Word origins

• FuruichiA surname from Japanese.
• FuruikeA surname from Japanese.
• FurukiA surname from Japanese.
• FurukoA surname from Japanese.
• FurukuboA surname from Japanese.
• FurumiA surname from Japanese.
• FurumoriA surname from Japanese.
• FurumotoA surname from Japanese.
• FurumuraA surname from Japanese.
• FuruokaA surname from Japanese.
• FurusakaA surname from Japanese.
• FurusakiA surname from Japanese.
• FurusatoA surname from Japanese.
• FurushimaA surname from Japanese.
• FurushiroA surname from Japanese.
• FurushoA surname from Japanese.
• FurutakeA surname from Japanese.
• FurutaniA surname from Japanese.
• FurutoA surname from Japanese.
• FuruuchiA surname from Japanese.
• FuruyamaA surname from Japanese.
• FuruzakiA surname from Japanese.
• FuruzawaA surname from Japanese.
• fusekiThe arraying of stones in the opening, preparing to build groups of stones.
• fusenA sumo match that is cancelled due to the absence of one of the rikishi.
• fusenpaia loss by default for failing to appear, normally because of injury
• fusenshoa win by default due to the opponent not appearing, normally due to injury
• fushi tarazuA Drosophila pair-rule gene that is responsible for the development of even-numbered (i.e. half of the) parasegments.
• fusumaA vertical rectangular sliding panel, often painted or decorated, used in Japan as a door or movable wall.
• futomakiLarge cylindrical sushi, often vegetarian, with nori on the outside and fillings chosen to complement each other.
• FutoshikiA Japanese logic puzzle in which a grid must be filled with a set of numbers while obeying inequality constraints.
• FuyukoA female given name from Japanese.
• gagakuthe ancient court ritual classical music of Japan, of Chinese origin
• gaijiA Japanese character that is valid in a given writing system but not included in the present font and/or character encoding, and which therefore is displayed using an additional mechanism. Mutually distinct from tofu and from mojibake.
• gaikokujinA foreigner in or from the perspective of Japan
• gairaigoA foreign, typically non-Sinitic loanword into Japanese.
• gakiA restless ghost in Japanese mythology.
• gakuranThe military-style school uniform for male students in most Japanese middle schools and high schools, usually in either black or navy.
• galgeA video game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls.
• gambaruPerseverance even with the hardest of tasks, in the context of Japanese culture.
• gasshoA ritual gesture of Eastern origin, with hands pressed together in front of the chest. It can be used for prayer or as a sign of greeting, gratitude, reverence, or apology. When performed with a bow, it is called gassho rei.
• gasshohineria kimarite in which the attacker clasps his hands behind the opponent's back and twists him down and over
• gekigaA genre of manga aimed at adults popular in the 60s and 70s.
• genmaichaA Japanese form of green tea combined with roasted brown rice.
• genpukuA Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modelled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom.
• genroA body of elder statesmen of Japan, formerly used as informal advisors to the Emperor.
• giboshiThe hosta or plantain lily.
• gijinkaA non-human character, thing, or idea that has been turned into a human or humanoid in artwork; a humanization.
• gino-shoa prize for technique; one of the sansho prizes
• glottogramA graphic image produced by glottography
• goheiAn implement used in Shintō rituals, consisting of two kamishide draping down alongside a wooden post or bamboo pole.
• goitaa traditional Japanese game played with 32 tiles or cards similar to shogi pieces
• gokeninA vassal of the shogun.
• gokkunA genre of pornography in which a person consumes the semen of multiple men, usually from some vessel or container such as a cup or beaker.
• GokurakuThe abode of Amitabha Buddha; heaven, paradise.
• Golden WeekAny of several extended holidays celebrated in China and Japan, usually early in May.
• gomaiA construction method for Japanese-style blade steels, composed of 5 layers of 3 steels, with a core, sandwiched by another steel, sandwiched again by another steel. The sandwiching may be two sheets, or traditionally one sheet folded over as a taco.
• GomashoA defect on napa cabbage leaves (pepper spots).
• gottantraditional Kagoshima plucked instrument resembling a sanshin
• gravure idolA female pin-up model from Japanese erotica
• gunbaiThe lacquered wooden fan used by the gyoji.
• gunkanmakiA form of nigiri sushi consisting of an oval clump of rice wrapped in nori, forming a vessel that is filled with another ingredient.
• gyaruA Japanese subculture and fashion style popular in the 1990s, typically involving ostentatious clothing, tanning, and heavy makeup.
• gyaru-mojiA form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended
• gyojiA referee in a sumo match.
• gyokuroA kind of green tea from Japan, differing from sencha in being grown in the shade.
• gyotakuTraditional Japanese fish printing.
• gyudonA Japanese dish of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce.
• haafuperson of half or mixed ethnic Japanese and other ancestries usually from outside Japan
• habakiA metal collar mounted in between a sword's blade and the guard to hold the guard in place.
• HabomaiHabomai Islands, several islands of the Kuril Islands, disputed between Japan and Russia.
• habotaiA lightweight fabric resembling silk.
• hagoromoA feathered robe worn by tennin.
• HakamadaA surname from Japanese.
• hakureiA type of round, white turnip from Japan.
• HakusanA city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
• HamakawaA surname from Japanese.
• HamakoA female given name from Japanese.
• HamamuraA surname from Japanese.
• hanahakiA fictional illness in which a person bearing an unrequited love coughs up flower petals until they die or their feelings are reciprocated. The disease can also be cured by a surgical procedure that removes the flowers, but this will result in them losing their feelings of affection and all memories of the person they loved.
• hanamachiA Japanese courtesan and geisha district.
• hanamichiEither of the East or West paths that lead to the dohyo
• HanayoA female given name from Japanese.
• hanazumoA special sumo exhibition tournament.
• hangiriA round, flat-bottomed wooden tub or barrel used to hold rice while it is dressed and cooled for sushi.
• haniwaA terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.
• hanjieA puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
• HanyūA city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
• hara-kiriCeremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.
• haramakiA piece of armor worn over the torso by samurai infantry, fastened by cords in the back.
• haridashian extra rikishi at a rank that normally only allows two
• harigataA Japanese dildo (artificial phallus).
• harimanageA kimarite in which the attacker, at the edge of the dohyo, reaches over his opponent's shoulder, grabs his mawashi from behind, then pulls and twists him past his own body.
• hariteA slap (strike with an open hand)
• hashiokiA Japanese stand for holding chopsticks.
• hatakikomia kimarite in which the attacker dodges his opponent at the tachiai and slaps his opponent's shoulder, back or arm, forcing him to touch the dohyo
• HaterumaAn island in the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa, Japan. This is the southernmost inhabited island in Japan.
• HatoyamaA surname from Japanese.
• HatsukoA female given name from Japanese.
• hazuoshiThe act of pushing the opponent with hands beneath his armpits