Word origins

• HosokawaA surname from Japanese.
• hikiA copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
• kumiteThe aspect of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.
• HoteiThe Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.
• MiyazawaA surname from Japanese.
• HimejiA city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
• NakataniA surname from Japanese.
• TeradaA surname from Japanese.
• NakaoA surname from Japanese.
• KatohA surname from Japanese.
• SumidaA special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Adachi, Katsushika, Edogawa, Kōtō, Chūō, Taitō, and Arakawa special wards.
• ujiA Japanese clan or kin group of the Kofun period.
• yattaAn exclamation of happiness or excitement.
• KazukoA female given name from Japanese.
• enkaA genre of Japanese music that originated in the 1960s and often features melodramatic themes.
• OtaruA port city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
• KanedaA surname from Japanese.
• ShigeoA male given name from Japanese.
• NakazawaA surname from Japanese.
• ninjutsuA Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Used by ninja (忍者).
• SugawaraA surname from Japanese.
• odoriAn energetic Japanese style of folk dance.
• chiiA call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit using a discarded tile.
• SadakoA female given name from Japanese.
• HadaA surname from Japanese.
• KurokawaA surname from Japanese.
• HirayamaA surname from Japanese.
• katsuA word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.
• KashimaA city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
• UeharaA surname from Japanese.
• HisashiA male given name from Japanese.
• KamoAny of various places in Japan, most notably Kamo, Niigata.
• NakamotoOf, or pertaining to, the blockchain technologies promulgated by Satoshi Nakamoto.
• TakashimaA surname from Japanese.
• umamiOne of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
• HakodateA port city in Oshima subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
• MiyagawaA surname from Japanese.
• MurayamaA surname from Japanese.
• KishiA surname from Japanese.
• hibachiA portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking.
• OishiA surname from Japanese.
• hamachiJapanese amberjack, Pacific yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata).
• KawaharaA surname.
• biwaA plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone.
• KumikoA female given name from Japanese.
• tsugaAny tree of genus Tsuga of conifers in the family Pinaceae, of which there are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia.
• OmoriA surname from Japanese.
• NishioA city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
• NakaharaA surname from Japanese.
• KawanoA surname from Japanese.
• YasuiA surname from Japanese.
• MiyajimaSynonym of Itsukushima (“Japanese island”).
• YukikoA female given name from Japanese.
• YamamuraA surname from Japanese.
• TashiroA surname from Japanese.
• ShirakawaA surname from Japanese.
• AyakoA female given name from Japanese.
• KosukeA male given name from Japanese.
• YurikoA female given name from Japanese.
• MiyauchiA surname from Japanese.
• shinigamiA deity and/or personification of death.
• KuroshioThe oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.
• chikanAny act of public molestation or offense, usually of a sexual nature, against unsuspecting victims.
• MatsunoA surname from Japanese.
• KannonKannon, the Japanese version of Guanyin, the Chinese translation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of mercy and compassion.
• OmuraA surname from Japanese.
• KaneshiroA surname from Japanese.
• bokkenA wooden katana, used as a training sword.
• kokaThe smallest technical score that can be awarded in a judo competition.
• 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.
• TokunagaA surname from Japanese.
• happiA loose, informal Japanese coat normally decorated with a distinctive crest.
• SakumaA surname from Japanese.
• sodokuA bacterial zoonotic disease, a form of rat-bite fever caused by the bacterium Spirillum minus.
• TakaiA surname from Japanese.
• SatomiA female given name from Japanese.
• shodanThe lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial arts.
• NamikiA surname from Japanese
• KomoriA surname from Japanese.
• rengaA form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together, the origin of haikai and haiku.
• ShimodaA city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
• AsakawaA surname from Japanese.
• kikyoA Japanese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus).
• TsushimaAn island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
• TakakiA unisex given name from Japanese.
• HigaA surname from Japanese.
• dangoA Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour).
• tansuA traditional portable chest from Japan.
• OsawaA surname from Japanese.
• FujiokaA surname from Japanese.
• EbisuSynonym of Emishi (“ancient ethnic group of Japan”).
• HarukoA female given name from Japanese.
• FujikawaA surname from Japanese.
• nattoA traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans.
• NishikiA variety of California-grown medium-grain rice.
• FuruyaA surname from Japanese.
• tomboA traditional sweet beer made from the bamboo palm.
• FukunagaA surname from Japanese.
• OkawaA surname from Japanese.
• otsuIn Old Japanese, one of two sets of vowels of uncertain pronunciation which fell together in modern Japanese.