noun:

• Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode ➜ 律旋

noun:

• Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode ➜ 律旋法

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

noun:

• confusing song or poem (esp. used derogatorily to describe a style of middle-age Japanese poetry popularized by Fujiwara no Teika) - obscure term

expression:

• you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese? - slang

noun:

• crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish ➜ ニホンザリガニ・アメリカザリガニ

noun:

• orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

noun / ~する noun:

• kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ➜ 音読み

noun:

• (Japanese) National Defense Council (1956-86) (Defence)
• National Security Council (USA)

noun:

• tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)

noun:

• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) - colloquialism ➜ 斑猫

noun:

• Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree ➜ 梧桐

noun:

• Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya ➜ 和紙

noun:

• traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary
• fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

noun:

• koban; small former Japanese oval gold coin ➜ 大判

noun / ~の noun:

• oval ➜ 小判型

noun:

• small size (of paper) ➜ 判【はん】

noun:

• kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose
• bright golden yellow - abbreviation ➜ 山吹色
• gold coin

noun:

• shiba (Japanese breed of dog); shiba inu; brushwood dog

noun:

• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

noun:

• Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis

noun:

• flag with a red circle on a white background
• the Japanese flag ➜ 日章旗

noun:

• Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect) ➜ 法相【ほっそう】

noun:

• willow-leaf arrowhead ［やないば・やなぎば］
• part of a Japanese stirrup ［やないば・やなぎば］
• willow leaf ［やなぎば・りゅうよう］ - original, literal meaning

noun:

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