Word origins

• HataA female given name from Japanese.
• IchikawaA surname from Japanese.
• budoJapanese martial arts.
• KawashimaA surname from Japanese.
• NatoriA city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
• NakashimaA surname from Japanese.
• KatayamaA surname from Japanese.
• HiranoA surname from Japanese.
• sayonaraGoodbye, adios, adieu.
• KinoshitaA surname from Japanese.
• shikokuA dog of a particular breed of Japanese origin.
• tatamiStraw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• toriiA traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
• MatsuoA surname from Japanese.
• NahaThe capital city of Okinawa, Japan.
• ecchiOf animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.
• FujisawaA surname from Japanese.
• MorimotoA surname from Japanese.
• minoA traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.
• MarikoA female given name from Japanese.
• AkioA male given name from Japanese.
• YukawaA surname from Japanese.
• kodamaA type of Japanese tree spirit.
• TomokoA female given name from Japanese.
• TsujiA surname from Japanese.
• IshiharaA surname from Japanese.
• kokeshiA Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
• TobaAn indigenous ethnic group of Argentina who historically inhabited the region now known as the Pampas of the Central Chaco.
• tosaA Japanese breed of fighting dog
• NishikawaA surname from Japanese.
• MayumiA female given name from Japanese.
• imariJapanese porcelain wares (made in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari, particularly around the 17th century).
• tsuboA Japanese unit of areal measure, roughly 3.3 m² or 35.5 ft², equivalent to the area of two rectangular tatami mats placed side-by-side to form a square.
• AsanoA surname from Japanese.
• oekakiA drawing-based message board system, sometimes allowing users to replay a stroke-by-stroke animation of the picture being drawn.
• KitagawaA surname from Japanese.
• YamauchiA surname from Japanese.
• MasaruA male given name from Japanese.
• ogaA chief, employer, or superior.
• sokobanA video game whose gameplay consists of solving puzzles by pushing blocks in a grid.
• HirokoA female given name from Japanese.
• reishiThe bracket fungus (mushroom) (Ganoderma lucidum and sometimes Ganoderma tsugae).
• FujiyamaSynonym of Mount Fuji.
• ShinodaA transliteration of the Japanese surname 篠田
• NaokoA female given name from Japanese.
• KannoA surname from Japanese.
• HiguchiA surname from Japanese.
• SakoA surname.
• nyahExpressing smug triumph.
• MisatoA town and city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
• ajinomotomonosodium glutamate
• TezukaA surname from Japanese.
• ASADAA surname from Japanese.
• matsuriA Japanese festival.
• OhashiA surname from Japanese.
• kogalA subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
• yonseiThe fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.
• TakadaA surname from Japanese.
• KoyamaA surname from Japanese.
• omakeA special video feature that accompanies an anime, such as a collection of deleted scenes or outtakes.
• roshiAn elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
• SakataA surname from Japanese.
• kashaA porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
• shakuhachiA Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
• muriA form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work processes have not been simplified through standardization.
• doujinA product produced and sold independently of corporations (in Japan); an indie work.
• kabutoA traditional Japanese military helmet, especially worn by samurai.
• OkamuraA surname from Japanese.
• matsuPinus thunbergii, the Japanese pine.
• gariThinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi.
• kuriThe kitchen of a Zen monastery.
• TachibanaA surname from Japanese.
• SakaguchiA surname from Japanese.
• ajiA spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
• shogiJapanese chess; a board game similar to chess, developed and traditionally played in Japan.
• akumaA Japanese demon.
• shinobuThe rabbit's-foot fern (Davallia)
• chayaA teahouse in Japan.
• barenA tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
• OkumuraA surname from Japanese.
• YamanakaA surname from Japanese.
• YamasakiA surname from Japanese.
• AmidaAn ancient city in Mesopotamia located within modern Diyarbakır, Turkey.
• TakakoA female given name from Japanese.
• KiiA former province of Japan, in the part of Honshu that is today Wakayama Prefecture.
• ToyodaA surname from Japanese.
• SachikoA female given name from Japanese.
• kombuchaA fermented, effervescent, and sweetened black tea of Mongolian origin.
• AkibaA surname from Japanese.
• ukiyohedonistic urban culture of the Edo period.
• OkudaA surname from Japanese.
• IzuA city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
• AmikaA female given name from Japanese.
• NaitoA surname from Japanese.
• HiraiA surname.
• YayoiAn ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).
• KeijiA male given name from Japanese.
• KuniA unisex given name from Japanese.
• iaidoA Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.
• takoThe flesh of octopus as used in sushi.