Word origins

• MatsuzakaA surname from Japanese.
• mawashiThe belt worn by rikishi during training and in competition
• McRefugeeOne who stays overnight or lives in a 24-hour McDonald's.
• MeacoA late medieval name for Kyoto, a city of Japan.
• mebaringA style of light-tackle saltwater angling originating in Japan, specifically targeting rockfish using small artificial lures.
• meganekkoA female fictional character whose charm or attractiveness derives largely from wearing glasses.
• meibutsuA product famously associated with a particular region of Japan, often purchased as a gift or souvenir.
• meidoA female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.
• Meiji periodThe 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji (1868–1912). During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status.
• meishiA Japanese business card.
• mejiroA small passerine bird, Zosterops japonicus, the Japanese white-eye.
• mekabuUndaria pinnatifida, a sea plant native to Japan and Korea and invasive elsewhere; wakame; Asian kelp.
• melonpanA type of sweet bun originating from and popular in Japan, as well as in Taiwan and China.
• menkoA Japanese slap card game played by flipping or striking cards.
• menpachiA soldierfish.
• menpoThe face mask of a Samurai warrior.
• menukiA decorative grip swell on a Japanese sword.
• meriyasuA style of instrumental music used as scoring in kabuki
• mesugakiA slutty bratty girl; a young (or young-looking) girl who likes to sexually tease her superiors.
• metsubushiAny of a variety of implements and techniques used in feudal Japan to blind or disorient an opponent.
• miaiIn Japan, a formal marriage interview, marriage meeting.
• mibunaA leaf vegetable used in Japanese cooking, Brassica rapa nipposinica or Brassica rapa japonica
• michiyukia traditional Japanese overcoat, often worn as protection from the cold, similar to a 被風 (hifu, “padded overcoat”) but narrower in the body and with a square collar
• MikikoA female given name from Japanese.
• Minamata diseaseA neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning.
• MinamitorishimaAn isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
• MinegishiA surname from Japanese.
• mingeiA Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.
• mini-independent countryIn Japan, a town or village that declares itself an independent country for means of regional development, such as economic growth from tourism.
• minshukuA type of hotel found in Japan, a cheaper version of a ryokan.
• misogiA Shinto form of ritual purification by washing the entire body.
• misokaIn the Japanese lunar/lunisolar calendars, the last day of the month.
• misoshirumiso soup
• mitokorozemeA kimarite in which the attacker attempts an inside leg trip with one leg, tries to pull the other out from under him, and drives his head into the opponent's stomach so as to force him out backwards. A triple attack force out.
• mitsugakeA glove used in Japanese archery that covers three fingers.
• mitsugashiwalactoneA cat attractant found in the buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata).
• MitsuhideA male given name from Japanese.
• mitsumameA Japanese dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly, served in a bowl with boiled red field peas (or sometimes azuki beans), often gyūhi, shiratama dango and a variety of fruits such as peach slices, mikan, pieces of pineapples, and cherries, usually coming with a small pot of kuromitsu, which one pours onto the jelly before eating.
• MitsuyeA female given name from Japanese.
• MitsuyukiA male given name from Japanese.
• MiyajimaguchiA neighbourhood of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
• MiyamuraA surname from Japanese.
• MiyasakiA surname from Japanese.
• MiyasatoA surname from Japanese.
• MiyasawaA surname from Japanese.
• mizuageThe coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an apprentice geisha, often associated with loss of virginity.
• mizuameA Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made by converting starch to sugars.
• mizuhikiJapanese cord made from paper and used to decorate gifts.
• mizuhiki-makuThe curtain that hangs from the yakata, symbolizing the movement of clouds and the passing of time.
• MizunumaA surname from Japanese.
• mizu shobaiThe nightlife-centered industries and establishments in Japan.
• mizutakiA Japanese chicken hot pot.
• mochikoJapanese rice flour
• mochitsukiPounding mochi as part of Japanese New Year
• mojibakeCorrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.
• Moji-kuA ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, previously named Moji.
• mokkanwooden tablets found at Japanese archaeological sites
• mokume-ganeA mixed-metal laminate with distinctive layered patterns.
• mokusatsuA policy of ignoring or taking no notice of something.
• monoeyeThe eye of a one-eyed creature.
• mono-iia conference among the shimpan to reconsider a referee's decision
• mono no awareA wistful awareness of the impermanence or transience of things.
• monpea type of hakama (trousers) similar to slacks, used for work and warmth, widespread in Japan during World War II
• monster boyA fictional male character who shares visual traits with a monster.
• monster girlA fictional female character who shares visual traits with a monster.
• moribanaA basic structure in ikebana (Japanese flower arranging), where the flowers are arranged in a shallow container.
• MorikoA female given name from Japanese.
• morogakeA right-handed Japanese archery glove with five fingers.
• moso bambooA species of bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) native to China, naturalized in Japan and other countries
• Mount FujiThe highest mountain in Japan.
• Mount TsurugiA mount in Tokushima prefecture, Japan
• mousméA Japanese young woman or mistress.
• moyaiUsed to indicate humor, embarrassment, confusion, or surprise at something.
• mudanshaAn unranked or beginning practitioner of Japanese martial arts.
• mujinaA badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the Japanese raccoon dog. In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are frequently depicted as a yokai that shapeshifts and deceives humans.
• mukokusekiDepiction of fictional characters without a concrete ethnicity or nationality, particularly in anime and manga
• murder hornetSynonym of Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) ^((See discussion))
• MushakojiA surname from Japanese.
• musubiA ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.
• Musubi no KamiThe Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage.
• Musubi-no-KamiThe Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage.
• myogaA Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.
• Myōkena deity in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
• myosekiAny of the 105 names available to sumo oyakata.
• myoushuAn excellent move.
• NabariA city in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.
• nabemonoAny of a variety of Japanese hot pot dishes.
• nagaimoDioscorea opposita, a variety of yam.
• nagamakiA type of Japanese sword; a single-edged curving blade with a handle comparable in length to that of the blade, whose blade is length is usually comparable to other regular Japanese swords, though other longer ones also were made.
• nagautaA form of traditional Japanese vocal music, often used in kabuki theatre.
• nageireA Japanese style of flower arrangement, characterised by informality and spontaneity.
• nage-wazaAny of the 12 throwing techniques.
• nagewazathrowing technique in judo
• naginatajutsuThe Japanese martial art of wielding the naginata.
• naizuriA sex position or sex act where the penis is stimulated by small breasts.
• nakadashiAn ejaculation in the vagina or anus; a creampie.
• NakakawaA surname from Japanese.
• NakamaruA surname from Japanese.
• NakamineA surname from Japanese.
• NakasawaA surname from Japanese.