noun:

• bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza) - obscure term ➜ 萩
• Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo) ➜ 芭蕉

noun:

• scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert of Japanese maths ➜ 和算

noun:

• noh flute (transverse bamboo flute with seven holes; approx. 39 cm long)

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa) ➜ 唐行き【からゆき】

noun:

• hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.) ➜ 片仮名

noun:

• early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian - From Portuguese "cristao"

noun:

• the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone

noun:

• Yellow Cab - trademark
• Japanese woman who readily sleeps with foreign men (sometimes a stereotype of all Japanese women) - slang

noun:

• Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion
• sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek - abbreviation

noun:

• Japanese-style business management; adoption of Japanese business practices (such as lifelong employment, seniority-based promotions, etc.)

noun:

• Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker

noun:

• proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant

noun:

• Kumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)

noun:

• word of Japanese origin; native Japanese word

noun:

• Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden

noun:

• Japanese style restaurant; Japanese style dining hall

noun:

• Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
• lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) ➜ 竹【たけ】・松【まつ】

noun:

• Pleiades (in Greek mythology)
• Pleiades; the Seven Sisters - Astronomy term ➜ プレアデス星団【プレアデスせいだん】

noun / ~する noun:

• being lost for words; becoming speechless
• jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) ➜ 五言絶句・七言絶句

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• septennial; recurring every seven years

noun:

• Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)

noun:

• Japanese children's game
• preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders - sensitive

noun:

• Japanese ball game similar to pinball - From English "smart ball"

noun:

• Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita; Japanese puzzle similar to tangram

noun:

• texture (cloth, fabric, paper)
• market tone; undertone
• balance between the position of white and black stones (in go) ➜ 囲碁