun:

• Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki

noun / ~する noun:

• massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage)

noun:

• masseur; masseuse; massager - sensitive
• blind person (as many were traditionally massagers) - archaism - colloquialism

noun:

• firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys) - From Dutch "ransel"

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

noun:

• obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

noun:

• semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s

noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】
• late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district ➜ 洒落本

noun:

• wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree

noun:

• inspection of a completed facility (esp. of radio stations as required under Japanese law); completion inspection

noun:

• guidepost; signpost
• guide; manual; handbook
• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) ➜ 斑猫

noun:

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

noun:

• unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern - obscure term - obsolete term - archaism

noun:

• Keien period (between the end of the Russo-Japanese War and the Taisho Political Crisis, approx. 1905-1912 CE)

noun:

• ripple; ring on the water
• repercussions
• Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound - Music term

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu"; "ga" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "zu"; "za" column or row of the kana syllabary

noun:

• classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "dzu"; "da" column or row of the kana syllabary