Anime Companion Supplement - Topical / Subject Index

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Building/Structure/Landmark
- General
- Religious
- Kyōto - Building/Structure/Landmark - Religious
- Tōkyō/Edo - Religious
- Tōkyō/Edo - Secular

Business
- General
- Food & Restaurants
- Nightlife, Bars & Clubs
- The Sex Trade
- The Sex Trade - Business Types
- Specific Companies

Clothing & Accessories
- Tops & Full Body
- Bottoms
- Outerwear
- Footwear
- Headwear & Hair Ornaments
- Fasteners
- Other

Crime/Police/Law
- General
- Modern Criminal/Delinquent

Culture
- Festival Related - General
- Festival Related - Specific Festivals/Holidays
- Literature/Folk Tales - Traditional/Pre-1868
- Literature/Folk Tales - Modern/Post-1868

Entertainment/Game
- General
- Games
- Music - General
- Music - Instrument
- Sports/Activity
- Theater/Cinema/Street Shows/Performance
- Theater/Cinema/TV - Specific Titles
- Toys

Food & Drink
- Cooking/Preparation Techniques
Food
- Processed Ingredients
- Desserts & Sweets
- Fermented
- Meat Based
- Noodles & Noodle Based
- One Pot With Simmered Mixed Ingredients
- Rice Based
- Seafood & Freshwater
- Vegetables & Fruit, Including Aquatic & Mushrooms
- - Aquatic Vegetables
- - Fruit Vegetables
- - Leaf, Inflorescent & Stalk Vegetables
- - Root, Bulb & Tuber Vegetables
- - Seed Vegetables
- - Mushrooms, Fungus & lichen
- - Vegetable based ingredients & dishes
- - Vegetable Other
- Food Other
Drink
- Coffee
- Alcoholic
- Tea
- Drink Other

General
- Miscellaneous
- Body, Health & Cosmetics
- School
- Transportation - General
- Transportation - Means Of

Geographical Feature/Location
- General
- Islands
- Ken (Prefectures)
- Mountains

Geographical Feature/Location Cities & Towns
- General
KYŌTO
- Building/Structure/Landmark - Religious
ŌSAKA
TŌKYŌ/EDO
- Building/Structure/Landmark - Religious
- Building/Structure/Landmark - Secular
- Geographical Feature/Location
- Geographical Feature/Location - Ku (Wards) Area
- Geographical Feature/Location - Tama Area
- Geographical Feature/Location - Island Administrations
- Geographical Feature/Location - Waterways

History/Society
- General
- Documents, Laws, Edicts, Treaties
- Event
- Organizations
- Periods & Eras

Home & Family

Nature
- General
- Animal
- Plant

Objects & Items
- General
- Building Elements
- Historical
- Household Items
- Kitchen, Cooking & Food Related
- Religious

People
- General
- Individuals & Families - Real & Fictional/Legendary
- Minorities & Ethnic Groups
- Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Miscellaneous
- Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Administrative
- Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Adult Entertainment
- Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Entertainment
- Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Military
- Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Religious

Religion/Mythology/Belief
- General
- Ommyōdō
- Ritual/Actions
- Sects/Movements
- Specific Deities
- Supernatural Beings/Yōkai
- Texts

Seasonal Clues
- Winter
- Winter - New Year
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall

Sounds
- Human
- Natural

Terminology
- Criminal
- Fanish
- Martial Arts
- Queer
- Sexual

Weaponry/War
- General
- Event
- Martial Arts
- Weapon - Traditional
- Weapon - Modern

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BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK

BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK - GENERAL

danchi (housing complex) 団地

dozō (traditional storehouse) 土蔵 OLD FORM 土藏 (The Anime Companion 2 p.17)

Himejijō (Himeji Castle) 姫路城 OLD FORM 姬路城 (The Anime Companion 2 p.28)

hinomi (fire lookout towers) 火見 or ひのみ

Kyōto Tawaa (Kyōto Tower) 京都タワー

Masuya 枡屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.56)

nagaya (row house) 長屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.59)

Ōsakajō (Ōsaka Castle) 大坂城

shiro (castle) 城 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.122)

Teikoku Daigaku (Imperial Universities) 帝国大学 OLD FORM 帝國大學 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.134)

BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK - EDO/TŌKYŌ
See: TŌKYŌ/EDO - BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK
BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK - RELIGIOUS

Honnōji 本能寺

hokora (small wayside shrine) 祠

Hōryūji 法隆寺 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

Ise Jingū (Ise Shrine) 伊勢神宮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.51)

Izumo Taisha 出雲大社 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.52)

jiin (Buddhist temple) 寺院 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

jinja (Shintō shrine) 神社 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.54)

kakekomidera (refuge temple) 駆込寺

Shinshōji 新勝寺

Togakushi Jinja 戸隠神社 OLD FORM 戶隱神社 (The Anime Companion 2 p.101)

Tōkeiji 東慶寺

Yakushiji 薬師寺 OLD FORM 藥師寺 (The Anime Companion 2 p.114)

BUSINESS

BUSINESS - GENERAL

amakudari (descent from heaven) 天下り

dangō (collusive bidding, bid rigging) 談合

depāto (department store) デパート (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.23)

dagashiya (cheap sweet shop) 駄菓子屋

kapuseru hoteru (capsule hotel) カプセル ホテル

konbini (convenience store) コンビニ

meishi (business card) 名刺 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.82)

OL オーエル ("office lady" オフィス ・ レディー) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.100)

ryokan (Japanese inn) 旅館 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

sakaya (sake brewer and dealer) 酒屋

sarariman ("salaried man") サラリーマン (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

sentō (public bath) 銭湯 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.115)

shōyo (bonus) 賞与 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.124)

waribiki tiketto (discount ticket) 割引チケット

BUSINESS - FOOD & RESTAURANTS
bentō-ya (bentō shop) 弁当屋

chūka ryōri-ya (Chinese restaurants) 中華料理屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.14)

kaiten sushi (revolving sushi bar) 回転寿司

kanmikissa 甘味喫茶

kashiya (confectionary) 菓子屋

kissaten (coffeehouse) 喫茶店 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.70)

manga kissa (manga cafe) 漫画喫茶 or マンガ喫茶

Meido kafe (maid cafe) メイドカフェ

ryōtei (traditional restaurants) 料亭

tōfu-ya (tōfu seller) 豆腐屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.101)

yakiniku-ya (Korean BBQ restaurants) やきにくや or 焼き肉屋 or 焼肉屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.114)

yakitori-ya 焼き鳥屋 or やき鳥や

BUSINESS - NIGHTLIFE, BARS & CLUBS

botoru kiipu (bottle Keep) ボトルキープ

bottakuriten (rip off club) ぼったくり店

gei bā (gay bar) ゲイバー

Gōruden Gai (Golden Gai) ゴールデン街

hosutesu ("hostess") ホステス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

hosutesu ryō (hostess fees) ホステス料

hosuto kurabu (host club) ホストクラブ

izakaya (small taverns) いざかや or 居酒屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.33)

nomi-ya 飲み屋 OLD FORM 飮み屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.64)

sunakku (bar) スナック (The Anime Companion 2 p.93)

yobi-komi (barker) 呼び込み

BUSINESS - THE SEX TRADE

For general sexual terminology and specific sexual acts see: Terminology - Sexual

For occupations in the sex trade see: People - - Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Adult Entertainment

AV (Adult Video)

dachi waifu (Dutch wife) ダッチワイフ

enchō (extended service) 延長

enjo kōsai (compensated dating) 援助交際

fūzoku (sex industry) 風俗

honban (real performance, real thing) 本番

imori no kuroyaki (charred newt) 井守の黒焼

kane no kireme ga en no kireme (the end of the money is the end of the relationship) 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目

matto sābisu (mat service) マットサービス

mizuage 水揚げ

mizushōbai (water trade) 水商売 or みずしょうばい

no-pan (no panty) ノーパン

pinku bira ("pink leaflets") ピンクビラ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.104)

pinku eiga (pink movie, sex films) ピンク映画 (The Anime Companion 2 p.71)

shimei, (name a particular partner) 指名

sukebe isu (pervert chair) スケベ椅子

ura fūzoku (illegal sex industry) 裏風俗

Yoshiwara 吉原

BUSINESS - THE SEX TRADE - BUSINESS TYPES

ageya (rendezvous teahouses) 揚屋

buruseara shopu (bloomer-sailor shop) ブルセラショプ

chikan densha (pervert train) 痴漢電車

fasshon herusu (fashion health) ファッションヘルス

fasshon massaji (fashion massage) ファッションマッサージ

imēji kurabu (image club) イメージクラブ

kagemajaya (kagema tea house) 陰間茶屋

kappuru kissa (couples cafe) カップル喫茶

kyaba kura (cabaret club) キャバクラ

nozokibeya (peeping room) 覗き部屋

nūdo gekijo (strip club) ヌード劇場

omiai pub (matchmaking pub) お見合パブ

pinku saron (pink salon) ピンクサロン

rabu hoteru (love hotel) ラブホテル (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.105)

sōpurando ("soapland") ソープランド (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.125)

terekura (telephone club) テレクラ

torukoburo (Turkish bath house) トルコ風呂 or トルコぶろ

urisen bā (auction bar) 売り専バー

BUSINESS - SPECIFIC COMPANIES

am/pm

Bandai Bijuaru Kabushiki Gaisha (Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.) バンダイビジュアル株式会社

Canon, Inc. キャノン [株]

FamilyMart Co. Ltd. ファミリーマート

Juliana's Tokyo ジュリアナ東京

Kagiya 鍵屋

Kaientai 海援隊

LAWSON, INC. ローソン

Lotte Co, Ltd ロッテ (The Anime Companion 2 p.54)

Makudonarudo (McDonald's) マクドナルド (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.79)

Marui 丸井

Mitsubishi 三菱 (The Anime Companion 2 p.57)

Nihon Kiin (Japan Go Association) 日本棋院

Nippon Denshin Denwa (NTT, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) 日本電信電話 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.96)

Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation) 日本放送協会 OLD FORM 日本放送協會 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.96)

Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd. セブン-イレブン・ジャパン

Tamaya 玉屋

Tora no Ana とらのあな

Yamakujira (mountain whale) 山鯨 or やまくじら

Yomiuri Land よみうりランド

Yomiuri Shimbun 読売新聞

Yoshinoya 吉野家 (The Anime Companion 2 p.119)

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES

CLOTHING - TOPS & FULL BODY

bodikon (body con) ボヂイコン

furisode (long sleeved kimono) 振袖

kappōgi (cooking apron) かっぽう着 or 割烹着 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.62)

katabira (unlined kimono) 帷子

kimono 着物 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

saifuku 祭服 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

sailor fuku (sailor suit) セーラー服 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.108)

uchikake (woman's over garment) 打掛

yukata (lightweight kimono) 浴衣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.149)

CLOTHING - BOTTOMS

burūma (gym shorts worn by girls) ブルマ (buruma), burumā ブルマー or ブルーマー (burūmā) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.15)

fundoshi (loincloth) 褌 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.30)

hakama (trousers) 袴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.38)

CLOTHING - OUTERWEAR

haori (jacket) 羽織 OLD FORM 羽織 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.41)

happi (coat) 法被 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.41)

mino (rainwear) 蓑 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.84)

tokkōfuku (kamikaze party uniform) 特攻服

CLOTHING - FOOTWEAR

geta (wooden sandals) 下駄 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.34)

kanjiki (snowshoes) 橇 or かんじき (The Anime Companion 2 p.40)

tabi (split-toed sock) 足袋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.129)

zōri (thonged sandals) 草履 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.151)

CLOTHING - HEADWEAR & HAIR ORNAMENTS

bōkū-zukin (anti-air raid hood) 防空頭巾

hachimaki (headband) 鉢巻 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.37)

hana-kanzashi (floral hairpin) 花簪 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

hitaikakushi (triangle on forehead) 額隠し

kanzashi (hair ornament) 簪

kanzashi dama (hairpin bead) 簪玉

kogai (hairpin) 笄

kushi (comb) 櫛 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.77)

sando-gasa (hat) 三度笠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

surgical masks worn in public (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.127)

tengai (basket-like hat) 天蓋

tsumami kanzashi (flowery hair ornament) つまみ簪

tsunokakushi (headdress) 角隠し OLD FORM 角隱し (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.141)

CLOTHING - FASTENERS

obi (sash, belt) 帯 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.98)

tasuki (cord to tie sleeves) 襷

CLOTHING - OTHER

inrō 印籠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.49)

koshimaki (hip wrapping) 腰巻

CRIME/POLICE/LAW

For criminal terminology see: - Criminal
CRIME/POLICE/LAW - GENERAL

dōshin (lower-grade samurai rank) 同心

hito-kiri (person cutting) 人切り or 人斬り

jōmawari 定廻り

Keishichō (Tōkyō Metropolitan Police Department) 警視庁 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.65)

ken'etsu (censorship) 検閲 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.66)

kidōtai (riot police) 機動隊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

kirisute gomen (permission to kill) 切捨御免

kōban (police box) 交番 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.71)

kōnin todoke (Notice of Marriage) 婚姻届

koseki (household register) 戸籍

okappiki 岡引

Pipo-kun (police mascot) ピーポくん

rikon todoke (Notification of a Divorce) 離婚届

San Oku En Jiken (300 million yen robbery) 三億円事件

sekisho (barrier station) 関所

sekisho tegata (travel pass) 関所手形

tokkōfuku (kamikaze party uniform) 特攻服

tsujigiri 辻斬

tsutsumotase 美人局

ura fūzoku (illegal sex industry) 裏風俗

CRIME/POLICE/LAW - MODERN CRIMINAL/DELINQUENT

bōsōzoku (motorbike gang) 暴走族 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.14)

chikan (molester) 痴漢

nozoki (peeping tom) 覗き (The Anime Companion 2 p.64)

pantī dorobō (panty thief) パンティー泥棒

redii (lady bikers) レヂイー

sukeban スケ番

yakuza (gangster) やくざ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

yankī ("yankee", juvenile delinquent) ヤンキー (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

CULTURE
See also: Winter - New Year

CULTURE - FESTIVAL RELATED - GENERAL

awa odori 阿波踊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.8)

Bon odori 盆踊り (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.13)

bunkasai (cultural festival) 文化祭

ennichi (feast days) 縁日 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.28)

hanami (flower viewing) 花見 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

hatsumōde 初詣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.42)

hōzuki ichi (Chinese-lantern plant market) 酸奬市 (The Anime Companion 2 p.29)

joya no kane 除夜の鐘 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

matsuri to nenchū gyōji (festivals and annual events) 祭と年中行事 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81)

National Holidays (kokumin no shukujitsu) 国民の祝日 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p. 49)

yukimi (snow viewing) 雪見

CULTURE - FESTIVAL RELATED - SPECIFIC FESTIVALS/HOLIDAYS

Bon 盆 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.12)

bōnen-kai ("forget the year party") 忘年会

Gion Matsuri (Gion festival) 祇園祭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.23)

Gōruden Uīku (Golden Week) ゴ−ルデンウイーク

Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) 雛祭 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

Kodomo-no-hi (Children's Day) こどもの日 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.72)

Kurisumasu (Christmas) クリスマス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

Nebuta Matsuri (Nebuta Festival) ねぶた祭 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.92)

Sapporo Yuki Matsuri (Sapporo Snow Festival) 札幌雪まつり (The Anime Companion 2 p.79)

Sei Barentain no Shukujitsu (Saint Valentine's Day) 聖バレンタインの祝日 (or Sei Barentain De　聖バレンタインデー) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.112)

Seijin No Hi (Coming-Of-Age Day) 成人の日 (The Anime Companion 2 p.80)

Setsubun 節分 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.116)

Shichi-go-san (7-5-3 Festival) 七五三 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.117)

Tanabata 七夕 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.133)

tori no ichi (bird fair) 酉の市 (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)

tsukimi (moon viewing) 月見

White Day ホワイトデー or ホワイトデイ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.145)

CULTURE - LITERATURE/FOLK TALES - TRADITIONAL/PRE-1868
See also: Religion/Mythology/Belief - Texts

Crane Wife (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.20)

Gazu hyakkiyagyō (Illustrated night procession of 100 demons) 画図百鬼夜行

Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) 源氏物語

haiku 俳句

Heike Monogatari 平家物語 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.44)

iroha uta (iroha poem) 伊呂波歌

Kasshi-yawa ("Tales Begun on the Night of the Rat") 甲子夜話

kawaraban 瓦版

kigo (seasonal word) 季語

Konjaku monogatari 今昔物語

Man'yōshū 万葉集 OLD FORM 萬葉集 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.80)

Märchen (magical folk tale) メルヘン or メルヒェン (The Anime Companion 2 p.54)

otogi-zōshi 御伽草子

Saiyūki (The Journey To The West) 西遊記 (The Anime Companion 2 p.75)

Suikoden (Outlaws Of The Marsh) 水滸伝 FORMAL 水滸傳 (The Anime Companion 2 p.92)

CULTURE - LITERATURE/FOLK TALES - MODERN/POST-1868

Berusaiyu no Bara (The Rose of Versailles) ベルサイユのばら (The Anime Companion 2 p.9)

Comic June コミックJUNE (コミックジュネ)

dōjinshi (fanzine) 同人誌 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.23)

eromanga (erotic manga) エロ漫画

gekiga (dramatic pictures) 劇画

gensakusha 原作者

Heibon Panchi (Heibon Punch) 平凡パンチ

Hototogisu (magazine) ホトトギス

kashihonya (book rental shops) 貸し本屋

kisha kurabu (press clubs) 記者クラブ

Komiketto (Comiket) コミケット (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.73)

kyōfu manga (terror manga) 恐怖漫画

mahō shōjo (magical girl) 魔法少女

manga (Japanese comic book) 漫画 or まんが or マンガ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.80)

manga zasshi (manga magazines) 漫画雑誌

mangaka (manga artist) 漫画家

raito noberu (light novel) ライトノベル

redikomi (ladies' comics) レディコミ

seinenshi 青年誌

sensō bungaku (war literature) 戦争文学 (The Anime Companion 2 p.82)

shinbun (newspaper) 新聞 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.119)

shōnenshi 少年誌

suiri manga (detection manga) 推理漫画

tankōbon (a separate book volume) 単行本

Yomiuri Shimbun 読売新聞

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - GENERAL

bijinga (beauty picture) 美人画 OLD FORM: 美人畫

enkai (party) 宴会 OLD FORM 宴會 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.27)

eroguro nansensu (erotic-grotesque nonsense) エログロナンセンス

firecrackers in the sky (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.29)

gōkon (mixed drinking session) 合コン

hanabi (fireworks) 花火 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

Hon'imbō (Grand Master of Go) 本因坊

hyakumonogatari (100 stories) 百物語

Hyottoko (mask of funny faced man) ひょっとこ

Juliana's Tokyo ジュリアナ東京

kaijū (giant monster) 怪獣 OLD FORM 怪獸 (The Anime Companion 2 p.37)

karaoke カラオケ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.62)

minisuka porisu (miniskirt police) ミニスカポリス

namazu-e (catfish picture) 鯰絵

Okame おかめ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.99)

origami 折紙 (The Anime Companion 2 p.69)

OVA

rajio taisō (radio calisthenics) ラジオ体操 OLD FORM ラヂオ體操 (The Anime Companion 2 p.72)

senkō-hanabi (sparkler) 線香花火 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.114)

shunga (erotic art) 春画 OLD FORM 春畫 (The Anime Companion 2 p.89)

tachiyomi 立ち読み

Tōei Uzumasa Eigamura (Toei Uzumasa cinema village) 東映太秦映画村

tokusatsu (special effects) 特撮

tsuribori (fishing ponds) 釣堀 or 釣り堀

ukiyo-e (Pictures of the Floating World) 浮世絵

yaoi やおい (The Anime Companion 2 p.116)

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - GAMES

bideo gēmu (video games) ビデオゲーム

Dennō Gakuen 電脳学園

fukuwarai (face game) 福笑い

go 碁 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.36)

hanafuda 花札 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

jan-ken (rock, paper, scissors) じゃんけん or じゃん拳 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.52)

kagome kagome 籠目籠目 or かごめかごめ

kai-awase (shell-matching game) 貝合せ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

kimodameshi (soul examination, test of nerve) 肝試し

kingyo-sukui (goldfish dipping) 金魚すくい (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

kakurenbo (hide and seek) かくれんぼ

mājan (mah-jongg) 麻雀 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.78)

ohajiki おはじき or 御弾き OLD FORM 御彈き (The Anime Companion 2 p.66)

onigokko (tag) 鬼ごっこ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.101)

osero ("Othello") オセロ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.103)

pachinko パチンコ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.104)

Purinto kurabu (Print Club) プリント倶楽部

renju (five-in-a-row) 連珠

saikoro [or sai] (dice) 骰子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.108)

shiritori (word game) しりとり (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.122)

shōgi (Japanese "chess") 将棋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.123)

suika-wari (watermelon game) スイカ割り (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.126)

UFO Catcher (crane game) UFOキャッチャー

uta karuta (poem card) 歌ガルタ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.144)

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - MUSIC - GENERAL

aidoru ("idol" singer) アイドル (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.3)

Carol キャロル

chanbara (sword fight films) ちゃんばら

chindonya (music maker) ちんどん屋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.19)

enka (popular song style) 演歌 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.27)

kouta (little song) 小唄 or 小歌

Yazawa Eikichi 矢沢永吉

Yokohama Ginbae 横浜銀蝿

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - MUSIC - INSTRUMENT

biwa 琵琶 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.11)

charumera (rāmen vendor's horn) チャルメラ (The Anime Companion 2 p.12)

gekkin (moon lute) 月琴 (The Anime Companion 2 p.22)

koto 琴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.75)

kotsuzumi (hand drum) 小鼓

mokugyo 木魚 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.87)

ōtsuzumi 大鼓

shakuhachi (bamboo flute) 尺八 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.116)

shamisen 三味線 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.116)

shō (mouth organ) 笙

taiko (large drum) 太鼓 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.130)

tonkori (Ainu stringed instrument) トンコリ

tsuzumi 鼓

uchiwa-daiko (prayer drum) 団扇太鼓

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - SPORTS/ACTIVITY
See also: WEAPONRY/WAR - MARTIAL ARTS

dohyō (sumō ring) 土俵

hanetsuki 羽根突き OLD FORM 羽根突き (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.40)

kemari (Japanese football) 蹴鞠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.66)

kōkō yakyū (high school baseball) 高校野球 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.73)

kyūdō (Japanese archery) 弓道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.77)

rikishi 力士

sukī (skiing) スキー (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.126)

sumō 相撲 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.127)

tenisu (tennis) テニス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.135)

tsuna (rope) 綱 (The Anime Companion 2 p.109)

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - THEATER/CINEMA/STREET SHOWS/PERFORMANCE

biwa hōshi ("lute priest") 琵琶法師 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.11)

bugaku 舞楽 OLD FORM 舞樂 (The Anime Companion 2 p.10)

bunraku 文楽 OLD FORM 文樂 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.15)

chisuji no ito (spider web) 千筋の糸

danchizuma (housing complex wife) 団地妻

dojō sukui 泥鰌掬い or 泥鰌掬 (The Anime Companion 2 p.16)

futatsume 二つ目

geisha 芸者 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.33)

goze (blind female singers) 瞽女

jidaigeki (period films) 時代劇

kabuki 歌舞伎 (The Anime Companion 2 p.35)

kami-shibai (paper shows) 紙芝居 (The Anime Companion 2 p.39)

maiko (apprentice geisha) 舞子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.78)

kitsunede (fox hands) 狐手

kosupure (costume play) コスプレ (The Anime Companion 2 p.50)

kurogo (stagehand) 黒子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

Nakamura-za (Nakamura Theater) 中村座

Nō 能 (The Anime Companion 2 p.63)

onnagata (kabuki female impersonator) 女方or 女形

pinku eiga (pink movie, sex films) ピンク映画 (The Anime Companion 2 p.71)

rakugo 落語

saru mawashi (monkey show) 猿回し (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

Takarazuka Kagekidan (Takarazuka Opera Company) 宝塚歌劇団 OLD FORM 宝塚歌劇團 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.131)

terebi (television) テレビ (The Anime Companion 2 p.99)

terebi dorama (TV drama) テレビドラマ

uma-yaku 馬役 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

yagura (stage) 櫓 or 矢倉 or やぐら (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.145)

yose 寄席

Yotarō 与太郎

zenza 前座

zōmen (white square mask) 蔵面 or 造面 or 雑面 OLD FORM 藏面 or 雜面 (The Anime Companion 2 p.123)

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - THEATER/CINEMA/TV - SPECIFIC TITLES

Aoto-zōshi hana no nishiki 青砥稿花紅彩画

Ashiya Dōman Ōuchi Kagami (Ashiya Dōman: A Mirror of the Imperial Court) 蘆屋道満大内鑑

Cream Lemon くりいむレモン"

Gojira (Godzilla) ゴジラ

Kanadehon Chūshingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) 仮名手本忠臣蔵

Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Contest) 紅白歌合戦

Otoko wa Tsurai Yo (It's Tough Being a Man, aka: The Tora-san movies) 男はつらいよ

Sanmon Gosan No Kiri 楼門五三桐 or 楼門五山桐 OLD FORM 樓門五三桐 (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei 3年B組金八先生

Sukeban Deka スケバン刑事

Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura (Sukeroku Flower of Edo) 助六由縁江戸桜

Taiga dorama (Taiga Drama) 大河ドラマ

Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan (Ghost Story of Tōkaidō Yotsuya) 東海道四谷怪談

Tōyama no Kinsan 遠山の金さん

ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - TOYS

akabeko (bobbing ox toy) 赤べこ (The Anime Companion 2 p.4)

kami fūsen (paper ball) 紙風船

hagoita (paddle) 羽子板 OLD FORM 羽子板 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.38)

hitogata (human shaped dolls) 人形

kendama (cup and ball toy) 拳玉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.66)

koma (spinning top) 独楽 OLD FORM 獨樂 (The Anime Companion 2 p.48)

takeuma (bamboo horse or stilts) 竹馬 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.131)

tako-age (kite flying) 凧揚げ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.132)

temari (ball) てまり

FOOD & DRINK

FOOD - COOKING/PREPARATION TECHNIQUES

kara-age (deep frying) からあげ or 空揚げ

mochi-tsuki (mochi pounding) 餅搗

nimono (simmered food) 煮物

tenpura てんぷら or 天婦羅 or 天麩羅 (The Anime Companion 2 p.99)

yakimono (grilled foods) やきもの or 焼き物

FOOD - PROCESSED INGREDIENTS

abura-age (fried tōfu sliced thin) あぶらあげ or 油揚げ

dashi (stock) だし or 出し (The Anime Companion 2 p.15)

furikake (rice topping) 振り掛け or ふりかけ

konnyaku (devil's tongue root) こんにゃく or 蒟蒻 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.74)

kōrēgūsu (Korean pepper) 高麗胡椒 or コーレーグース

mirin 味醂

naruto なると or 鳴門 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.91)

okara (tōfu lees) おから or 雪花菜 OLD FORM 御殼 (The Anime Companion 2 p.67)

panko (bread crumbs) パンこ or パン粉 (The Anime Companion 2 p.70)

shōyu (soy sauce) しょうゆ or 醤油 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.124)

sōsu (vegetable sauce) ソース

tōfu とうふ or 豆腐 (The Anime Companion 2 p.100)

yuba (soybean curd skin) 湯葉

FOOD - DESSERTS & SWEETS

akafuku 赤福

amanattō (sweetened beans) 甘納豆

an あん or 餡

anpan あんパン or あんぱん or 餡麪包 (The Anime Companion 2 p.5)

anman (sweet filled bun) あんまん or 餡まん

anmitsu あんみつ or 餡蜜 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.6)

chawan mushi ちゃわんむし or 茶碗蒸し

chitoseame (1000 year candy) 千歳飴

Choco Flake チョコフレーク (The Anime Companion 2 p.13)

daifuku 大福餅

Green Gum グリーンガム (The Anime Companion 2 p.24)

kaminari-okoshi (thunder brittle) 雷おこし

karintō かりんとう

kashiwa mochi かしわもち or 柏餅 OLD FORM 柏餠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.63)

konpeitō 金平糖 (The Anime Companion 2 p.50)

kuzu mochi (arrowroot cake) くずもち or 葛餅 OLD FORM 葛餠 (The Anime Companion 2 p.53)

kuroame (hard black sugar candy) 黒飴

manjū (bun, dumpling) 饅頭 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.80)

monaka (stuffed wafer cake) 最中

ningyōyaki 人形焼 OLD FORM 人形燒

ohagi (equinox bean cake) 御萩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.66)

Pocky ポッキー (The Anime Companion 2 p.71)

sakura mochi 桜餅 OLD FORM 櫻餠 (The Anime Companion 2 p.76)

shiruko しるこ or 汁粉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.122)

tai-yaki たいやき or 鯛焼き (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.130)

tamago dōfu (egg tōfu) たまごどうふ or 卵豆腐

wagashi (traditional confections) 和菓子

yatsuhashi 八ツ橋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.117)

yōkan ようかん or 羊羹 (The Anime Companion 2 p.117)

FOOD - FERMENTED

miso (soy bean paste) 味噌 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.84)

nattō 納豆 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.92)

shiokara 塩辛

tsukemono (pickle) つけもの or 漬物 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.140)

umeboshi (salted Japanese apricot) うめぼし or 梅干し or 梅干 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

FOOD - MEAT BASED

botan-nabe (boar meat hotpot) 牡丹鍋 or ぼたん鍋

gyūdon (beef bowl) ぎゅうどん or 牛丼 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.37)

gyūnabe (beef hot pot) 牛鍋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.24)

hirekatsu (fried pork filet) ヒレカツ (The Anime Companion 2 p.28)

nikujaga にくじゃが or 肉じゃが

nikuman (pork filled bun) 肉まん

shabu-shabu しゃぶしゃぶ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.116)

sashimi (sliced raw meat) (The Anime Companion 2 p.79)

tamago (egg) 卵 or たまご (The Anime Companion 2 p.97)

tonkatsu (pork cutlet) とんカツ or 豚カツ (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)

tsukune (meatballs) つくね (The Anime Companion 2 p.109)

yakiniku (grilled meat) やきにく or 焼き肉

yakitori やきとり or 焼き鳥 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

yamakujira (mountain whale) 山鯨 or やまくじら

FOOD - NOODLES & NOODLE BASED

harusame (spring rain noodles) はるさめ or 春雨

hiyamugi (ひやむぎ or 冷麦), sōmen (そうめん or 素麺) (two kinds of noodles) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.46)

kitsune soba 狐そば or 狐蕎麦

kitsune udon 狐うどん or 狐饂飩

men rui (noodles) めんるい or 麺類 (The Anime Companion 2 p.56)

miso-rāmen みそラーメン or 味噌ラーメン (The Anime Companion 2 p.57)

nabeyaki-udon 鍋焼きうどん OLD FORM 鍋燒うどん (The Anime Companion 2 p.59)

noodle slurping (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.96)

Okinawa soba 沖縄そば

rāmen (noodles) ラ−メン (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.105)

soba そば or 蕎麦 (The Anime Companion 2 p.90)

tanmen タンメン or たんめん

tenpura soba (tenpura noodles) 天ぷらそば OR 天麩羅蕎麦 OLD FORM 天麩羅蕎麥 (The Anime Companion 2 p.99)

tokoroten (gelidium jelly) ところ天 or 心太

toshikoshi soba (new year's soba) 年越しそば (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)

udon うどん or 饂飩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.110)

wankosoba わんこそば or 椀子蕎麦

yakisoba (fried noodles) 焼そば (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.145)

zaru soba ざるそば or 笊蕎麦

FOOD - ONE POT WITH SIMMERED MIXED INGREDIENTS

botan-nabe (boar meat hotpot) 牡丹鍋 or ぼたん鍋

chirinabe (hot pot dish) ちりなべ or ちり鍋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.12)

nabemono (one pot meals) なべもの or 鍋物 (The Anime Companion 2 p.59)

oden おでん (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.98)

sukiyaki 鋤焼き (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.126)

FOOD - RICE BASED

abekawamochi あべかわもち or 安倍川餅

chazuke 茶漬け (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.18)

gohan (cooked rice) ごはん or 御飯 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.36)

gyūdon (beef bowl) ぎゅうどん or 牛丼 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.37)

inarizushi いなりずし or 稲荷鮨

kagami-mochi (New Year rice cake ornament) 鏡餅

kama meshi かまめし or 釜飯 (The Anime Companion 2 p.38)

kaminari-okoshi (thunder brittle) 雷おこし

kanpyōmaki かんぴょうまき or　干瓢巻き

kappamaki かっぱまき or 河童巻き

karē raisu (curry rice) カレーライス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.62)

katsudon (pork cutlet donburi) カツどん or カツ丼 (The Anime Companion 2 p.42)

kayu (rice porridge) かゆ or 粥 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.65)

kiritanpo きりたんぽ or 切りたんぽ

makizushi まきずしor 巻き鮨

mochi (rice cake) 餅 OLD FORM 餠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.87)

nigirimeshi (rice ball) 握り飯 OLD FORM 握り飯 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.93)

nigirizushi にぎりずし or 握り鮨

okowa 御強

omuraisu (omelet rice) オムライス (The Anime Companion 2 p.68)

oyakodon 親子丼

sekihan (rice with red beans) せきはん OLD FORM 赤飯 (The Anime Companion 2 p.81)

sushi (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.128)

tendon (tenpura and rice) てんどん or 天丼 (The Anime Companion 2 p.99)

unagi donburi 鰻丼 or うなぎどんぶり (The Anime Companion 2 p.110)

yakimeshi (fried rice) やきめし or 焼き飯 (The Anime Companion 2 p.114)

FOOD - SEAFOOD & FRESHWATER

aji (saurel, horse mackerel) 鰺

akagai あかがい or 赤貝 (The Anime Companion 2 p.4)

amadai あまだい or 甘鯛 (The Anime Companion 2 p.5)

ankō (angler fish) あんこう or 鮟鱇 (The Anime Companion 2 p.5)

chikuwa (fish sausage) ちくわ or 竹輪 (The Anime Companion 2 p.12)

fugu (puffer fish)ふぐ or 河豚 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.29)

fugu-chiri ふぐチリ (The Anime Companion 2 p.21)

hanpen (fish paste cake) はんぺん or 半片 or 半平 (The Anime Companion 2 p.26)

hatahata (sandfish) はたはた or 鰰 (The Anime Companion 2 p.26)

haze (goby) はぜ or 沙魚 or 鯊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.43)

ika (squid and cuttlefish) いか or 烏賊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.48)

ikizukuri (live sashimi) いきづくり or 生き作り or 活き造り (also called ikezukuri いけづくり or 生け作り or 活け作り

ikura (Salmon roe) イクラ (The Anime Companion 2 p.31)

isaki いさき or 伊佐木 or 伊佐幾

kabayaki (charcoal broiled fish) かばやき or 蒲焼

karasumi (botargo) 鱲子 or 唐墨

katsuobushi (dried bonito) かつおぶし or 鰹節 (The Anime Companion 2 p.43)

kazunoko (herring roe) 数の子 or 鯑

kezuribushi (shaved dried bonito) けずりぶし or 削り節 (The Anime Companion 2 p.45)

kisu (fish) きすor 鱚

namako 海鼠or なまこ

niboshi (small dried fish) 煮干 or にぼし

ōtoro (very fatty tuna meat) 大トロ

sanma さんま or 秋刀魚 (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

sashimi (sliced raw meat) さしみ or 刺身 (The Anime Companion 2 p.79)

satsuma-age さつまあげ or 薩摩揚げ

sazae (turbo or top-shell) 栄螺 or 蓑座絵

sazae no tsuboyaki (sazae cooked in the shell) さざえの壷焼き

suppon (snapping turtle) すっぽん or 鼈 (The Anime Companion 2 p.93)

sushi 鮨 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.128)

tai (sea bream) たい or 鯛 (The Anime Companion 2 p.94)

tako (octopus) たこ or 蛸 or 章魚 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.131)

unagi (eel) うなぎ or 鰻 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.144)

FOOD - VEGETABLES & FRUIT, INCLUDING AQUATIC & MUSHROOMS
- AQUATIC VEGETABLES

hijiki ひじき or 鹿尾菜

konbu (kelp) こんぶ or 昆布 (The Anime Companion 2 p.48)

nori (seaweed, laver) 海苔 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.97)

wakame わかめ or 若布 or 和布 (The Anime Companion 2 p.112)

- FRUIT VEGETABLES

akebi 木通 or 通草

hisago (gourd) 瓠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

kaki (persimmon) 柿 (The Anime Companion 2 p.37)

kyūri (cucumber) きゅうり or 胡瓜 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.78)

mikan みかん or 蜜柑 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.82)

nashi (Japanese pear) なし or 梨

nasu (eggplant) 茄子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.91)

sanshō (Szechwan pepper) さんしょう or 山椒 (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

suika (watermelon) すいか or 西瓜 (The Anime Companion 2 p.92)

ume うめ or 梅 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

zakuro (pomegranate) 石榴 or 柘榴 (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)

- LEAF, INFLORESCENT & STALK VEGETABLES

hakusai (Chinese cabbage) はくさい or 白菜

karashi (mustard) からし or 芥子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.41)

kusasotetsu (ostrich fern) くさそてつ or 草蘇鉄 (The Anime Companion 2 p.52)

nozawana (turnip greens) のざわな or 野沢菜

shiso (beefsteak plant) しそ or 紫蘇

takenoko (bamboo shoot) たけのこ or 竹の子 or 筍 (The Anime Companion 2 p.96)

udo うど or 独活

warabi (bracken) わらび or 蕨 (The Anime Companion 2 p.113)

- ROOT, BULB & TUBER VEGETABLES

daikon (radish) だいこん or 大根 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.21)

gobō ごぼう or 牛蒡 (The Anime Companion 2 p.23)

kabu (turnip) 蕪

konnyaku (devil's tongue root) こんにゃく or 蒟蒻 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.74)

negi (spring onion) ねぎ or 葱 (The Anime Companion 2 p.61)

ninjin (carrot) にんじん or 人参 OLD FORM 人參 (The Anime Companion 2 p.63)

renkon (lotus root) 蓮根 (The Anime Companion 2 p.73)

satoimo (taro) 里芋

satsumaimo (sweet potato) さつまいも (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

wasabi わさび or 山葵 (The Anime Companion 2 p.113)

yamanoimo (yam) やまのいも or 山の芋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.115)

- SEED VEGETABLES

azuki (a small red bean) あずき or 小豆

edamame えだまめ or 枝豆 (The Anime Companion 2 p.17)

kuromame (black soybeans) くろまめ or 黒豆

tōmorokoshi (corn on the cob) 玉蜀黍 or とうもろこし (The Anime Companion 2 p.105)

- MUSHROOMS, FUNGUS & LICHEN

iwatake いわたけ or 岩茸or 石茸

matsutake 松茸

nameko なめこ or 滑子

shiitake しいたけ or 椎茸 (The Anime Companion 2 p.83)

- VEGETABLE BASED INGREDIENTS & DISHES

aemono あえもの or 和え物

kanten 寒天 or かんてん (The Anime Companion 2 p.41)

kimuchi (kim chi) キムチ

kinako (soybean flour) きなこ or 黄粉

kinpira-gobō きんぴらごぼう or 金平牛蒡 (The Anime Companion 2 p.46)

shichimi tōgarashi (seven-spice mix) しちみとうがらし or 七味唐辛子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.83)

- VEGETABLE OTHER

nanakusa (seven herbs) 七草

sansai (mountain vegetables) 山菜 (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

shōjin ryōri (vegetarian cooking) しょうじんりょうり or 精進料理 (The Anime Companion 2 p.87)

FOOD - OTHER

champurū チャンプルー

chanpon チャンポン (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.18)

chōshoku (breakfast) ちょうしょくor 朝食 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.20)

dango (dumpling) だんご or 団子 OLD FORM 團子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.15)

demaé (delivery of prepared food) 出前 (The Anime Companion 2 p.16)

gyōza (potsticker) ギョーザ or 餃子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.37)

kaiseki ryōri 懐石料理

kakigōri-ki (shaved ice) [kakigōri かき氷](The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.59)

karē (curry) カレー (The Anime Companion 2 p.41)

kibidango きびだんご or 黍団子 OLD FORM 黍團子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.45)

korokke (croquette) コロッケ (The Anime Companion 2 p.50)

kusa-dango (green dango) くさだんご or 草だんご

kushi-dango (skewered dango) 串団子 OLD FORM 串團子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.52)

mabōdofu 麻婆豆腐

mismatched foods [kuiawase 食い合わせ] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.84)

misoshiru (miso soup) みそしる or 味噌汁 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.85)

mitarashi dango 御手洗団子

monjayaki もんじゃ焼き

okonomiyaki おこのみやき or 御好み焼き (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.100)

okosama-ranchi (child’s plate) おこさまランチ or お子様ランチ (The Anime Companion 2 p.68)

osechi-ryōri (New Year's food) お節料理 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.102)

senbei (rice cracker) せんべい or 煎餅 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.113)

shūmai (dim sum) シューマイ or シウマイ or 焼売 OLD FORM 燒賣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.89)

tachigui (standing eating) 立食い or 立ち食い

takoyaki 蛸焼き OR たこ焼き(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.132)

teishoku (set meal) ていしょく or 定食 (The Anime Companion 2 p.98)

tsukimi (culinary term) 月見

tsukimi-dango 月見団子

tsukudani つくだに or 佃煮

umami (flavor) 旨味

yatai (outdoor stall) 屋台 OLD FORM 屋臺 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.147)

zōni 雑煮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)

DRINK - COFFEE

Boss Coffee ボス コーヒー (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.14)

UCC Coffee UCC コーヒー (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.142)

DRINK - ALCOHOLIC

bīru (beer) ビール (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.10)

chūhai チューハイ or 酎ハイ

mamushi-zake (snake in drink) まむし酒

sake 酒 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.109)

shōchū (hard liquor) しょうちゅう or 焼酎 OLD FORM 燒酎 (The Anime Companion 2 p.86)

tamago-zake (egg yolk in sake) 卵酒 (The Anime Companion 2 p.97)

toso 屠蘇 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.139)

umeshu (plum "wine") うめしゅ or 梅酒 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

DRINK - TEA

cha (tea) 茶 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.16)

cha-no-yu (tea ceremony) 茶の湯 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.17)

mugicha (barley tea) 麦茶 (The Anime Companion 2 p.58)

DRINK - OTHER

amazake あまざけ or 甘酒 or 醴

Calpis カルピス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.16)

drinks, pouring for another (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25)

eiyō drinks (nutritional supplement drinks) 栄養ドリンク (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.26)

IN Shirīzu IN-シリーズ (The Anime Companion 2 p.31)

konbucha (konbu tea aka seaweed tea) 昆布茶

Lipovitan リポビタン

Pocari Sweat ポカリスエット (The Anime Companion 2 p.71)

Ramune ラムネ (The Anime Companion 2 p.72)

GENERAL

GENERAL - MISCELLANEOUS

aka to shiro (red and white) あかとしろ or 赤と白 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.4)

Akutagawa Shō 芥川賞 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5)

atena (address) 宛名 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.8)

banzai 万歳 OLD FORM 萬歳 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.9)

en (yen) 円 OLD FORM 圓 (The Anime Companion 2 p.20)

four things to fear in life (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.29)

gairaigo (loanword) 外来語 OLD FORM 外來語 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.33)

geta-uranai 下駄占い

giri-choko (obligatory chocolate) 義理チョコ

giri to ninjō (obligations and feelings) 義理と人情

hakamairi (gravesite visit) 墓参り (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.38)

hamon (formal expulsion) 破門

ikebana (flower arranging) 生け花 (The Anime Companion 2 p.30)

iki (aesthetic ideal) 粋

iroha いろは or 伊呂波 (The Anime Companion 2 p.32)

itadakimasu いただきます

kana (syllabary) 仮名 OLD FORM 假名 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.60)

kanji (Chinese character) 漢字 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.61)

kanji (organizer) 幹事 (The Anime Companion 2 p.40)

karesansui (sand garden) 枯山水

kasō (cremation) 火葬 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.63)

kasō (geomancy) 家相 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.64)

keppan (blood seal) 血判

ki (spirit, life force) 気 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.67)

ki-ai (shout) 気合 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

kitamakura (pillow to the North) 北枕

kokkuri コックリ or こっくり or 狐狗狸

koku (volume measurement) 石 (The Anime Companion 2 p.47)

Kokumin Eiyo Shō (People's Honor Award) 国民栄誉賞

kon'in (marriage) 婚姻 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.74)

kuruwa kotoba 廓言葉

machiai shitsu (waiting room) 待合室

maru 丸 (The Anime Companion 2 p.54)

ninsō (physiognomy) 人相

ojigi (bow) おじぎ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.98)

Ommyō-gogyō-setsu 陰陽五行説

otaku Depending on context: 御宅 or お宅 or おたく or オタク (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.103)

red triangle (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.106)

shinjū (double or group suicide) 心中 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.119)

shochū-mimai-jō (summertime greeting letter) 暑中見舞状

tesō (palmistry) 手相

tōji (winter solstice) 冬至

virgin road バージンロード or ヴァージン・ロード (The Anime Companion 2 p.111)

Yamato 大和 (The Anime Companion 2 p.116)

yubikiri (pinky promise) 指切り

GENERAL - BODY, HEALTH & COSMETICS

akushu suru (shaking hands) 握手する (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5)

dogs and pregnant women (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.23)

futanari 二成 or 二形 or ふたなり

gama no abura (toad oil) 蝦蟇の油 (The Anime Companion 2 p.22)

Gestures [sidebar] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p. 148)

Hair of a Different Color [sidebar] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p. 64)

hara (stomach, belly) 腹 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.41)

hari (acupuncture) 鍼 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.41)

he (fart) 屁 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.43)

imori no kuroyaki (charred newt) 井守の黒焼

irezumi (tattoo) 入墨 or 文身 or 刺青 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.50)

kampō (Chinese Medicine) 漢方

kekkaku (tuberculosis) 結核 (The Anime Companion 2 p.44)

ketsueki-gata (blood type) 血液型 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.67)

kisu (kiss) キス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.71)

kuroyaki (charred plants & animals) 黒焼

kushami (sneeze) くしゃみ or 嚔 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

kusuri (drugs) 薬

kyū (moxibustion) 灸 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.77)

ohaguro (blackening teeth) 御歯黒

okimayu 置眉 or おきまゆ

tachishōben (peeing in the street) 立ち小便 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.129)

zōki ishioku (organ transplant) 臓器移植 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)

GENERAL - SCHOOL

bunkasai (cultural festival) 文化祭

homurūmu (homeroom) ホームルーム (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

juku (private tutoring schools) 塾

kyōiku mama (education mama) 教育ママ

shiken jigoku (examination hell) 試験地獄 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.118)

shūgaku ryokō (school trip) 修学旅行 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.124)

shūgakuzen kyōiku (preschool education) 就学前教育 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.124)

students cleaning school (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.125)

water holding as punishment (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.145)

yobikō (cram school) 予備校 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.147)

GENERAL - TRANSPORTATION

chalk marks and illegally parked cars (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.17)

Expressways of Japan [sidebar] (The Anime Companion 2 p.51)

Gokaidō (Five Highways) 五街道

headlights off (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.43)

ichirizuka (milestone mound) 一里塚

jikoku-hyō (timetable) 時刻表

kōsoku dōro (expressway) 高速道路 (The Anime Companion 2 p.50)

Nakasendō 中山道 or 中仙道 (The Anime Companion 2 p.60)

nyūjōken (platform ticket) 入場券

oshiya (push man) 押し屋

shukuba machi (post station town) 宿場町 (The Anime Companion 2 p.89)

Tōkaidō 東海道 OLD FORM in book is incorrect, I am unable to display it here. (The Anime Companion 2 p.101)

tsūkin (commuting) 通勤 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.140)

Yamanote Sen (Yamanote Line) 山手線 (The Anime Companion 2 p.115)

GENERAL - TRANSPORTATION - MEANS OF

commuter train (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.20)

decotora (decorated truck) デコトラ

Jē Āru (JR) ジェーアール (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

jinrikisha (rickshaw) 人力車 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.54)

kago (sedan chair) 駕籠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

koshi (palanquin) 輿 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.74)

renraku-sen (ferryboat) 連絡船 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.106)

shinkansen (new trunk line) 新幹線 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.120)

Suica スイカ

takushi (taxi) タクシー (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.133)

taraibune (tub boat) 盥舟 or 盥船 (The Anime Companion 2 p.98)

tetsudō (railways) 鉄道 OLD FORM 鐵道 (The Anime Companion 2 p.100)

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - GENERAL

Aizu Bonchi (Aizu Basin) 会津盆地 OLD FORM 會津盆地 (The Anime Companion 2 p.3)

Aizu han 会津藩 OLD FORM 會津藩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.4)

Biwako (Lake Biwa) 琵琶湖 (The Anime Companion 2 p.10)

chihō 地方

Chōshū han 長州藩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.13)

Chūbu Chihō (Chūbu region) 中部地方

Chūgoku Chihō 中国地方

Fuji Goko (Fuji Five Lakes) 富士五湖 (The Anime Companion 2 p.21)

han (daimyō domain) 藩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.26)

Izumo 出雲 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.52)

Kantō Chihō (Kantō region) 関東地方 OLD FORM 關東地方 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.61)

Mito han 水戸藩 OLD FORM 水戶藩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.57)

Mutsu no Kuni 陸奥国

Nihonkai (Sea of Japan) 日本海 (The Anime Companion 2 p.63)

Satsuma han 薩摩藩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.80)

Seto Naikai (Seto Inland Sea) 瀬戸内海 OLD FORM ??内海 (The Anime Companion 2 p.82)

Shōnan 湘南

Suwako (Lake Suwa) 諏訪湖 (The Anime Companion 2 p.94)

Tōhoku Chihō 東北地方

Tōkai chihō (Tōkai Region) 東海地方 (The Anime Companion 2 p.101)

Tosa han 土佐藩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)

Yagyū 柳生

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - ISLANDS
See also: Tōkyō/Edo - Geographical Feature/Location - Island Administrations

Awajishima 淡路島 (The Anime Companion 2 p.7)

Dejima 出島

Enoshima 江の島 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.28)

Etorofu 択捉

Hokkaidō 北海道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.46):

Honshū 本州 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

Iriomotejima 西表島

Itsukushima 厳島

Kyūshū 九州 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.78)

Ryūkyū Shotō (Ryūkyū Islands) 琉球諸島

Sado 佐渡

Shikoku 四国 OLD FORM 四國 (The Anime Companion 2 p.84)

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - KEN (PREFECTURES)
Cities and Prefectures at times may have the same name.

ken (prefecture) 県 OLD FORM 縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.44)

Prefectures of Japan [map] (The Anime Companion 2 p.124)

Aichi Ken 愛知県 OLD FORM 愛知縣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.3):
NETAICHI (official site)

Akita Ken 秋田県:
Information page in English (official site)

Aomori Ken 青森県:
Kassai Aomori Homepage (official site)

Chiba Ken 千葉県 OLD FORM 千葉縣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.18):
Chiba Pref (official site)

Ehime Ken:
Ehime Prefecture (official site)

Fukui Ken:
Fukui Homepage (official site)

Fukuoka Ken:
Fukuoka (official site)

Fukushima Ken 福島県 (The Anime Companion 2 p.22):
Fukushima Prefecture Home Page (official site)

Gifu Ken 岐阜県 OLD FORM 岐阜縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.23):
GIFU Prefecture (official site)

Gunma Ken 群馬県 OLD FORM 群馬縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.24):
Welcome to Gunma (official site)

Hiroshima Ken:
Hiroshima ken (official site)

Hokkaidō 北海道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.46):
Hokkaido (official site)

Hyōgo Ken 兵庫県 OLD FORM 兵庫縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.29):
Hyogo Prefecture (official site)

Ibaraki Ken 茨城県 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.48):
Welcome to IBARAKI Prefecture (official site)

Ishikawa Ken:
Ishikawa Prefectural Government (official site)

Iwate Ken 岩手県 OLD FORM 岩手縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.33):
Welcome to Iwate prefecture's Home Page! (official site)

Kagawa Ken:
Profile of Kagawa Prefecture (official site)

Kagoshima Ken:
Kagoshimaken (official site)

Kanagawa Ken 神奈川県 OLD FORM 神奈川縣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.60):
Kanagawa Prefecture (official site)

Kōchi Ken 高知県 OLD FORM 高知縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.47):
Kochi Prefecture (official site)

Kumamoto Ken:
Kumamoto Prefecture Web Site (official site)

Kyōto-fu:
Kyōto Prefecture (official site)

Mie ken 三重県 OLD FORM 三重縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.56):
Mie Prefecture (official site)

Miyagi Ken 宮城県 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.86):
Well Come to Miyagi's Homepage (official site)

Miyazaki Ken:
Miyazaki Prefecture (official site)

Nagano Ken:
Nagano Prefecture (official site)

Nagasaki Ken:
Nagasaki Prefecture Home Page (official site)

Nara Ken:
Nara Prefecture (official site)

Niigata Ken:
Welcome to Niigata Prefecture (official site)

Ōita Ken:
Welcome to Oita Prefecture (official site)

Okayama ken 岡山県 OLD FORM 岡山縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.67):
Peach Top Page (Okayama Prefectural Government) (official site)

Okinawa Ken 沖縄県 OLD FORM 沖繩縣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.99):
Okinawa Prefecture's Home Page (official site)

Ōsaka-fu:
Ōsaka Prefectural Government (official site)

Saga Ken:
Sagaken (official site)

Saitama Ken:
Saitama Prefecture Homepage (official site)

Shiga Ken:
Welcome to Shiga (official site)

Shimane Ken 島根県 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.118):
Shimane Prefecture (official site)

Shizuoka ken 静岡県 OLD FORM 靜岡縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.86):
Shizuoka Prefecture (official site)

Tochigi ken 栃木県 OLD FORM 栃木縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.100):
Tochigi Prefecture (official site)

Tokushima Ken:
Tokushima Home Page (official site)

Tōkyō[-to] 東京 (The Anime Companion 2 p.104)
Welcome to Tokyo (official government site, English section.)

Tottori Ken:
About Tottori Prefecture (official site)

Tōyama Ken:
Welcome to Tōyama Japan (official site)

Wakayama Ken:
Wakayama Prefecture Homepage (official site)

Yamagata Ken:
Yutorito Yamagata Home Page (official site)

Yamaguchi ken 山口県 OLD FORM 山口縣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.115):
Yamaguchi Ken (official site)

Yamanashi Ken:
Yamanashi Pref (official site)

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - MOUNTAINS

Arashiyama 嵐山 (The Anime Companion 2 p.6)

Asamayama 浅間山 OLD FORM 淺間山 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.7)

Aso-san (Mt. Aso) 阿蘇山 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.7)

Fuji-san (Mt. Fuji) 富士山 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.30)

Hida Sanmyaku 飛騨山脈 OLD FORM 飛驒山脈(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

Hieizan (Mount Hiei) 比叡山 (The Anime Companion 2 p.28)

Kōya-san (Mt. Kōya) 高野山 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.75)

Kuramayama (Mt. Kurama) 鞍馬山 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

Ōeyama 大江山

Osorezan 恐山

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - CITIES & TOWNS

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - CITIES & TOWNS - General

Akashi 明石 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.4)

Arai-chō 新居町 (The Anime Companion 2 p.6)

Atami 熱海 [市] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.7)

Chigasaki City 茅ヶ崎 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.12)

Chōshi 銚子 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.13)

Goshogawara 五所川原「市」

Hagi 萩 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.25)

Hakodate 函館 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.25)

Hakone 箱根 [町] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.38)

Harubin (Harbin) ハルビン

Hayama 葉山 [町] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.42)

Heiankyō 平安京

Hiraizumi 平泉

Hiroshima 広島 [市] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

Iruma 入間 [市] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.50)

Ise 伊勢 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.51)

Ishiyama Honganji 石山本願寺

Kamakura 鎌倉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.59)

Kanaya 金谷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.40)

Kawasaki 川崎市

Kōbe 神戸 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.47)

Maebashi 前橋 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.54)

Morioka 盛岡 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.58)

Nagasaki 長崎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.90)

Naha 那覇[市]

Nara 奈良 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.61)

Onomichi 尾道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.101)

Ōtsu 大津 (The Anime Companion 2 p.70)

Sakata 酒田 (The Anime Companion 2 p.76)

Sapporo 札幌 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

Shimo Suwa 下諏訪 [町] (The Anime Companion 2 p.84)

Shimoda 下田 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.85)

Shimonoseki 下関 [市] OLD FORM 下關 (The Anime Companion 2 p.85)

Togakushi 戸隠 OLD FORM 戶隱 (The Anime Companion 2 p.101)

Tomakomai 苫小牧 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.105)

Urayasu 浦安 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.111)

Utsunomiya 宇都宮 [市] OLD FORM 宇都宮 (The Anime Companion 2 p.111)

Yagyū 柳生

Yamashina 山科 [区] (The Anime Companion 2 p.116)

Yokohama 横浜 OLD FORM 橫濱 (The Anime Companion 2 p.117)

Yokosuka 横須賀 [市] OLD FORM 橫須賀 (The Anime Companion 2 p.117)

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - CITIES & TOWNS - KYŌTO

Arashiyama 嵐山 (The Anime Companion 2 p.6)

Gion 祇園 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.35)

Heiankyō 平安京

Kyōto 京都 [市] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.77)

Mibu 壬生

KYŌTO - BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK - RELIGIOUS

Hieizan (Mount Hiei) 比叡山 (The Anime Companion 2 p.28)

Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) 金閣寺 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.69)

Kiyomizudera 清水寺 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.71)

Mibudera 壬生寺

Seimei jinja (Seimei shrine) 晴明神社

Yasaka Jinja (Yasaka Shrine) 八坂神社

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - CITIES & TOWNS - ŌSAKA

Dōtonbori 道頓堀 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25)

Ōsaka 大阪 or (archaic) 大坂 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.102)

Shinmachi (pleasure quarter Ōsaka) 新町

Tsūtenkaku (Ōsaka Tower) 通天閣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.141)

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - CITIES & TOWNS - TŌKYŌ/EDO

TŌKYŌ/EDO - BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK - RELIGIOUS

Aoyama Reien (Aoyama Cemetery) 青山霊園 OLD FORM 靑山靈園 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.6)

Asakusa Jinja 浅草神社 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.7)

Hanazono Jinja (in Shinjuku) 花園神社

Jōkanji 浄閑寺

Kaminarimon 雷門 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.60)

Kanda Jinja 神田神社

Kaneiji 寛永寺 OLD FORM 寬永寺 (The Anime Companion 2 p.40)

Kichijōji 吉祥寺

Kyōei-zan Daikyōji 経栄山 題経寺

Masakado-Zuka (Masakado’s Mound) 将門塚 FORMAL 將門塚 (The Anime Companion 2 p.55)

Meiji Jingū (Meiji shrine) 明治神宮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81)

Sensōji 浅草寺 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.114)

TŌKYŌ/EDO - BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK - SECULAR

Akihabara Eki (Akihabara Station) 秋葉原駅 OLD FORM 秋葉原驛 (The Anime Companion 2 p.4)

Budōkan 武道館 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.14)

Hachikō ハチ公 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.37)

Ikebukuro Eki (Ikebukuro station) 池袋駅

Keiō Puraza Hoteru (Keio Plaza Hotel) 京王プラザホテル (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.65)

Kabukiza 歌舞伎座 (The Anime Companion 2 p.36)

Kachidokibashi 勝鬨橋

Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan (National Science Museum) 国立科学博物館 (The Anime Companion 2 p.48)

Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (National Diet Library) 国立国会図書館

Kōkyo (Imperial Palace in Tōkyō) 皇居

Meguro Gajoen 目黒雅叙園

Moyai-zo (moyai statue) モヤイ像

My City マイシテイ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.90)

Nihonbashi 日本橋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.94)

Nijubashi 二重橋

Panoramakan パノラマ館

Rainbow Bridge レインボーブリッジ (The Anime Companion 2 p.72)

Rokumeikan (Deer Cry Pavilion) 鹿鳴館

Ryōgokubashi 両国橋 OLD FORM 兩國橋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.74)

Ryōunkaku (Asakusa Twelve Stories) 凌雲閣 or 浅草十二階 OLD FORM 淺草十二階 (The Anime Companion 2 p.75)

Shin Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō (New Tōkyō International Airport) 新東京国際空港 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.121)

Shinbashi Eki (Shinbashi Station) 新橋駅 OLD FORM 新橋驛 (The Anime Companion 2 p.84)

Shinjuku Eki (Shinjuku Station) 新宿駅 OLD FORM 新宿驛 (The Anime Companion 2 p.85)

Shōheikō 昌平黌

shuto kōsoku wangan sen (bayshore expressway) 首都高速湾岸線 (The Anime Companion 2 p.90)

Studio ALTA スタジオアルタ (The Anime Companion 2 p.91)

Teikoku Hoteru (Imperial Hotel) 帝国ホテル OLD FORM 帝國ホテル (The Anime Companion 2 p.98)

Tokiwasō トキワ荘

Tōkyō Daigaku (Tōkyō University) 東京大学 OLD FORM 東京大學 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.138)

Tōkyō Dōmu (Tōkyō Dome) 東京ドーム (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.138)

Tōkyō Eki (Tōkyō Station) 東京駅 OLD FORM 東京驛 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.138)

Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan (Tōkyō National Museum) 東京国立博物館 (The Anime Companion 2 p.105)

Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō 東京国際空港 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.138)

Tōkyō Kokusai Tenjijō (Tōkyō International Exhibition Center aka Tōkyō Big Sight) 東京国際展示場

Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo (Tōkyō Stock Exchange) 東京証券取引所 (The Anime Companion 2 p.105)

Tōkyō Tawā (Tōkyō Tower) 東京タワー (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.138)

Tōkyō Tochōsha (Tōkyō Metropolitan Government Offices) 東京都庁舎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.139)

Tsukiji Shijō (Tsukiji Fish Market) 築地市場 (The Anime Companion 2 p.109)

Ueno Dōbutsuen (Ueno Zoo) 上野動物園 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.142)

Ueno Eki (Ueno Train Station) 上野駅 OLD FORM 上野驛 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

Uguisudani Eki (Uguisudani Station) 鶯谷駅 OLD FORM 鶯谷驛 (The Anime Companion 2 p.110)

Wakō Clock Tower 和光の時計台 or 和光の時計塔 (The Anime Companion 2 p.112)

Waseda Daigaku (Waseda University) 早稲田大学 OLD FORM 早稻田大學 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.144)

Yokohama Bei Buriji (Yokohama Bay Bridge) 横浜ベイブリッジ (The Anime Companion 2 p.117)

TŌKYŌ/EDO - GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION

Akasaka 赤坂 (The Anime Companion 2 p.4)

Akihabara 秋葉原 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5)

Aoyama 青山 OLD FORM 靑山 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.6)

Asakusa 浅草 OLD FORM 淺草 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5)

Azabu 麻布 (The Anime Companion 2 p.7)

Azabu Jūban 麻布十番 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.8)

Edo 江戸 OLD FORM 江戶 (The Anime Companion 2 p.18)

Edojō (Edo Castle) 江戸城 OLD FORM 江戶城 (The Anime Companion 2 p.18)

Fukagawa 深川 (The Anime Companion 2 p.21)

Ginza 銀座 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.35)

Gōruden Gai (Golden Gai) ゴールデン街

Hachiōji 八王子[市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.25)

Harajuku 原宿 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.41)

Hibiya 日比谷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.27)

Honjo [Tōkyō] 本所

Ikebukuro 池袋

Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Kōen (Ikebukuro West Gate Park) 池袋西口公園

Inokashira Onshi Kōen 井の頭恩賜公園 (The Anime Companion 2 p.31)

Iriya 入谷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.32)

Jimbōchō 神保町

Kabukichō 歌舞伎町 (The Anime Companion 2 p.35)

Kabutochō 兜町

Kanda 神田

Kichijōji 吉祥寺

Odaiba Kaihin Kōen (Odaiba Seaside Park) お台場海浜公園 (The Anime Companion 2 p.66)

Ohaguro-dobu (Ditch of Black Teeth) 御歯黒溝

Omote-sandō 表参道

Ōoku (Great Interior) 大奥

Roppongi 六本木 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.106)

Senju 千住 (The Anime Companion 2 p.81)

Shinbashi 新橋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.84)

Tōkyō 東京 (The Anime Companion 2 p.104)

Tōkyō Dizunīrando (Tōkyō Disneyland) 東京ディズニーランド (The Anime Companion 2 p.104)

Tsukudajima 佃島 (The Anime Companion 2 p.109)

Ueno 上野 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.142)

Ueno Kōen (Ueno Park) 上野公園 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

Uguisudani (Valley Of The Bush Warblers) 鶯谷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.110)

Yamanote Sen (Yamanote Line) 山手線 (The Anime Companion 2 p.115)

Yokota Air Base 横田空軍基地 (The Anime Companion 2 p.118)

Yoshiwara 吉原

Yotsuya 四谷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.119)

TŌKYŌ/EDO - GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - KU (WARDS) AREA

Tōkyō City Wards (Ku), present day:
Note: Some web pages call their ward a 'city', the Japanese word ku usually refers to a part of a city. Tōkyō has an unusual structure with a local government for each ku, they are still called ku rather than the usual shi. This use of terminology can be confusing to non-Japanese.

Wards of Tōkyō [map] (The Anime Companion 2 p.130)

Adachi-ku 足立区 OLD FORM 足立區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.3)
Official site: Adachi City

Arakawa-ku 荒川区 OLD FORM 荒川區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.6)
Official site : Arakawa City

Bunkyō-ku 文京区
Official site: Bunkyō City

Chiyoda-ku 千代田区 OLD FORM 千代田區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.13)
Official site: Chiyoda City

Chūō-ku 中央区
Official site: Chuo City

Edogawa-ku 江戸川区 OLD FORM 江戶川區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.18)
Official site: Edogawa City

Itabashi-ku 板橋区
Official site: Itabashi

Katsushika-ku 葛飾区
Katsushika City

Kita-ku 北区
Official site: Kita City

Kōtō-ku 江東区 OLD FORM 江東區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.50)
Official site: Kōtō City

Meguro-ku 目黒区
Official site: Meguro City

Minato-ku 港区 OLD FORM 港區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.56)
Official site: Minato City

Nakano-ku 中野区 OLD FORM 中野區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.60)
Official site: Nakano City

Nerima-ku 練馬区 (The Anime Companion 2 p.61)
Official site: Nerima City

Ōta-ku 大田区
Official site:Ōta City

Setagaya-ku 世田谷区
Official site: Setagaya City

Shibuya-ku 渋谷区 OLD FORM 澁谷區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.82)
Official site : Shibuya City

Shinagawa-ku 品川区 OLD FORM 品川區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.85)
Official site: Shinagawa City

Shinjuku-ku 新宿区 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.120)
Official site : Shinjuku City

Suginami-ku 杉並区
Official site: Suginami City

Sumida-ku 墨田区
Official site: Sumida City

Taitō-ku 台東区 OLD FORM 臺東區 (The Anime Companion 2 p.95)
Official site: Taito City

Toshima-ku 豊島区
Official site: Toshima City

TŌKYŌ/EDO - GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - TAMA AREA

Tōkyō City Tama Area, present day:
Note: The Tama area falls to the West of, and outside of, the heavily urbanized ku area of the city that most non-Japanese associate with Tōkyō. This area ranges from urban to rural as one travels further West.

General:

Tama Chiku (Tama Area) 多摩地区 (The Anime Companion 2 p.97)

Tama Nyū Taun (Tama New Town) 多摩ニュータウン (The Anime Companion 2 p.97)

Tamagawa 多摩川

Shi (city [市]), Machi (town) and Mura (village):

Akiruno-shi
東京都あきる野市のページ

Akishima-shi
昭島市公式ホームページトップ

Chōfu-shi
調布市ホームページ English Page

Fuchū-shi
City of Fuchū

Fussa-shi
東京都福生市公式ホームページ|トップページ Fussa City Official Web Site

Hachiōji-shi
English｜八王子市

Hamura-shi
羽村市トップページ

Higashi-Kurume-shi
東久留米市ホームページ

Higashi-Murayama-shi
Welcome to Higashimurayama

Higashi-Yamato-shi
ホーム - 東大和市公式ホームページ

Hino-shi
Hino City Guide 日野市役所

Hinode-machi
日の出町ホームページ-トップ

Hinohara-mura
東京都檜原村ホームページ

Hōya-shi now part of Nishitōkyō

Inagi-shi
English_稲城市ホームページ

Kiyose-shi
清瀬市

Kodaira-shi
東京都小平市ホームページ

Koganei-shi
小金井市公式WEBへようこそ

Kokubunji-shi
Living in Kokubunji

Komae-shi
ホーム - 狛江市役所

Kunitachi-shi
Kunitachi City Hall

Machida-shi
Living Guide for Foreign Residents/町田市ホームページ

Mitaka-shi 三鷹 [市] (The Anime Companion 2 p.57)

Mizuho-machi
東京都瑞穂町ホームページ

Musashi-Murayama-shi
Musashimurayama City English Page

Musashino-shi
武蔵野市公式ホームページ

Nishitōkyō
Nishitokyo City Web

Okutama-machi
Okutama-machi Home Page

Ōme-shi
ホーム - 青梅市

Tachikawa-shi
Welcome to the Tachikawa City web site

Tama-shi
ホーム｜多摩市

Tanashi-shi now part of Nishitōkyō

TŌKYŌ/EDO - GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - ISLAND ADMINISTRATIONS

Tōkyō City Islands, present day:
Tōkyō also includes two chains of islands, the Izu Islands and the Ogasawara Islands. What I am listing below are the administrative bodies not all of the individual islands as there are over a hundred islands in these two chains.

Aogashima-mura
青ヶ島村ホームページ

Hachijo-machi
八丈町公式サイト

Kōzushima-mura
神津島村役場－トップページ

Mikurajima-mura
御蔵島村公式ホームページ

Miyake-mura
三宅村　三宅島　ホーム

Niijima-mura
新島村ホームページ

Ogasawara-mura
小笠原村

Ōshima-machi
IZU OSHIMA Tourist Information

Toshima-mura
東京都利島村　トップ

TŌKYŌ/EDO - GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - WATERWAYS

Arakawa 荒川

Edogawa 江戸川

Sumidagawa 隅田川 (The Anime Companion 2 p.93)

Tōkyō Wan (Tōkyō Bay) 東京湾 OLD FORM 東京灣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.105)

HISTORY/SOCIETY

HISTORY/SOCIETY - GENERAL

Bakumatsu 幕末 (The Anime Companion 2 p.8)

fū-rin-ka-zan 風林火山 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.31)

Hoppō Ryōdo modai (Northern Territories Issue) 北方領土問題

ikki (peasant revolt) 一揆 (The Anime Companion 2 p.31)

Jukyō (Confucianism) 儒教 OLD FORM 儒敎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

Nihon Kōgyō Kikaku (JIS, Japanese Industrial Standards) 日本工業規格 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.94)

niwaban 庭番 (The Anime Companion 2 p.63)

Ommyōdō (Way of Yin and Yang) 陰陽道

sankin kōtai (alternative attendance) 参勤交代 FORMAL 參勤交代 or 參覲交代 (The Anime Companion 2 p.77)

Satchō Dōmei (Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance) 薩長同盟 (The Anime Companion 2 p.80)

seppuku (ritual suicide) 切腹 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.115)

sonnō jōi (revere the emperor, expel the barbarians) 尊王攘夷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.90)

tenshō ken'ō shisetsu 天正遣欧使節 OLD FORM 天正遣歐使節 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.135)

HISTORY/SOCIETY - DOCUMENTS, LAWS, EDICTS, TREATIES

Haitōrei 廃刀令 (The Anime Companion 2 p.25)

Ikkoku Ichijō Rei (Law of One Castle per Province) 一国一城令

Nichibei Shūkō Tsūshō Jōyaku (Japan-U.S. Friendship and Commerce Treaty) 日米修好通商条約 OLD FORM 日米修好通商條約 (The Anime Companion 2 p.62)

Nichibei Washin Jōyaku (Treaty of Kanagawa) 日米和親条約 OLD FORM 日米和親條約 (The Anime Companion 2 p.62)

Nihonkoku Kenpō (Constitution of Japan) 日本国憲法 OLD FORM 日本國憲法 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.94)

HISTORY/SOCIETY - EVENT
See also: WEAPONRY/WAR - EVENT

Akō Jiken (Akō incident) 赤穂事件

Ansei Edo Jishin (Ansei Edo Earthquake) 安政江戸地震

Ansei no Taigoku (Ansei Purge) 安政の大獄 (The Anime Companion 2 p.5)

February 26, 1936 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.29)

Goichigo Jiken (May 15th Incident) 五・一五事件

Kantō Daisinsai (Tōkyō Earthquake of 1923) 関東大震災 OLD FORM 關東大震災 (The Anime Companion 2 p.41)

Keian Jiken 慶安事件

Nippon bankoku hakuran-kai (Japan World Exposition aka Expo '70) 日本万国博覧会

Sensō Hanzai Ni Kansuru Saiban (Tōkyō War Trials) 戦争犯罪に関する裁判 (The Anime Companion 2 p.82)

HISTORY/SOCIETY - ORGANIZATIONS

chōnaikai (neighborhood association) 町内会 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.19)

Genrōin (Chamber of Elders or Senate) 元老院

Jiyū Minshutō (Liberal Democratic Party) 自由民主党 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

Keizai Kikaku Chō (Economic Planning Agency) 経済企画庁 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.66)

Kokkai (Diet) 国会 OLD FORM 國會 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.72)

Kōseishō (Ministry of Health and Welfare) 厚生省 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.74)

Minshatō (Democratic Socialist Party) 民社党 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.84)

naikaku (Japanese Cabinet) 内閣

Naimushō (Ministry Of The Interior) 内務省 (The Anime Companion 2 p.60)

Nihon Kyōsantō (Japanese Communist Party) 日本共産党 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.95)

Ommyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang) 陰陽寮

Rōshigumi 浪士組

Shinsengumi 新撰組 or 新選組 (The Anime Companion 2 p.86)

shushō (Prime Minister) 首相

Tengutō 天狗党

Tsūshō Sangyō Shō (Ministry of International Trade and Industry - MITI) 通商産業省 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.141)

HISTORY/SOCIETY - PERIODS & ERAS

Historical Periods（jidai kubun) 時代区分 and (nengō) 年号 [sidebar] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p. 24)

Edo Period [Edo Jidai 江戸時代 OLD FORM 江戶時代] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25)

Engi Era 延喜 (The Anime Companion 2 p.20)

Genroku jidai 元禄時代

Heian Period 平安時代 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.44)

Heisei Period 平成時代 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.44)

Kamakura Period 鎌倉時代 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.59)

Meiji Period [Meiji Jidai] 明治時代 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81)

Muromachi Period [Muromachi jidai 室町時代] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.90)

Sengoku jidai (Warring States Period) 戦国時代 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.113)

Shōwa jidai (Shōwa Period) 昭和時代 (The Anime Companion 2 p.88)

Taishō jidai (Taishō Period) 大正時代 (The Anime Companion 2 p.95)

HOME & FAMILY
See also:
Objects & Items - Household Items
Objects & Items - Kitchen, Cooking & Food Related

HOME & FAMILY - GENERAL

Boshi Kenkō Techō (Maternal and Child Health Handbook) 母子健康手帳

genpuku (boy’s coming of age ceremony) 元服 (The Anime Companion 2 p.22)

kenrikin (key money) 権利金

mother-in-law [shūto-me しょうとめ or shūto 姑 or gibo 義母] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.89)

omiai 御見合 or miai 見合 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.101)

onēsama (big sister) お姉様 or お姉さま

renting (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.106)

shataku (company housing) 社宅 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.117)

shichiya (naming a baby) 七夜 (The Anime Companion 2 p.83)

susu-harai (end-of-year housecleaning) 煤拂ひ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.128)

tanshin funin (absent father) 単身赴任

tsūshō 通称 FORMAL 通稱 (The Anime Companion 2 p.110)

yōmyō (male child’s name) 幼名 (The Anime Companion 2 p.118)

yōshi (adoption) 養子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.148)

yuinō (betrothal gift) 結納 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.149)

NATURE

NATURE - GENERAL

hoshi-suna ("star" sand) 星砂 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

jishin (earthquake) 地震 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.54)

onsen (hot spring) 温泉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.102)

taifū (typhoon) 台風 OLD FORM 颱風.(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.130)

tsunami (tidal wave) 津波 (The Anime Companion 2 p.109)

NATURE - ANIMAL
For edible animals see the relevant sections in FOOD & DRINK

- AQUATIC:

heikegani 平家蟹 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.44)

kingyo (goldfish) 金魚 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

koi (carp) 鯉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.72)

kurage (jellyfish) 水母 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

medaka (rice fish) メダカ

namazu (catfish) 鯰

- BIRD:

karasu (crow) 烏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.62)

tsubame (swallow) 燕 (The Anime Companion 2 p.107)

tsuru (crane) 鶴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.141)

- INSECT:

hotaru (firefly) 蛍 OLD FORM 螢 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

semi (cicada) 蝉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.112)

- MAMMAL:

inoshishi (wild boar) 猪 OLD FORM 猪 FORMAL 豬 (The Anime Companion 2 p.32)

Iriomote yamaneko (Iriomote wildcat) 西表山猫

kitsune (fox) 狐 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.71)

neko (cat) 猫 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.92)

saru (monkey) 猿 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

shika (deer) 鹿 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.117)

tanuki 狸 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.133)

NATURE - PLANT
For edible plants see: FOOD - VEGETABLES & FRUIT

ajisai あじさい or 紫陽花 (Japanese hydrangea) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.4)

asagao (morning glory) 朝顔 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.6)

ayame (iris) 菖蒲 (The Anime Companion 2 p.7)

bonsai 盆栽 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.13)

dokudami どくだみ or 毒痛み (The Anime Companion 2 p.16)

ginkgo (Jp: ichō) 銀杏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.35)

hasu (lotus) 蓮

hōzuki (Chinese-lantern plant) 酸奬 (The Anime Companion 2 p.29)

kaede to momoji (maple tree) 楓 (or 槭) and 紅葉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

keyaki (zelkova) 欅 (The Anime Companion 2 p.45)

kiku (chrysanthemum) 菊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

kusunoki (camphor tree) 楠

sakaki 榊

sakura (cherry blossom) 桜 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.110)

sugi (cedar) 杉 (The Anime Companion 2 p.92)

suiren (water lily) 睡蓮

susuki (pampas grass) 薄 (The Anime Companion 2 p.94)

tsubaki (camellia) 椿 (The Anime Companion 2 p.107)

yanagi (willow) 柳 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

yuri (lily) 百合

OBJECTS & ITEMS
See also:
ENTERTAINMENT/GAME (Several sub-categories)

OBJECTS & ITEMS - GENERAL

aka-chōchin (red lantern) あかちょうちん or 赤提灯 OLD FORM 赤提燈 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.4)

bandai (elevated seat) 番台

bonshō (Temple bell) 梵鐘 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.13)

chōchin (hanging paper lantern) ちょうちん or 提灯 OLD FORM 提燈 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.19)

denwa (telephone) でんわ or 電話 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.22)

Fukusuke (man of good fortune) 福助

hamaya 破魔矢 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

hankachi (handkerchief) ハンカチ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.40)

hanko (seal) はんこ or 判子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.40)

hanshō (fire alarm bell) 半鐘

harikata (dildo) 張形

higozuiki (Higo dried taro stems) ひごずいき or 肥後ずいき or 肥後芋茎 or 白芋茎

hiuchi-ishi (flint and steel) 燧石 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.46)

ishi-dōrō (stone lantern) 石灯籠 OLD FORM 石燈籠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.51)

jidō-hanbaiki (vending machine) 自動販売機 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

kasa (umbrella) 傘 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.62)

kiseru (tobacco pipe) 煙管 or きせる (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.70)

kō-haku-no-manmaku (red and white curtain) 紅白の幔幕

koinobori (carp streamer) 鯉幟 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.72)

kondōmu (condom) コンドーム (The Anime Companion 2 p.49)

kuwa (hoe) 鍬 (The Anime Companion 2 p.53)

Macs in Anime (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p. 63)

magatama (curved beads) 勾玉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.78)

manekineko ("beckoning cat") 招き猫 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.79)

mimikaki (ear scoop) 耳かき (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.83)

miyage (souvenir) 土産 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.86)

mizuhiki (decorative cords) 水引 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.87)

naruko (bird rattles) 鳴子

Newtons in Anime (The Anime Companion 2 p.61)

ōgi (folding fan) 扇 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.98)

oshibori (small damp towel) おしぼり or 御絞り

poke-beru (beeper) ポケベル (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.104)

sangi (yin-yang divination block) 算木 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

seidōkyō (bronze mirror) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.112)

sukeruton baibu (skeleton vibe, clear vibrator) スケルトンバイブ

senbazuru (origami paper cranes) 千羽鶴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.113)

shishidoshi (deer scare) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.122)

soroban (abacus) 算盤 (The Anime Companion 2 p.91)

shoshinsha-māku (beginners mark) 初心者マーク

sumi (ink) 墨 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.127)

suzu (round bell) 鈴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.129)

tairyō-bata (large haul flag) 大漁旗

takarabune (treasure ship) 宝船

tanzaku 短冊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.134)

tensui-oke (rainwater buckets) 天水桶

tsuna (rope) 綱 (The Anime Companion 2 p.109)

tsuri-dōrō (hanging lantern) 釣灯籠 OLD FORM 釣燈籠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.141)

uchiwa (non-folding fan) 団扇 OLD FORM 團扇 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.142)

yagen やげん or 薬研

yatate (portable Ink and brush kit) 矢立

yoshizu (reed screen) 葭簀 (The Anime Companion 2 p.119)

OBJECTS & ITEMS - BUILDING ELEMENTS

amado (rain doors) あまど 雨戸 OLD FORM 雨戶(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5)

chigai-dana (cloud shelves) 違棚 or 違い棚 (The Anime Companion 2 p.12)

engawa (veranda) 縁側 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.27)

fusuma (interior sliding doors) 襖 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.32)

genkan (entryway) 玄関 OLD FORM 御飯 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.34)

irori (sunken hearth) 囲炉裏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.50)

kaidan dansu 階段箪笥 FORMAL 階段簞笥 (The Anime Companion 2 p.36)

kawara (roof tiles) 瓦 (The Anime Companion 2 p.43)

onigawara (demon-faced edge tile) 鬼瓦 (The Anime Companion 2 p.69)

oshiire (futon storage closets) 押し入れ or 押入れ (The Anime Companion 2 p.69)

ranma (transom) 欄間 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.105)

shachihoko (dolphin roof ornament) 鯱 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.116)

shōheiga (screen and wall painting) 障屏画 OLD FORM 障屛畫 (The Anime Companion 2 p.87)

shōji 障子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.123)

sudare (hanging blinds) 簾 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.126)

tatami 畳 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.134)

tobukuro (pocket door) 戸袋 OLD FORM 戶袋(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.136)

tokonoma (decorative alcove) 床の間 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.137)

OBJECTS & ITEMS - HISTORICAL

Gakutensoku 学天則

gissha (ox cart) 牛車 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.36)

hata (ceremonial banner) 旗 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.42)

Kankōmaru 観光丸

matoi (banner, standard) 纒 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81)

mon (family or organizational crest) 家紋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.89)

nobori (banner) 幟 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.96)

tembimbō (carrying pole) 天秤棒

OBJECTS & ITEMS - HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

benjo (toilet) 便所 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.9)

byōbu (folding screen) びょうぶ or 屏風 OLD FORM 屛風(The Anime Companion 2 p.11)

chabudai ちゃぶだい or 卓袱台 OLD FORM 卓袱臺 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.17)

fumiishi (stone step) 踏み石

fūrin (wind bell) 風鈴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.30)

furo (bath) 風呂 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.31)

furoshiki (carrying cloth) 風呂敷 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.31)

futon 布団 OLD FORM 布團 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.32)

goemonburo (large iron pot or tub) 五右衛門風呂

hataki (duster) はたき (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.42)

hibachi (charcoal heater) 火鉢 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.44)

hibashi (metal hashi) 火箸

kadomatsu (pine gate) 門松 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

kakemono (hanging scroll) 掛け物 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.59)

kaku andon (four-legged standing lantern) 角行灯 OLD FORM 角行燈 (The Anime Companion 2 p.38)

katorisenkō 蚊取線香

kaya (mosquito netting) 蚊帳

kayari (smoke to repel insects) 蚊遣り

kotatsu 炬燵 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.74)

makura (pillow) 枕 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.79)

noren (split curtains) 暖簾 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.96)

rōsoku (candle) 蝋燭 FORMAL 蠟燭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.74)

saodake (laundry pole) 竿竹

tansu (wooden chest) 箪笥 FORMAL 簞笥 (The Anime Companion 2 p.97)

tenugui (hand or tea towel) 手拭い

teshoku (portable candle holder) 手燭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.100)

tabako bon (tobacco stand or tray) 煙草盆

tsuitate (standing screen) 衝立 (The Anime Companion 2 p.108)

yuwakashiki (wall-mounted water heater) 湯沸かし器 (The Anime Companion 2 p.120)

zabuton (floor cushion) 座布団 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)

zaisu (legless chair) 座椅子 OLD FORM 坐椅子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.120)

OBJECTS & ITEMS - KITCHEN, COOKING & FOOD RELATED

GENERAL:

bentō bako (bentō box) 弁当箱

ekiben (station lunch) 駅弁 OLD FORM 驛辨 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.26)

hashioki (chopstick rest) 箸置き

jizaikagi (pot hook) 自在鉤 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

kamado (stove) かまど or 竈 (The Anime Companion 2 p.39)

oshiki (flat serving tray) おしき or 折敷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.70)

otoshibuta (drop lid) おとしぶた or 落とし蓋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.70)

renge (Chinese spoon) れんげ or 蓮華 (The Anime Companion 2 p.73)

shokuhin sanpuru (food model) 食品サンプル (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.124)

takenokawa (bamboo sheaths used as wrappers) 竹の皮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.131)

tokoroten-tsuki (extruder for tokoroten) 心太突き

zen (small individual table for food) ぜん or 膳 (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)

DISHES, POTS & CONTAINERS:

bentō (box lunch for one person) べんとう or 弁当 OLD FORM 辨當 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.10)

chawan (small bowl) ちゃわん or 茶碗 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.18)

choko (sake cup) ちょこ or 猪口 OLD FORM 猪口 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.19)

donabe (ceramic pot) どなべ or 土鍋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.17)

donburi (food bowl) どんぶりor 丼 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.24)

jūbako (stacking boxes) 重箱 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

kama (cooking pot) かま or 釜 (The Anime Companion 2 p.38)

nabe (iron pot) なべ or 鍋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.59)

ohitsu (rice tub) おひつ or 御櫃

sakazuki (sake cup) さかずき or 杯 or 盃 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.109)

tokkuri (sake flask) 徳利 OLD FORM 德利(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.137)

PREPARATION TOOLS:

denki-gama (electric rice cooker) でんきがま or 電気釜 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.22)

hashi (chopsticks) 箸 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.42)

ichimonji (spatula) いちもんじ or 一文字 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

katsuobushibako (box for shaving bonito) 鰹節箱

makisu (rolling mat) まきすor 巻きす

masu (box measure) ます or 枡 or 升 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.80)

meuchi 目打ち

seirō (food steamer) せいろう or せいろ or 蒸籠 (The Anime Companion 2 p.81)

shichirin (ceramic brazier) しちりん or 七厘 or 七輪 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.117)

soba-giri bōchō 蕎麦切包丁

teppan (iron plate) てっぱん or 鉄板 OLD FORM 鐵板 (The Anime Companion 2 p.99)

unagisaki (eel knife) 鰻サキ

OBJECTS & ITEMS - RELIGIOUS

butsudan (Buddhist altar) 仏壇 OLD FORM 佛壇 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.16)

chi no wa (large standing ring) 茅輪

ema (votive tablet) 絵馬 OLD FORM 繪馬 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.26)

fumie (picture to step on) 踏絵

gohei 御幣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.36)

haraigushi (purification wand) 祓串

hitodama (spirit lights) 人魂 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.46)

hitogata (human shaped dolls) 人形

inori (prayer) 祈り (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.49)

inzō 印相 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.50)

juzu (rosary) 数珠 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

kagami-mochi (New Year rice cake ornament) 鏡餅

kagura suzu (suzu wand) 神楽鈴

kamidana (Shintō altar) 神棚 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.60)

katashiro (shape substitution) 形代

kei (bell) 磬 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.65)

keisaku or kyōsaku (Zen stick) 警策 (The Anime Companion 2 p.44)

koma-inu 狛犬 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.73)

kongōshō (vajra) 金剛杵 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.73)

kumade (bamboo rake) 熊手 or くまで (The Anime Companion 2 p.51)

mikoshi (portable shrine) 神輿 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.82)

mikuji (fortune stick) 神籤 also 御鬮 or omikuji 御神籤 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.83)

mochi-tsuki (mochi pounding) 餅搗

ofuda 御札 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.98)

omamori (amulet) お守り (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.100)

saifuku 祭服 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

saisen (money offering) 賽銭 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.109)

sanbō (offering stand) 三方

Sanemori-sama さねもりさま or 実盛様 OLD FORM 實盛樣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.77)

Sanshu no jingi (3 sacred treasures, mirror sword jewel) 三種の神器

senja-fuda (shrine card) 千社札 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.113)

shakujō (monk's staff) 錫杖

shimenawa (sacred rope) 注連縄 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.118)

shinboku (sacred tree) 神木 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.119)

shinsen (food offerings to kami) 神饌

shintai ("kami-body") 神体 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.121)

sotoba 率都婆 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.125)

susuki-mimizuku (owl charm) 薄木菟

takarabune (treasure ship) 宝船

temizuya 手水屋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.134)

teruteru bōzu (rain doll) 照る照る坊主 OR てるてる坊主 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.136)

torii (shrine gate) 鳥居 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.139)

wara ningyō (straw doll) 藁人形 (The Anime Companion 2 p.112)

yorishiro 依代

PEOPLE

PEOPLE - GENERAL
When an occupation falls under another heading it is listed there
See also: Terminology - Queer

aging population (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.3)

chōnin (townsmen) 町人

circle ("sākuru") サークル

ganguro (black face) ガングロ or 顔黒

gyaru (gal) ギャル

hikikomori ひきこもり or 引き篭り

kabuki mono かぶき者 (The Anime Companion 2 p.35)

kaishakunin 介錯人 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.59)

mobo (modern boy) モボ

moga (modern girl) モガ

ojōsan (young lady) お嬢さん

onnatarashi (playboy) 女誑し or 女たらし (The Anime Companion 2 p.69)

seinen (young man) 青年

senpai (senior) 先輩 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.114)

shishi (men of high purpose) 志士 (The Anime Companion 2 p.86)

shōjo (young woman) 少女 (The Anime Companion 2 p.87)

shōnen (boy) 少年

yobai (night creeping) 夜這い

yopparai (a drunk) 酔っ払い OLD FORM 醉つ拂ひ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.148)

PEOPLE - INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES - REAL & FICTIONAL/LEGENDARY

Akagawa Jirō 赤川次郎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.4)

Akechi Mitsuhide 明智光秀

Abe no Seimei 安倍 晴明

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke 芥川竜之介 FORMAL 芥川龍之介 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5)

Amakusa Shirō 天草四郎 (The Anime Companion 2 p.5)

Arima Kihei 有馬喜兵衛 OLD FORM 有馬喜兵衞 (The Anime Companion 2 p.6)

Ashiya Dōman 蘆屋道満

Atsumi Kiyoshi 渥美清

Bakin 馬琴 [full name Takizawa Bakin 滝沢馬琴 OLD FORM 瀧澤馬琴] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.8)

Bandō Tamasaburō V 坂東玉三郎 (Bandō Tamasaburō), 五代目坂東玉三郎 (Bandō Tamasaburō V) (The Anime Companion 2 p.8)

Bashō 芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉) (The Anime Companion 2 p.8)

Benkei 弁慶 OLD FORM 辨慶 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.10)

Dōgen 道元 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.23)

Edo Yagyū 江戸柳生

Edogawa Rampo 江戸川乱歩 OLD FORM 江戶川亂歩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.18)

En no Gyōja 役行者 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.28)

Enomoto Ken'ichi 榎本健一 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.28)

Fujiwara no Koretada 藤原惟成

Fujiwara no Tokihira 藤原時平

Fujiwarashi (Fujiwara family) 藤原氏

Fūma [a ninja clan] 風魔

Fūma Kotarō 風魔小太郎

Genji 源氏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.34)

Hanshichi 半七

Hattori Hanzō 服部半蔵

Harada Sanosuke 原田 左之助

Hayashi Fumiko 林芙美子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.43)

Hearn, Lafcadio ハーン, L or ラフカディオ・ハーン (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.44)

Higuchi Ichiyō 樋口一葉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

Hijikata Toshizō 土方歳三 (The Anime Companion 2 p.28)

Ichimura Tetsunosuke 市村鉄之助

Ii Naosuke 井伊直弼 (The Anime Companion 2 p.29)

Iijima Ai 飯島 愛

Ijūinshi (Ijūin family) 伊集院氏

Ikeda Kikunae 池田菊苗

Ikeda Terumasa 池田輝政 (The Anime Companion 2 p.30)

Ikumatsu 幾松 (The Anime Companion 2 p.31)

Inoue Kaoru 井上馨

Ishida Mitsunari 石田三成 (The Anime Companion 2 p.32)

Ishihara Shintarō 石原慎太郎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.51)

Ishikawa Goemon 石川五右衛門 OLD FORM 石川五右衞門 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.51)

Ishikawa Takuboku 石川啄木 (The Anime Companion 2 p.32)

Itagaki Taisuke 板垣退助 (The Anime Companion 2 p.33)

Itō Hirobumi 伊藤博文

Itō Kashitaro 伊東甲子太郎

Izumi Kyōka 泉鏡花 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.52)

Izumo no Okuni 出雲のお国 OLD FORM 出雲のお國 (The Anime Companion 2 p.33)

Kakuzenbo Hoin In'ei 院覚禅房胤栄

Kakuzenbo Inshun 覚禅房胤舜

Kamiizumi Nobutsuna 上泉信綱

Kasuga no Tsubone 春日局

Katō Kiyomasa 加藤清正 (The Anime Companion 2 p.42)

Katsu Kaishū 勝海舟 (The Anime Companion 2 p.42)

Kawabata Yasunari 川端康成 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.64)

Kido Takayoshi 木戸孝允 OLD FORM 木戶孝允 (The Anime Companion 2 p.46)

Kintarō 金太郎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.69)

Kira Yoshinaka 吉良義央

Kiyokawa Hachirō 清河八郎

Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 (The Anime Companion 2 p.47)

Kōda Rohan 幸田 露伴

Kondō Isami 近藤勇 (The Anime Companion 2 p.49)

Konishi Yukinaga 小西行長 (The Anime Companion 2 p.49)

Kūkai (Kōbō-Daishi) 空海

Kume Masao 久米正雄 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

Kunikida Doppo 国木田独歩

Kurama Tengu 鞍馬天狗 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

Marubashi Chūya 丸橋忠弥

Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規

Matsuda Seiko 松田聖子

Matsudaira Hirotada 松平広忠

Minamoto 源 or Minamoto family 源氏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.83)

Minamoto no Yorimitsu 源頼光 OLD FORM 源賴光(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.84)

Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.84)

Miyabe Teizo 宮部鼎蔵 OLD FORM 宮部鼎藏 (The Anime Companion 2 p.58)

Miyamoto Musashi 宮本武蔵 OLD FORM 宮本武藏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.86)

Miyazawa Kenji 宮沢賢治 OLD FORM 宮澤賢治 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.86)

Momotarō (Peach Boy) 桃太郎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.87)

Mori Arinori 森有礼

Mōri Motonari 毛利元就

Mori Ōgai 森鴎外 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.89)

Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.89)

Muramasa 村正

Mushanokōji Saneatsu 武者小路実篤 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.90)

Natsume Sōseki 夏目漱石 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.91)

Nezumi Kozō 鼠小僧 (The Anime Companion 2 p.62)

Ninomiya Sontoku 二宮尊徳

Oda Nobunaga 織田信長 (The Anime Companion 2 p.65)

Oguri Tadamasa 小栗忠順 (The Anime Companion 2 p.66)

Okada Izō 岡田 以蔵

Okada Keisuke 岡田啓介 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.99)

Okiku お菊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.99)

Okita Sōji 沖田 総司 (The Anime Companion 2 p.68)

Ōkubo Toshimichi 大久保利通 (The Anime Companion 2 p.68)

Ōkura Kihachirō 大倉喜八郎

Ōsawa Arimasa 大沢在昌

Ōtomo no Yakamochi 大伴家持 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.103)

Owari Yagyū 尾張柳生

Ozaki Shirō 尾崎士郎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.103)

Perry, Matthew Calbraith ペリー, M. C. or マシュー・カルブレイス・ペリー (The Anime Companion 2 p.71)

Rikidozan 力道山

Rōben 良弁

Saigō Takamori 西郷隆盛 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

Saigyō 西行 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

Saikaku 西鶴

Saitō Hajime 斎藤一

Sakamoto Ryōma 坂本竜馬 FORMAL 坂本龍馬 (The Anime Companion 2 p.76)

Sanada Masayuki 真田昌幸

Sanada Nobuyuki 真田信之

Sanada Yukimura 真田幸村

Sen Hime (Princess Sen) 千姫

Serizawa Kamo 芹沢鴨

Shibusawa Eiichi 渋沢栄一

Shimazaki Tōson 島崎藤村

Shimazushi (Shimazu family) 島津氏

Shinran 親鸞 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.121)

Shōji Jin'emon 庄司甚石衛門

Shōwa Tennō (Shōwa Emperor) 昭和天皇 (The Anime Companion 2 p.88)

Son Gokū 孫悟空 (The Anime Companion 2 p.90)

Sugawara Bunta 菅原文太

Sugawara No Michizane 菅原道真 (The Anime Companion 2 p.91)

Taira [family] 平氏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.130)

Taira no Masakado 平将門 OLD FORM 平將門 (The Anime Companion 2 p.95)

Takahama Kyoshi 高浜虚子 OLD FORM 高濱虛子

Takasugi Shinsaku 高杉晋作 FORMAL 高杉晉作 (The Anime Companion 2 p.96)

Takechi Zuizan 武市瑞山

Takuan Sōhō 沢庵宗彭 FORMAL 澤庵宗彭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.96)

Tanizaki Jun'ichirō 谷崎潤一郎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.133)

Terada Torahiko 寺田寅彦 FORMAL 寺田寅彥

Titsingh, Izaak

Tokugawa [family] Tokugawashi 徳川氏 OLD FORM 德川氏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.137)

Tokugawa Shōgun [sidebar listing the 15 shōgun] (The Anime Companion 2 p.88)

Tokugawa Hidetada 徳川秀忠

Tokugawa Iemitsu 徳川家光 OLD FORM 德川家光 (The Anime Companion 2 p.102)

Tokugawa Iemochi 徳川家茂

Tokugawa Ienari 徳川家斉

Tokugawa Ienobu 徳川家宣

Tokugawa Ieshige 徳川家重

Tokugawa Ietsuna 徳川家綱

Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 OLD FORM 德川家康 (The Anime Companion 2 p.102)

Tokugawa Mitsukuni 徳川光圀 OLD FORM 德川光圀 (The Anime Companion 2 p.103)

Tokugawa Nobuyasu 徳川信康

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 徳川綱吉

Tokugawa Yorinobu 徳川頼宣 OLD FORM 德川賴宣 (The Anime Companion 2 p.103)

Tokugawa Yoshimune 徳川吉宗 OLD FORM 德川吉宗 (The Anime Companion 2 p.103)

Tokugawa Yoshinobu 徳川慶喜 OLD FORM 德川慶喜 (The Anime Companion 2 p.104)

Toyotomi Hideyori 豊臣秀頼 OLD FORM 豐臣秀賴

Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 OLD FORM 豐臣秀吉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.140)

Tsukahara Bokuden 塚原卜伝 OLD FORM 塚原卜傳 (The Anime Companion 2 p.108)

Tsukiyama 築山

Urashima Tarō 浦島太郎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.144)

Yagyū Hyōgonosuke Toshiyoshi 柳生兵庫助利厳 OLD FORM 柳生兵庫助利嚴

Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi 柳生十兵衛三厳 FORMAL 柳生十兵衞三嚴 (The Anime Companion 2 p.113)

Yagyū Munenori 柳生宗矩

Yagyū Sekishūsai Muneyoshi 生石舟斎宗厳 OLD FORM 柳生石舟齋宗嚴

Yagyūshi (Yagyū family) 柳生氏

Yamada Asaemon 山田浅右衞門

Yamagata Aritomo 山県有朋 OLD FORM 山縣有朋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.114)

Yamanami Keisuke 山南敬助

Yamamoto Kansuke 山本勘助

Yamayoshi Morisuke山吉盛典 (The Anime Companion 2 p.116)

Yamazaki Susumu 山崎烝

Yanagita Kunio 柳田国男 OLD FORM 柳田國男

Yazawa Eikichi 矢沢永吉

Yoshida Shōin 吉田松蔭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.118)

Yoshida Tōyō 吉田東洋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.118)

Yoshikawa Eiji 吉川英治 (The Anime Companion 2 p.118)

Yui Shōsetsu 由井正雪

Zenigata Heiji 銭形平次

PEOPLE - MINORITIES & ETHNIC GROUPS

Ainu アイヌ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.3)

Emishi 蝦夷 (The Anime Companion 2 p.19)

gaijin (foreigner) 外人 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.33)

Sanka (a nomadic people) サンカ or 山窩 (The Anime Companion 2 p.77)

zainichi kankokujin to chōsenjin (Koreans in Japan) 在日韓国人と朝鮮人

PEOPLE - OCCUPATIONS, TITLES & RANKS - MISCELLANEOUS

danchizuma (housing complex wife) 団地妻

ekisha (fortune tellers) 易者

Hon'imbō (Grand Master of Go) 本因坊

itamae (Japanese chef) 板前

jiageya (land shark) 地上げ屋

karisuma tenin (charisma clerk) カリスマ店員

meido or mēdo (maid) メイド or メード

okami おかみ or お上 or 女将 (varies with context)

OL オーエル ("office lady" オフィス ・ レディー) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.100)

oyabun - kobun (parent role - child role) 親分 - 子分

sakaya (sake brewer and dealer) 酒屋

sarariman ("salaried man") サラリーマン (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.111)

sensei (teacher, master) 先生 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.114)

tōfu-ya (tōfu seller) 豆腐屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.101)

tōji (sake master brewer) 杜氏

yakuza (gangster) やくざ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

PEOPLE - OCCUPATIONS, TITLES & RANKS - ADMINISTRATIVE

bugyō (magistrate, commissioner) 奉行

daikan 代官 (The Anime Companion 2 p.15)

dōchū bugyō (commissioner of highways) 道中奉行

Edo machi bugyō (Edo city commissioner or magistrate) 江戸町奉行

gundai (district deputy) 郡代

jisha bugyō (commissioner of temples and shrines) 寺社奉行

jōdai (keeper of a castle) 城代

jōmawari 定廻り

kanjō bugyō (commissioner of finance) 勘定奉行

karō (house elder) 家老

Kyōto Shoshidai (Kyōto Deputy) 京都所司代 (The Anime Companion 2 p.53)

Kyōto Shugoshoku (Kyōto Military Commissioner) 京都守護職 (The Anime Companion 2 p.53)

machi bugyō (city commissioner or magistrate) 町奉行

machi-bugyōsho (town magistrate office) 町奉行所

machi-doshiyori (town elder, alderman) 町年寄

metsuke (inspector, censor) 目付

Nagasaki bugyō (Nagasaki Commissioner) 長崎奉行

ōmetsuke (inspectors general) 大目付

rōjū (elder) 老中

rusui (caretaker, keeper) 留守居

shōgun 将軍 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.123)

shugo (military governors) 守護

Teppō Bugyō (Commissioner of Firearms) 鉄砲奉行

toshiyori (elders, community leaders) 年寄

wakadoshiyori (junior councilors, young elders) 若年寄

yoriki (assistant magistrate) 与力

PEOPLE - OCCUPATIONS, TITLES & RANKS - ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

funa manjū 船饅頭

fūzokujo (sex industry worker) 風俗嬢

geisha 芸者 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.33)

hōkan (male geisha) 幇間

hosutesu ("hostess") ホステス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

ianfu (comfort women) 慰安婦

kagema (a type of male prostitute) 陰間

kamuro (young female pages or attendants) 禿

maiko (apprentice geisha) 舞子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.78)

matchi uri no shōjo (match selling girls) マツチ売りの少女

oiran 花魁

pan-pan パンパン

sōpu-jō (soap jō, soap girl) ソープ嬢

tayū 太夫

toruko-jō (Turkish girl) トルコ嬢

yobi-komi (barker) 呼び込み

PEOPLE - OCCUPATIONS, TITLES & RANKS - ENTERTAINMENT

aidoru ("idol" singer) アイドル (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.3)

biwa hōshi ("lute priest") 琵琶法師 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.11)

chindonya (music maker) ちんどん屋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.19)

goze (blind female singers) 瞽女

kurogo (stagehand) 黒子 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

onnagata (kabuki female impersonator) 女方or 女形

rikishi 力士

PEOPLE - OCCUPATIONS, TITLES & RANKS - MILITARY

ashigaru (foot soldier) 足軽 (The Anime Companion 2 p.6)

baishin (vassal's vassal) 陪臣

bushi (warrior) 武士 (The Anime Companion 2 p.11)

daimyō (han lord) 大名 (The Anime Companion 2 p.15)

dōshin (lower-grade samurai rank) 同心

fudai daimyō 譜代大名 (The Anime Companion 2 p.20)

gokenin (vassals, housemen) 御家人

hatamoto (bannermen) 旗本 (The Anime Companion 2 p.27)

jikisan (direct vassal) 直参

kobushin 小普請

Kobushin-gumi 小普請組

rōnin 浪人 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.106)

sakimori (border guard) 防人

samurai 侍 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.110)

shōgun 将軍 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.123)

tozama daimyō 外様大名 OLD FORM 外樣大名 (The Anime Companion 2 p.107)

PEOPLE - OCCUPATIONS, TITLES & RANKS - RELIGIOUS

bōzu (Buddhist priest or monk) 坊主 or 房主

gūji (chief priest) 宮司

miko (shrine maiden) 巫女 or 神子 OLD FORM (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.82)

ommyōji 陰陽師

Ommyō-no kami 陰陽頭

reki-hakase (high master of calendar-making) 暦博士

yamabushi (mountain ascetic) 山伏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF

See also:
Building/Structure/Landmark - Religious
Tōkyō/Edo - Building/Structure/Landmark - Religious
Religion/Mythology/Belief - Supernatural Beings/Yōkai

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - GENERAL

Adachigahara 安達ヶ原 (The Anime Companion 2 p.3)

ame-tsuchi (Heaven and Earth) 天地

bōzu (Buddhist priest or monk) 坊主 or 房主

bosatsu 菩薩 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.13)

darani (dhāranī) 陀羅尼

Gokuraku (Western Pure Land) 極楽 OLD FORM 極樂 (The Anime Companion 2 p.24)

goshiki (five colors) 五色

gūji (chief priest) 宮司

han'nya 般若

honden (main shrine) 本殿

ikigami (living human deity) 生き神

imikotoba (taboo words and expressions) 忌詞

ishi-age (Stone or pebble offerings) 石上げ

kaimyō 戒名 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

kami 神 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.59)

kamikakushi (spirited away) 神隠し

kamigakari (possession by a kami) 神憑り

kaminazuki (month without gods) 神無月

Katsuragawa Geango 葛川夏安居 (The Anime Companion 2 p.43)

kegare (ritual pollution) 穢れ

kekkai (spiritual barrier) 結界

komusō 虚無僧

kotodama (spirit in words) 言霊

kuji (nine magic syllables) 九字 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.75)

manji (swastika) 卍

meinichi (death anniversary) 命日 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81)

miitsu みいつ or 威霊

miko (shrine maiden) 巫女 or 神子 OLD FORM (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.82)

nenbutsu 念仏 OLD FORM 念佛 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.92)

Sanzu No Kawa (River Styx) 三途の川 or 三途川 (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

sakaki 榊

shikon (four spirits) 四魂

shinkō shūkyō (new religion) 新興宗教 [or shin shūkyō - 新宗教] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.120)

shinzen kekkon (Shintō wedding) 神前結婚 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.121)

shūmon aratame (religious inquisition) 宗門改

sonae-mono (offering) 供物

tachimono (something abstained from) たちもの or 断ち物 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.129)

Takamagahara (plain of high heaven) 高天が原 OR 高天原(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.130)

tatari (curse or spiritual retribution) 祟り

Tokoyo no Kuni (Eternal Land) 常世の国

yamabushi (mountain ascetic) 山伏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

Yao-yorozu-no-kami (eight million gods) 八百万神

zazen (Zen meditation) 坐禅 or 座禅 OLD FORM 坐禪 (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)

zeichiku 筮竹 (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - OMMYŌDŌ
This listing is for items, including persons, exclusively or very strongly associated with Ommyōdō.

Abe no Seimei 安倍 晴明

Ashiya Dōman 蘆屋道満

katashiro (shape substitution) 形代

Ommyō-no kami 陰陽頭

Ommyōdō (Way of Yin and Yang) 陰陽道

ommyōji 陰陽師

Ommyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang) 陰陽寮

reki-hakase (high master of calendar-making) 暦博士

Seimei jinja (Seimei shrine) 晴明神社

shikigami (spirit servant) 式神

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - RITUAL/ACTIONS

darani (dhāranī) 陀羅尼

junrei (pilgrimage) 巡礼 OLD FORM 巡禮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

kagura 神楽 (The Anime Companion 2 p.36)

kaihōgyō 回峯行 or 回峰行 (The Anime Companion 2 p.36)

kashiwade 柏手 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.63)

meigen (resounding bowstrings) 鳴弦

miko-mai (miko dance) 巫女舞

misogi (purification) 禊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.85)

mizugori (waterfall purification) 水垢離 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.86)

monoimi 物忌

mukaebi (welcoming fire) 迎え火

Namu Myōhōrengekyō 南無妙法蓮華経

okuribi (ritual bonfire) 送り火 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.100)

Shikoku-henro (Shikoku pilgrimage) 四国遍路

tōrō nagashi (lantern floating) 灯籠流し

tsukimono otoshi (exorcism) 憑物落とし (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.140)

ushi no koku mairi (nailing a doll to a tree) 丑の刻参り OLD FORM 丑の刻參り (The Anime Companion 2 p.111)

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - SECTS/MOVEMENTS

Bukkyō (Buddhism) 仏教 OLD FORM 佛敎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.15)

Fukeshū 普化宗

Jōdo-Shinshū 浄土真宗

Jōdoshū (Jōdo sect) 浄土宗

Kirisutokyō (Christianity) キリスト教 OLD FORM キリスト敎 or as 基督教 OLD FORM 基督敎 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.69)

mikkyō (Esoteric Buddhism) 密教 OLD FORM 密敎 (The Anime Companion 2 p.56)

nenbutsu odori (dancing nembutsu) 念仏踊

Nichirenshū (Nichiren sect) 日蓮宗

Rinzaishū (Rinzai sect) 臨済宗

Ryōbu Shintō (Dual Shintō) 両部神道

Shingonshū (Shingon sect of Buddhism.) 眞言宗 or 真言宗

Shintō 神道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.121)

Shugendō 修験道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.124)

Sōtōshū (Sōtō sect) 曹洞宗

Tendaishū (Tendai sect) 天台宗

Zen (Buddhism) 禅 FORMAL 禪 (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - SPECIFIC DEITIES

Amaterasu ōmikami 天照大神 OLD FORM 天照大神 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5)

Amida 阿弥陀

Benten 弁天 OLD FORM 辯天, or Benzaiten 弁財天 OLD FORM 辨財天, or 弁才天 OLD FORM 辯才天 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.10)

bimbōgami (god of poverty) 貧乏神

Bishamon 毘沙門 [or Bishamonten 毘沙門天] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.11)

Daikokuten 大黒天 OLD FORM 大黑天 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.21)

Daruma 達磨 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.21)

dōsojin 道祖神

Ebisu 恵比須 OLD FORM 惠比須, or 恵比寿 OLD FORM 惠比壽, or 夷 or 戎 or 蛭子(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25)

Fudō-Myōō 不動明王 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.29)

Fujin (wind kami) 風神

Fukūkenjaku Kannon Bosatsu 不空羂索観音菩薩

Fukurokuju 福禄寿 OLD FORM 福祿壽 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.30)

Hachiman 八幡 (The Anime Companion 2 p.25)

Hōsō no kami (smallpox kami) 疱瘡神

Hotei 布袋 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.48)

Inari 稲荷 OLD FORM 稻荷 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.48)

Izanagi no Mikoto to Izanami no Mikoto (Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto) いざなぎの命といざなみの命

Jizō 地蔵 OLD FORM 地藏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

Jūichimen Kannon Bosatsu (Eleven Faced Kannon) 十一面観音菩薩

Jūni Jinshō 十二神将 OLD FORM 十二神將 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

Kannon 観音

Kishibojin 鬼子母神

Kompira 金比羅

Kongoyasya 金剛や者

Monju (Mañjuśrī) 文殊

Maria Kannon マリア観音

Marishiten (Buddhist deity) 摩利支天

Miroku (Maitreya) 弥勒

Raijin (god of thunder) 雷神 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.105)

Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) 千手観音菩薩

Shichifuku-jin (seven deities of good fortune) 七福神 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.117)

shinigami (kami of death) 死神

Shōkannon Bosatsu 聖観音菩薩

Susanoo-no-mikoto 須佐之男命 [or Susanoo 須佐之男] (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.127)

yama no kami (god of the mountain) 山の神

Yasha 夜叉 or 藥叉 or 夜乞叉

Yomi (Land of Gloom) 黄泉

Zashiki Warashi 座敷童 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)

Zenki 前鬼 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - SUPERNATURAL BEINGS/YŌKAI

akai-kami-aoi-kami (red paper blue paper) 赤紙青紙

akamanto (red mantle) 赤マント

Ashiarai Yashiki (Foot-Washing Mansion) 足洗邸

azuki arai (azuki bean washer) 小豆洗い or あずきあらい

bakemono (monster) 化け物 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.8)

bakeneko (monster cat) 化け猫 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.8)

baku (dream eater) 獏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.9)

betobeto-san べとべとさん

bura-bura 不落々々

futakuchi-onna (two mouthed woman) 二口女

gaki (hungry ghost) 餓鬼

Gazu hyakkiyagyō (Illustrated night procession of 100 demons) 画図百鬼夜行

goryō (vengeful ghost) 御霊 OLD FORM 御靈 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.36)

Hanako-san 花子さん

han'nya 般若

Hitotsume Kozō (one eyed boy) 一つ目小僧

hōō (phoenix) 鳳凰

hyakki yagyō (night procession of 100 demons) 百鬼夜行

kamaitachi (weasel slash) 鎌鼬 or 窮奇

kappa 河童 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.61)

Kara-kasa (umbrella yōkai) 唐傘

kitsune (fox) 狐 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.71)

kitsune no yomeiri (fox giving the bride, fox wedding procession) 狐の嫁入り

kitsune nyōbō (fox wife) 狐女房

kitsunebi (fox-fire) 狐火

kitsune-tsuki (fox possession) 狐憑き

Konaki Jiji (old man who cries like a baby) 児啼爺

Kuzunoha 葛の葉

kuchi-sake-onna (slit-mouthed woman) 口裂け女 or 口さけ女

marebito 客人

mokumokuren 目目連

mononoke 物の怪

muchi [yōkai] 鞭

namahage 生剥

nekomata 猫又, 猫叉, or 猫股

ningyo (mermaid) 人魚 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.95)

Nopperabō (faceless yōkai) のっぺら坊 or のっぺらぼう

nue 鵼

Nurarihyon 滑瓢 or ぬらりひょん

nureonna (snake woman) 濡女

nurikabe (wall bakemono) 塗り壁

oiteke-bori (leave it behind) 置行堀

oni (demon) 鬼 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.101)

rokurokubi (long necked woman) ろくろ首

ryū (dragon) 竜 FORMAL 龍 (The Anime Companion 2 p.75)

sesshōseki 殺生石

shikigami (spirit servant) 式神

Suna-kake-baba (sand throwing old woman) 砂かけ婆

tankororin (persimmon yōkai) たんころりん

tanuki 狸 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.133)

tengu (mountain spirit) 天狗 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.134)

tennyo (heavenly maiden, nymph, angel) 天女 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.135)

Tōfu Kozō 豆腐小僧

tsuchigumo (earth spider) 土蜘蛛

tsuchinoko ツチノコ or 槌の子

tsukumogami (spirit of a made object) 付喪神

umibōzu 海坊主

Yasha 夜叉 or 藥叉 or 夜乞叉

yōkai 妖怪

yuki onna (snow woman) 雪女 (The Anime Companion 2 p.120)

yūrei (ghost) 幽霊 OLD FORM 幽靈 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.149)

RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - TEXTS

Hannya shingyō (Heart Sūtra) 般若心經

Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) 古事記

Myōhōrengekyō (Lotus Sūtra) 妙法蓮華経

Nihon Shoki (Chronicle of Japan) 日本書紀

SEASONAL CLUES
There are some items you may hear or see which tell you the time of year. To most Japanese these are familiar and their special significance is understandable, to non-Japanese the meaning is usually lost. Reviewing the items on this list will clue you in to several of these.
NOTE: Some items are in two adjacent seasons.

WINTER (Winter Solstice in December - Spring Equinox in March):

WINTER - GENERAL:

tōji (winter solstice) 冬至

WINTER - ANIMALS:

amadai あまだい or 甘鯛 (The Anime Companion 2 p.5)

ōtoro (very fatty tuna meat) 大トロ

WINTER - HUMAN ACTIVITIES:

bōnen-kai ("forget the year party") 忘年会

bunkasai (cultural festival) 文化祭

Kurisumasu (Christmas) クリスマス (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.76)

Sapporo Yuki Matsuri (Sapporo Snow Festival) 札幌雪まつり (The Anime Companion 2 p.79)

Sei Barentain no Shukujitsu (Saint Valentine's Day) 聖バレンタインの祝日 (or Sei Barentain De　聖バレンタインデー) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.112)

Seijin No Hi (Coming-Of-Age Day) 成人の日 (The Anime Companion 2 p.80)

Setsubun 節分 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.116)

sukī (skiing) スキー (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.126)

White Day ホワイトデー or ホワイトデイ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.145)

yukimi (snow viewing) 雪見

WINTER - NEW YEAR
See also: Religion/Mythology/Belief - Texts

hamaya 破魔矢 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

hanetsuki 羽根突き OLD FORM 羽根突き (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.40)

hatsumōde 初詣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.42)

hatsuyume (first dream of the year) 初夢

joya no kane 除夜の鐘 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

kadomatsu (pine gate) 門松 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

kagami-mochi (New Year rice cake ornament) 鏡餅

kazunoko (herring roe) 数の子 or 鯑

koma (spinning top) 独楽 OLD FORM 獨樂 (The Anime Companion 2 p.48)

otoshidama (new year gift) 御年玉

nengajō (New Year's card) 年賀状 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.92)

osechi-ryōri (New Year's food) お節料理 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.102)

susu-harai (end-of-year housecleaning) 煤拂ひ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.128)

tako-age (kite flying) 凧揚げ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.132)

toshikoshi soba (new year's soba) 年越しそば (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)

toso 屠蘇 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.139)

uta karuta (poem card) 歌ガルタ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.144)

zōni 雑煮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)

SPRING (Spring Equinox in March - Summer Solstice in June):

SPRING - ANIMALS:

akagai あかがい or 赤貝 (The Anime Companion 2 p.4)

sazae (turbo or top-shell) 栄螺 or 蓑座絵

sazae no tsuboyaki (sazae cooked in the shell) さざえの壷焼き

SPRING - HUMAN ACTIVITIES:

hanami (flower viewing) 花見 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) 雛祭 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

Kodomo-no-hi (Children's Day) こどもの日 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.72)

SPRING - PLANTS:

ayame (iris) 菖蒲 (The Anime Companion 2 p.7)

sakura (cherry blossom) 桜 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.110)

SUMMER (Summer Solstice in June - Fall Equinox in September):

SUMMER - GENERAL:

taifū (typhoon) 台風 OLD FORM 颱風.(The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.130)

SUMMER - SOUNDS:

semi (cicada) 蝉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.112)

SUMMER - ANIMALS:

hotaru (firefly) 蛍 OLD FORM 螢 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.47)

semi (cicada) 蝉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.112)

sazae (turbo or top-shell) 栄螺 or 蓑座絵

sazae no tsuboyaki (sazae cooked in the shell) さざえの壷焼き

SUMMER - HUMAN ACTIVITIES:

Bon 盆 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.12)

Bon odori 盆踊り (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.13)

Gion Matsuri (Gion festival) 祇園祭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.23)

hanabi (fireworks) 花火 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.39)

hōzuki ichi (Chinese-lantern plant market) 酸奬市 (The Anime Companion 2 p.29)

Nebuta Matsuri (Nebuta Festival) ねぶた祭 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.92)

suika-wari (watermelon game) スイカ割り (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.126)

shochū-mimai-jō (summertime greeting letter) 暑中見舞状

Tanabata 七夕 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.133)

SUMMER - OBJECTS:

fūrin (wind bell) 風鈴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.30)

tanzaku 短冊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.134)

yoshizu (reed screen) 葭簀 (The Anime Companion 2 p.119)

SUMMER - PLANTS:

ayame (iris) 菖蒲 (The Anime Companion 2 p.7)

hasu (lotus) 蓮

hōzuki (Chinese-lantern plant) 酸奬 (The Anime Companion 2 p.29)

suika (watermelon) すいか or 西瓜 (The Anime Companion 2 p.92)

FALL (Fall Equinox in September - Winter Solstice in December):

FALL - HUMAN ACTIVITIES:

Shichi-go-san (7-5-3 Festival) 七五三 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.117)

tori no ichi (bird fair) 酉の市 (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)

tsukimi (moon viewing) 月見

FALL - ANIMALS:

sanma さんま or 秋刀魚 (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

FALL - PLANTS:

ginkgo (Jp: ichō) 銀杏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.35)

kiku (chrysanthemum) 菊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

susuki (pampas grass) 薄 (The Anime Companion 2 p.94)

SOUNDS
There are some items you may hear but not see while watching anime. To Japanese these sounds are familiar and their special significance is understandable, to non-Japanese these sounds are often mysterious and the meaning is lost. Reviewing the items on this list will clue you in to several of these.

SOUNDS - HUMAN
See also: Entertainment/Game - Music - Instrument

charumera (rāmen vendor's horn) チャルメラ (The Anime Companion 2 p.12)

hanshō (fire alarm bell) 半鐘

kei (bell) 磬 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.65)

suzu (round bell) 鈴 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.129)

tōfu-ya (tōfu seller) 豆腐屋 (The Anime Companion 2 p.101)

SOUNDS - NATURAL

karasu (crow) 烏 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.62)

semi (cicada) 蝉 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.112)

TERMINOLOGY

TERMINOLOGY - CRIMINAL
Terms used by criminals, many of which are also used by police who combat them.
For other entries related to crimes and police see: Crime/Police/Law

chinpira (punk, thug) ちんぴら or チンピラ

dangō (collusive bidding, bid rigging) 談合

jiageya (land shark) 地上げ屋

oyabun - kobun (parent role - child role) 親分 - 子分

oyaji-gari (old man hunting) 親父狩り or おやじ狩り

tsutsumotase 美人局

yakuza (gangster) やくざ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.146)

TERMINOLOGY - FANISH
For entries related to publishing see: Culture - Literature/Folk Tales - Modern/Post-1868

Boys Love ボーイズ ラブ

chara moe キャラ萌え

circle ("sākuru") サークル

fudanshi (rotten man) 腐男子

fujoshi (rotten woman) 腐女子

hentai 変態 FORMAL 變態 (The Anime Companion 2 p.27)

kyō-seme 強攻め

minisuka porisu (miniskirt police) ミニスカポリス

moe 萌えor もえ

sasoi (inviting posture or stratagem) 誘

seme せめ, 攻め

shokkaku (antenna) 触角

shōnen ai (boy's love) 少年愛

uke (receiver, blocking, bottom) 受け

yaoi やおい (The Anime Companion 2 p.116)

TERMINOLOGY - MARTIAL ARTS

hamon (formal expulsion) 破門

sasoi (inviting posture or stratagem) 誘

seme せめ, 攻め

uke (receiver, blocking, bottom) 受け

TERMINOLOGY - QUEER

gei bā (gay bar) ゲイバー

neko (queer slang) ネコ or ねこ

nyū hafu (she-male) ニュー・ハーフ (The Anime Companion 2 p.64)

okama (male homosexual; derogatory) 御釜 or おかま (The Anime Companion 2 p.67)

onēsama (big sister) お姉様 or お姉さま

rezubian (lesbian) レズビアン (The Anime Companion 2 p.73)

tachi (top/butch) タチ or たち

yuri (lesbian [slang]) 百合

TERMINOLOGY - SEXUAL
For commercial sexual activity see: Business - The Sex Trade and Business - The Sex Trade - Business Types
For criminal sex related activities see: Crime/Police/Law
Entries for sex workers are included within: People - Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Adult Entertainment

fasshon massaji (fashion massage) ファッションマッサージ

ferachio (fellatio) フェラチオ

futanari 二成 or 二形 or ふたなり

ierō kyabu (yellow cab) イエローキャブ

kintama (golden balls) 金玉

kokkun こっくん

kōnai hassha (ejaculation in mouth) 口内発射

nikaisen (two time battle) 二回戦

onahōru オナホール

oshibori supesharu (oshibori special) おしぼり　スペシャル or 御絞り　スペシャル

paizuri (tit job) パイズリ

pinku (pink) ピンク

rorikon ("Lolita complex") ロリコン (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

sokushaku (immediate fellatio) 即尺

shōtacon ショタコン

shudō (the way of loving boys) 衆道

sukebe (lecherousness) すけべ

tanima no shirayuri (white lily of the valley) 谷間の白百合

wakame zake (seaweed sake) わかめ酒

WEAPONRY/WAR

See also: People - Occupations, Titles & Ranks - Military

WEAPONRY/WAR - GENERAL

ashigaru (foot soldier) 足軽 (The Anime Companion 2 p.6)

bakufu (shōgunate) 幕府 (The Anime Companion 2 p.8)

bushi (warrior) 武士 (The Anime Companion 2 p.11)

Byakkotai (White Tiger Brigade) 白虎隊 (The Anime Companion 2 p.11)

Dai Nippon Teikoku Rikugun (Imperial Japanese Army) 大日本帝国陸軍 OLD FORM 大日本帝國陸軍 (The Anime Companion 2 p.14)

dōshin (lower-grade samurai rank) 同心

hatamoto (bannermen) 旗本 (The Anime Companion 2 p.27)

hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) 被爆者

Jieitai (Self Defense Forces; SDF) 自衛隊 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.53)

Kiheitai (irregular militia) 奇兵隊 (The Anime Companion 2 p.46)

samurai 侍 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.110)

Sanada-maru 真田丸

Shōgitai 彰義隊 (The Anime Companion 2 p.86)

shōgun 将軍 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.123)

WEAPONRY/WAR - EVENT

Boshin Sensō (Boshin Civil War) 戊辰戦争 OLD FORM 戊辰戰爭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.10)

Dannoura no Tatakai 壇ノ浦の戦い OLD FORM 壇ノ浦の戰ひ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.21)

Goryōkaku no Tatakai (Battle Of Goryōkaku) 五稜郭の戦い OLD FORM 五稜郭の戰ひ (The Anime Companion 2 p.24)

Hamaguri Gomon no Hen 蛤御門の変 OLD FORM 蛤御門の變 (The Anime Companion 2 p.26)

Ikedaya Jiken 池田屋事件 (The Anime Companion 2 p.30)

Kōan no eki (Kōan War) 弘安の役 (The Anime Companion 2 p.47)

Nichiro Sensō (Russo-Japanese War) 日露戦争 OLD FORM 日露戰爭 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.93)

Ōsaka no Jin (Battle of Ōsaka Castle) 大坂の陣

Seinan Sensō (Satsuma Rebellion) 西南戦争 OLD FORM 西南戰爭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.80)

Sekigahara no Tatakai (Battle Of Sekigahara) 関ヶ原の戦い (The Anime Companion 2 p.81)

Shimabara no Ran (Shimabara Uprising) 島原の乱 OLD FORM 島原の亂 (The Anime Companion 2 p.84)

Toba-Fushimi no Tatakai (Battle Of Toba-Fushimi) 鳥羽伏見の戦い OLD FORM 鳥羽伏見の戰ひ (The Anime Companion 2 p.100)

WEAPONRY/WAR - MARTIAL ARTS

aikidō 合気道 OLD FORM 合氣道 (The Anime Companion 2 p.3)

battō-jutsu 抜刀術 OLD FORM 拔刀術 (The Anime Companion 2 p.9)

bushidō (Way of the Warrior) 武士道 (The Anime Companion 2 p.11)

dōjō (training hall) 道場 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.23)

Hokushin Ittō Ryū 北辰一刀流 (The Anime Companion 2 p.28)

Hōzōin-ryū 寳藏院流

Jigen Ryū 示現流 (The Anime Companion 2 p.34)

jūdō 柔道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

jūjutsu 柔術 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.56)

kata (form or sequence) 形 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.64)

kendō ("way of the sword") 剣道 OLD FORM 劍道 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.66)

kenjutsu (swordsmanship) 剣術 OLD FORM 劍術 (The Anime Companion 2 p.45)

kenpō (way of the fist) 拳法 (The Anime Companion 2 p.44)

Mugai Ryū 無外流 (The Anime Companion 2 p.58)

musha shugyō 武者修行 (The Anime Companion 2 p.58)

ninjutsu 忍術 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.95)

ryū (martial arts style) 流 (The Anime Companion 2 p.75)

tameshigiri (sword test cut) 試し斬り, 試し切り, 試斬, 試切

taryū-jiai (duel) 他流試合 (The Anime Companion 2 p.98)

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū 天真正伝香取神道流

zainichi beigun (United States Armed Forces in Japan) 在日米軍 (The Anime Companion 2 p.120)

WEAPONRY/WAR - WEAPON - TRADITIONAL

bokken (wooden sword) 木剣 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.12)

fire as a weapon [sidebar] (The Anime Companion 2 p.9)

jitte (truncheon) 十手 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

kaginawa (hook rope) 鈎縄

kakushibuki (hidden weapon) 隠し武器

kakute (horned hand) 角手

kamayari 鎌槍

Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (Kamikaze Special Attack Force) 神風特別攻撃隊 (The Anime Companion 2 p.39)

karakuri jitte カラクリ實手

kashira 頭 (The Anime Companion 2 p.42)

kogai (sword "pin-blade") 笄

konpei (a type of chain weapon) 錕平

kusarifundō (weighted chain) 鎖分銅 (The Anime Companion 2 p.52)

kusarigama (chain and sickle) 鎖鎌 (The Anime Companion 2 p.52)

kusari-katabira (chain-mail vest) 鎖帷子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.51)

metsubushi (sight remover) 目潰し

naginata (halberd) なぎなた or 薙刀 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.91)

nihontō (Japanese sword) 日本刀 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.95)

sasumata (spear fork) 刺股

saya (scabbard) 鞘 (The Anime Companion 2 p.80)

shikomi shakujō (deceptive monk's staff) 仕込錫杖

shikomi shamisen (shamisen with a blade in it) 仕込三味線

shikomibuki (deceptive weapon) 仕込武器

shinai (bamboo sword) 竹刀 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.119)

shuriken (throwing stars) 手裏剣 OLD FORM 手裏劍 (The Anime Companion 2 p.89)

sodegarami (sleeve entangler) 袖搦

teppō (firearm) 鉄砲 OLD FORM 鐵礮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.135)

tonfa トンファ (The Anime Companion 2 p.105)

tsuba (sword guard) 鍔 or 鐔 (The Anime Companion 2 p.107)

tsuka (sword hilt) 柄 (The Anime Companion 2 p.108)

tsukubo (push pole) 突棒

suntetsu 寸鉄 OLD FORM 寸鐵 (The Anime Companion 2 p.93)

yari (spear) 槍

WEAPONRY/WAR - WEAPON - MODERN

Betty (aircraft) 一式陸上攻撃機 ISSHIKIRIKUJŌKŌGEKIKI (The Anime Companion 2 p.9)

Emily (aircraft) 二式飛行艇 (Nishikihikōtei) (The Anime Companion 2 p.19)

Ōka (Ohka, aircraft) 桜花 OLD FORM 櫻花 (The Anime Companion 2 p.67)

Yamato (battleship) 大和 (The Anime Companion 2 p.116)

Zerosen (Zero Fighter) ゼロ戦 or 零戦 (REISEN) OLD FORM 零戰 (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)

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