Word origins

• SatoA surname from Japanese.
• endoMarijuana.
• MakitaA surname from Japanese.
• YamamotoA surname from Japanese, one of the 10 most common in Japan.
• MizunoA surname from Japanese.
• isuAn individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena.
• yuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
• kataAny of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
• sabaA sweet grape syrup made from grape must
• EdoFormer name of Tokyo: the capital city of Japan
• odaA room within a harem.
• KenzoA male given name from Japanese.
• 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.
• TakahashiA city in Okayama Prefecture.
• WatanabeA surname from Japanese.
• baiA marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
• roninA masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).
• dojoA training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.
• NihonJapan.
• NakamuraA surname from Japanese.
• tendonA tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
• ISEA city in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
• YokoA female given name from Japanese.
• ponA call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile.
• shariDead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
• sudoA Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user.
• emaA wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine.
• SapporoThe capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
• MikaA female given name from Japanese.
• AyumiA female given name from Japanese.
• tonyaA trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse manager, or shipment manager.
• yubaDried tofu skin; the film that forms on top of a vat of boiling soy milk.
• yaoiA narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men.
• KobayashiA surname from Japanese.
• ginkgoAny trees native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
• bakuA type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.
• utacutaneous leishmaniasis
• nioA pair of door gods at the main gates of Buddhist temples.
• IgAAn ancient province of Japan, in modern Mie Prefecture.
• HamasakiA surname from Japanese.
• sadoA city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
• MatsushitaA surname from Japanese.
• shogunThe supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
• HiroshiA male given name from Japanese.
• MatsuiA surname from Japanese.
• 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.
• awaKava, specifically Piper methysticum.
• IzumiA female given name from Japanese.
• keiA class of lightweight vehicles with small engines.
• TamiA female given name from Japanese.
• katanaA type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.
• YoshidaA surname from Japanese.
• KochiA member of a nomadic pastoral group of primarily Ghilji Pashtun people.
• KoizumiA surname from Japanese.
• MatsumotoA surname from Japanese.
• kickboxingA hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.
• SaitoA surname from Japanese.
• EriA female given name from Japanese.
• udoJapanese spikenard, particularly the cooked shoots used as food.
• tantoA traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.
• AsahiA city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
• rohanAn East Indian timber tree.
• kanoA male American.
• kayaTorreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
• TsuThe capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan.
• kamiAn animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
• ayaYes; yea; aye.
• YukiA Native American people from northern California.
• KitaA special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Toshima, and Itabashi special wards.
• oniA Japanese evil spirit or demon.
• InoueA surname from Japanese.
• ASOA surname from Japanese.
• homestayA system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.
• kagomeAn arrangement of laths composed of interlaced triangles such that each point where two laths cross has four neighboring points. Although called a lattice, it is more closely related to the trihexagonal tiling than to a mathematical lattice.
• HaraA name of Siva.
• mikoA Shinto shrine maiden.
• MikiA diminutive of the male given name Michael, variant of Mickey.
• misoA thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.
• HayashiA surname from Japanese.
• kimuraAn armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.
• MidoriA sweet, bright green, muskmelon-flavored liqueur made by Suntory.
• ogoogonori
• HasegawaA surname from Japanese.
• SasakiA surname from Japanese.
• IkedaA surname from Japanese.
• wasabiA plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root.
• IchiroA male given name from Japanese.
• KenjiA male given name from Japanese.
• AokiA surname from Japanese.
• WADAA surname from Japanese.
• SumitomoA surname from Japanese.
• KurosawaA surname from Japanese.
• ShimizuA surname from Japanese.
• MitsuiA surname from Japanese.
• kojiA substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, and soy sauce.
• IshiiA surname from Hopi.
• masaA strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting.
• KeikoA female given name from Japanese.
• YaesuA neighborhood of Chuō, Tokyo prefecture, Japan.