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BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK

Aoyama Reien Asakusa Jinja Budôkan depâto (department store) dôjô (training hall) Hôryûji Ise Jingû (Ise Shrine) Izumo Taisha jiin (Buddhist temple) jinja (Shintô shrine) Kaminarimon Keio Puraza Hoteru (Keio Plaza Hotel) Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) kissaten (coffeehouse) Kiyomizudera kôban (police box) Meiji Jingû (Meiji shrine) Nihonbashi rabu hoteru (love hotel)

ryokan (Japanese inn) Sensôji  sentô (public bath) Shin Tôkyô Kokusai Kûkô (New Tokyo International Airport) shiro (castle) Teikoku Daigaku (Imperial Universities) Tôkyô Daigaku (Tokyo Unitversity) Tôkyô Dômu Tôkyô Eki (Tokyo Station) Tôkyô Kokusai Kûkô Tôkyô Tawa (Tokyo Tower) Tôkyô Tochôsha (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices) Tsûtenkaku (Osaka Tower) Ueno Dôbutsuen (Ueno Zoo) Ueno Eki (Ueno Train Station) Ueno Kôen (Ueno Park) Waseda Daigaku (Waseda University)

CLOTHING
burûma (gym shorts worn by girls) fundoshi (loincloth) geta (wooden sandals) hachimaki (headband) hakama (trousers) hana-kanzashi (hairpin) haori (jacket) happi (coat) inrô kappôgi (cooking apron) kimono	kushi (comb) mino (rainwear) obi (sash, belt) sailor fuku (sailor suit) sando-gasa (hat) tabi (split-toed sock) tsunokakushi (headdress) yukata (lightweight kimono) zôri (thonged sandals)

CULTURE

aka to shiro (red and white) akushu suru (shaking hands) Akutagawa Shô awa odori bakemono (monster) bakeneko (monster cat) baku (dream eater) banzai biwa Bon Bon Odori cha-no-yu (tea ceremony) Crane Wife dogs and pregnant women drinks, pouring for another ennichi (feast days) four things to fear in life gairaigo (loanword) Genji goryô (vengeful ghost) hagoita (paddle) hakamairi (gravesite visit) hanami (flower viewing) hatsumôde Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) joya no kane kana (syllabary) kanji (chinese character) Kintarô kitsune (fox) Kodomo-no-hi (Children's Day)

koinobori (carp streamer) kon'in (marriage) koto Kurisumasu (Christmas) Man'yôshû matsuri to nenchû gyôji (festivals and annual events) mokugyo Momotarô (Peach Boy) Nebuta Matsuri (Nebuta Festival) nengajô (New Year's card) ningyo (mermaid) ojigi(bow) okuribi (ritual bonfire) omiai oni (demon) Sei Barentain no Shukujitsu (Valentine's Day) Setsubun shakuhachi shamisen Shichi-go-san (7-5-3 Festival) shinzen kekkon (Shintô wedding) taiko (large drum) Tanabata tanuki tengu (demon) tennyo (heavenly maiden, nymph, angel) White Day yobikô (cram school) yûrei (ghost)

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME
aidoru (idol singer) bunraku chindonya (music maker) dôjinshi (fanzine) enka (popular song) enkai (party) firecrackers in the sky go hanabi (fireworks) hanafuda jan-ken kai-awase (shell-matching game) karaoke kendama (cup and ball toy) kingyo-sukui (goldfish dipping) komiketto kurogo (stagehand) mâjan (mah-jongg) manga (Japanese comic)	okame onigokko (tag) osero ("othello") pachinko saikoro (dice) saru mawashi (monkey show) senkô-hanabi (sparklern) shiritori (word game) shôgi (Japanese "chess") suika-wari (watermelon game) Takarazuka Kagekidan (Takarazuka Opera Company) takeuma (bamboo horse or stilts) tako-age (kite flying) uma-yaku uta karuta (poem card) yagura (stage)

FOOD AND DRINK

anmitsu bentô (box lunch for one person) bîru (beer) Boss Coffee Calpis cha (tea) chanpon chazuke choko (sake cup) chôshoku (breakfast) daikon (radish) donburi (food bowl) eiyô drink (nutritional supplement drink) ekiben (station) lunch fugu (puffer fish) gohan (cooked rice) gyôza (potsticker) gyûdon (beef bowl) haze (goby) hisago (gourd) hiyamugi, sômen (noodles) ika (squid and cuttlefish) kakigôri-ki (shaved ice) karê raisu (curry rice) kashiwa mochi kayu (rice porridge) konnyaku (devil's tongue root) kyûri (cucumber) manjû (bun, dumpling) masu (box measure) mikan mismatched foods miso (soy bean paste) misoshiru (miso soup) mochi (rice cake) naruto

nasu (eggplant) nattô nigirimeshi (rice ball) nori (seaweed, laver) oden okonomiyaki osechi-ryôri (New Year's food) râmen (noodles) sakazuki (sake cup) sake satsumaimo (sweet potato) senbei (rice cracker) shabu-shabu shichirin (ceramic brazier) shiruko shokuhin sanpuru (food model) shôyu (soy sauce) sukiyaki sushi tai-yaki takenokawa (bamboo sheaths used to wrap food) tako (octopus) takoyaki tokkuri (sake flask) toso tsukemono (pickle) UCC Coffee ume umeboshi (salted Japanese apricot) umeshu (plum wine) unagi (eel) yakisoba (noodles) yakitori zôni

GENERAL

aka-chôchin (red lantern) atena (address) benjo (toilet) bonshô (bell) bôsôzoku (gang) chalk marks and illegally parked cars chôchin (hanging paper lantern) commuter train denwa (telephone) hachikô hamaya hankechi (handkerchief) hanko (seal) hara (stomach, belly) hari (acupuncture) he (fart) headlights off hiuchi-ishi (flint and steel) homurûmu (homeroom) irezumi (tattoo) ishi-dôrô (stone lantern) Jê Aru (JR) jidô-hanbaiki (vending machine) jinrikisha (rickshaw) kago (sedan chair) kaishakunin kakemono (hanging scroll) kappa kasa (umbrella) kasô (cremation) kasô (geomancy) ketsueki-gata (blood type) ki (spirit, life force) ki-ai (shout) kiseru (tobacco pipe) kisu (kiss) koshi (palanquin) kushami (sneeze) kyû magatama (beads) Makudonarudo (McDonald's) manekineko ("beckoning cat") meishi (business card) mimikaki (ear scoop)

miyage (souvenir) mizuhiki (decorative cords) mother-in-law neko (cat) Nippon Denshin Denwa (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) Nippon Hôsô Kyôkai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) noodle slurping noren (split curtains) ôgi (folding fan) otaku pinkku bira ("pink leaflets") poke-beru (beeper) red triangle renraku-sen (ferryboat) rorikon ("lolita complex") sangi (yin-yang divination block) seidôkyô (bronze mirror) senbazuru (origami paper cranes) shiken jigoku (examination hell) shinbun (newspaper) shinjû (double or group suicide) shinkansen (new trunk line) shishidoshi (deer scare) shôyo (bonus) shûgaku ryokô (school trip) shûgakuzen kyôiku (preschool education) sôpurando ("soapland") students cleaning school sumi (ink) surgical masks worn in public suzu (round bell) tachishôben (peeing in the street) takushi (taxi) tanzaku tsûkin (commuting) tsuri-dôrô (hanging lantern) uchiwa (non-folding fan) water holding as punishment yatai (outdoor stall) yôshi (adoption) yuinô (betrothal gift) zôki ishioku (organ transplant)

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION
Aichi Ken Akashi Akihabara Aoyama Asakusa Asamayama Aso-san (Mt. Aso) Atami Azabu Jûban Chiba Ken Dotonbori Enoshima Fuji-san (Mt. Fuji) Ginza Gion Hakone Harajuku Hayama Hida Sanmyaku Hiroshima Hokkaido Honshu Ibaraki Ken	Iruma Ise Izumo Kamakura Kanagawa Ken Kantô Chihô (Kantô region) Kôya-san (Mt. Kôya) Kuramayama (Mt. Kurama) Kyoto Kyushu Miyagi Ken My City Nagasaki Okinawa Ken Onomichi Ôsaka Roppongi Sapporo Shimane Ken Shinjuku Ueno

HISTORY/SOCIETY

chônaikai (neighborhood association) Edo Period February 26, 1936 fû-rin-ka-zan gissha (ox cart) hata (ceremonial banner) Heian Period Heike Monogatari Heisei Period Jiyû Minshutô (Liberal Democratic Party) Jukyô (Confucianism) Kamakura Period Keishichô (Tôkyô Metropolitan Police Department) Keizai Kikaku Chô (Economic Planning Agency) ken'etsu (censorship) Kokkai (Diet) Kôseishô (Ministry of Health and Welfare) matoi (banner, standard)

Meiji Period Minamoto Minshatô (Democratic Socialist Party) mon (family or organizational crest) Muromachi Period Nihon Kôgyô Kikaku (Japanese Industrial Standards) Nihonkoku Kenpô (Constitution of Japan) Nihon Kyôsantô (Japanese Communist Party) ninjutsu nobori (banner) Sengoku Jidai seppuku (ritual suicide) taira tenshô ken'ô shisetsu Tokugawa Tsûshô Sangyô Shô (Ministry of International Trade and Industry)

HOME
amado (rain doors) chabudai chawan (small bowl) denki-gama (electric rice cooker) engawa (veranda) fûrin (wind bell) furo (bath) furoshiki (carrying cloth) fusuma futon genkan (entryway) hashi (chopsticks) hataki hibachi (charcoal heater) ichimonji (spatula) irori (sunken hearth)	jizaikagi (pot hook) jûbako (stacking boxes) kadomatsu (pine gate) kotatsu makura (pillow) ranma (transom) renting shachihoko (dolphin roof ornament) shataku (company housing) shôji sudare (hanging blinds) susu-harai (end-of-year housecleaning) tatami tobukuro (pocket door) tokonoma (decorative alcove0 zabuton (floor cushion)

NATURE
ajisai (Japanese hydrangea) asagao (morning glory) bonsai ginkgo heikegani hoshi-suna ("star" sand) hotaru (firefly) jishin (earthquake) kaede to momoji (maple tree) karasu (crow) kiku (chrysanthemum) kingyo (goldfish)	koi (carp) kurage (jellyfish) onsen (hot spring) sakura (cherry blossom) saru (monkey) semi (cicada) shika (deer) taifû (typhoon) tsuru (crane) yanagi (willow)

PEOPLE

aging population Ainu Akagawa Jirô Akutagawa Ryûnosuke Bakin Benkei biwa hôshi ("lute priest") Dôgen En no Gyôja Enomoto Ken'ichi gaijin (foreigner) geisha Hayashi Fumiko Hearn, Lafcadio Higuchi Ichiyô hosutesu ("hostess") Hotei Ishihara Shintarô Ishikawa Goemon Izumi Kyôka Kawabata Yasunari kidôtai (riot police) Kume Masao Kurama Tengu maiko (apprentice geisha) miko (shrine maiden)

Minamoto no Yorimitsu Minamoto no Yoshitsune Miyamoto Musashi Miyazawa Kenji Mori Ôgai Murasaki Shikubu Mushanokôji Saneatsu Natsume Sôseki Okada Keisuke ol ("office lady") Ôtomo no Yakamochi Ozaki Shirô rônin Saigyô samurai sarariman ("salaried man") senpai (senior) sensei (teacher, master) Shinran shôgun Tanizaki Jun'ichirô Toyotomi Hideyoshi Urashima Tarô yakuza (gangster) yankî ("yankee," juvenile delinquent) yopparai (a drunk)

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF

Amaterasu Ômikami Benten Bishamon bosatsu Bukkyô butsudan (Buddhist altar) daikokuten daruma ebisu ema (votive tablet) fudô-myôô fukurokuju gohei hitodama (spirit lights) inari inori (prayer) inzô Jizô Jûni Jinshô junrei (pilgrimage) juzu (rosary) kaimyô kami kamidana (Shintô altar) kashiwade kei (bell) Kirisutokyô (Christianity) koma-inu kongôshô (vajra) kuji meinichi (death anniversary)

mikoshi (portable shrine) mikuji (fortune stick) misogi (purification) mizugori (waterfall purification) nenbutsu ofuda okiku omamori (amulet) Raijin (god of thunder) saifuku saisen (money offering) senja-fuda (shrine card) Shichifuku-jin (seven deities of good fortune) shimenawa (sacred rope) shinboku (sacred tree) shinkô shûkyô (new religion) shintai ("kami-body") Shintô shugendô sotoba Susanoo-no-mikoto tachimono (something abstained from) Takamagahara (plain of high heaven) temizuya teruteru bôzu (rain doll) torii (shrine gate) tsukimono otoshi (exorcism) yamabushi (mountain ascetic) Zashiki Warashi Zenki

SPORTS/ACTIVITY
hanetsuki jûdô jûjutsu kata (form or sequence) kemari (Japanese football) kendô ("way of the sword")	kôkô yakyû (high school baseball) kyûdô (Japanese archery) sukî (skiing) sumô tenisu (tennis)

WEAPONRY/WAR
bokken (wooden sword) Dannoura no Tatakai Jieitai (Self Defense Forces; SDF) jitte (truncheon) naginata (halberd)	Nichiro Sensô (Russo-Japanese War) nihontô (Japanese sword) shinai (bamboo sword) teppô (firearm)

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