Word origins

• onIn the state of being active, functioning or operating.
• sunA star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
• monThe former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
• hentaiA work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.
• ToshibaA computer manufactured by the Japanese Toshiba company.
• boAn exclamation used to startle or frighten.
• muThe 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.
• senSelf.
• JediOne of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.
• etaThe seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
• jinA portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
• UMAAny of the horse girl characters from Umamusume.
• moeStrong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
• araThe great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
• kamaA sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
• kunIn the Japanese language, the pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character as a native Japanese word that means what the character represents, contrasted with on.
• emaA wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine.
• yubaDried tofu skin; the film that forms on top of a vat of boiling soy milk.
• ginkgoAny trees native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
• mechaA large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
• courA three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
• MeijiOf the Meiji period (1868–1912).
• kyuA grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts, flower arranging, and the game of go.
• ukeThe training partner against whom tori performs a move.
• mikadoA former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
• kaizenA Japanese business practice of continuous improvement in performance and productivity.
• inariA type of sushi with rice wrapped in a pouch of fried tofu (aburaage).
• udonA Japanese wheat noodle.
• sangenSynonym of shamisen.
• arakiOf or pertaining to Arak.
• shonenA style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.
• tankaA form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.
• MiyakoA group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few hundred kilometres east of Taipei, Taiwan.
• ShotokanA style of karate based on strength and power.
• wabiA quality of simple or solitary beauty, especially as expressed in various forms of Japanese art or culture.
• UtadaA surname from Japanese.
• moxaA woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.
• RyukyuA chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.
• onsenA (Japanese) hot spring.
• yakiteppanyaki
• hamonA wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.
• triforceA shape composed of three equilateral triangles arranged in such a manner that a fourth triangle of identical size, but pointing the opposite direction, could fit between them.
• castellaA Japanese sponge cake made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup.
• shurikenA dart or throwing blade, sometimes with multiple points, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).
• AinuA member of the ethnic group indigenous to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
• shabuMethedrine; methamphetamine.
• washiA tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
• senteA subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.
• HoteiThe Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.
• KannonKannon, the Japanese version of Guanyin, the Chinese translation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.
• kakuroA type of number puzzle, similar to a crossword but with numbers. Each "clue" is the sum of the digits to be placed in its group of squares, and no digit can be repeated within a group.
• RaijinThe Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo.
• shungaA style of Japanese erotic art
• seitanSpecially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food.
• kyodaiA high-ranking member of the yakuza, accountable to the shatei gashira.
• konjacA foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac.
• shamisenA kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.
• TenjinA Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.
• nattokinaseA serine protease of the subtilisin family, extracted from natto.
• musouA subgenre of hack-and-slash usually involving fighting hundreds of enemies simultaneously in a mazelike 3D world, or an individual game in this genre (especially a game in the Warriors franchise).
• fukuA Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku.
• TodaiUniversity of Tokyo
• ShibasakiA surname from Japanese.
• enokiAn enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes).
• TakanawaA surname from Japanese.
• mushinA mental state free from anger, fear, etc., into which expert martial artists are said to enter during combat.
• ObonA Japanese festival to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.
• kyudoA Japanese form of archery.
• tonfaA traditional hand-held Okinawan weapon, a wooden stick with a perpendicular handle, traditionally wielded in pairs.
• akebiaAny plant of the genus Akebia, especially the invasive plant Akebia quinata.
• akiyamiA mild Japanese fever caused by an autumnal form of Leptospira interrogans.
• all your base are belong to usUsed to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase.
• andisolA kind of soil formed in volcanic ash and containing high proportions of glass and amorphous colloidal materials, including allophane, imogolite, and ferrihydrite.
• ashiyuA shallow communal pool in Japan, usually with seats around it, filled with warm water in which people can soak their feet and lower legs; a type of footbath.
• AyukoA female given name from Japanese.
• banzai chargeA human-wave suicide attack performed by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
• bicchuliteAn isometric-hextetrahedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
• borrowed sceneryThe principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.
• botan riceSynonym of glutinous rice.
• brolicHaving large, well-developed muscles.
• burakuThe burakumin, a Japanese minority group descended from feudal outcast communities
• -chanAppended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity.
• ekiriChildhood shigellosis.
• fukaliteA mineral comprising mostly calcium, oxygen, and silicon.
• gaiatsuForeign pressure; pressure applied by one country onto another.
• Galápagos syndromeThe domestic specialization of something, separated from international convention and standards.
• gap moemoe arising from a discrepancy between two of a character's attributes.
• genkwaSynonym of lilac daphne.
• Gothic LolitaA Japanese fashion movement whose adherents dress in an elegant, largely monochromatic style with traditional accoutrements such as parasols.
• gun kataSynonym of gun fu (a style of balletic gunplay in action films)
• habokuA technique of using splashed ink in brushwork painting, especially for painting a landscape.
• hatakiA tool used for cleaning surfaces of dust, made of cloth strips attached to a pole.
• hiroshimaiteA family of glasses caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
• hiroshimiteA rare crystalline structure for metallic alloys found in hiroshimaite glass nodules, forged by the intense temperature and pressure of an atomic bomb explosion, fusion various metals.
• ibotenicRelating to ibotenic acid and its derivatives.
• imogoliteAn aluminium silicate clay mineral found in soils formed from volcanic ash.
• ita-bagA handbag, backpack, or other bag decorated with fandom-related merchandise such as pins, badges, and dolls (typically for a single character or media franchise).
• izoriA kimarite in which the attacker dives under his opponent's charge, grabs his knees or his mawashi, and lifts him up and over backwards.
• JarudaA surname from Japanese
• kabedonThe act of placing one hand on a wall or other vertical surface while leaning close to another (usually shorter) person whose back is against the wall/surface.