Word origins

• SeijiA male given name from Japanese.
• IidaA surname from Japanese.
• KurodaA surname from Japanese.
• OyamaA surname from Japanese.
• sikaCervus nippon, a deer found in the forests of East Asia
• desuUsed at the end of a sentence as an assertive particle.
• YukioA male given name from Japanese.
• ShotokanA style of karate based on strength and power.
• maitakeGrifola frondosa, an edible polypore mushroom that grows in clusters at the bases of trees.
• KamakuraA city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
• OgataA surname from Japanese.
• KureA port city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
• YoshinoA surname from Japanese.
• IwasakiA surname from Japanese.
• wabiA quality of simple or solitary beauty, especially as expressed in various forms of Japanese art or culture.
• NishimotoA surname from Japanese.
• decoraA Japanese fashion style of the late 20th century, characterized by bold, bright colours and numerous accessories such as hair clips and bows.
• MegumiA female given name from Japanese.
• jujitsuA Japanese martial art and method of self-defence, typically unarmed, emphasizing manipulating an opponent’s force against themselves rather than directly opposing it with force, and using a wide variety of holds, throws, and defensive techniques.
• TakeiA surname from Japanese.
• ArakawaA special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Adachi, Sumida, Taitō, Bunkyō and Kita special wards.
• MasaoA male given name from Japanese.
• NichirenA Buddhist sect of Japan based on the teachings of the Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222-1282), who claimed that the Lotus Sutra contained the only way to salvation.
• TakeoA male given name from Japanese.
• YoshikawaA surname from Japanese.
• koanA story about a Zen master and his student, sometimes like a riddle, other times like a fable or parable, which has become an object of Zen study, and which, when meditated upon, may unlock mechanisms in the Zen student’s mind leading to satori.
• genkiA playful, hyperactive girl.
• ayuA sweetfish, an amphidromous game fish of East Asia of species Plecoglossus altivelis, prized for its sweet-tasting flesh and subject to extensive aquaculture.
• NishidaA surname from Japanese.
• KawaguchiA surname from Japanese.
• MatsushimaA surname from Japanese.
• UtadaA surname from Japanese.
• 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).
• moxaA woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.
• 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.
• RyukyuA chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.
• 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.
• onsenA (Japanese) hot spring.
• 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.