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English words of Japanese origin


Words

  1. Translation: "tray planting"
  2. General term for wrestling in Japanese
  3. Translation: "thing to wear." Traditional Japanese garment
  4. Japanese rice wine




  5. Translation: "great lord". In modern use means wealthy business leader
  6. Translation: "arranging flowers"
  7. Name of semi-seedless and easy-peeling citrus fruit derived from former province in Japan, from which these fruits were first exported to the West.
  8. Translation: "divine wind"
  9. Translation: "the honorable gate". Once common term for the emperor, now considered obsolete.
  10. Translation: "gentle way".
  11. The native religion of Japan
  12. A teacher or mentor, especially of a martial art
  13. A flat mattress that makes up a Japanese bed
  14. Traditional Japanese artist-entertainers
  15. Very short poem consisting of three lines
  16. Translation: "folding paper"
  17. Translation: "empty handed"
  18. A military governor in Japan before 1867
  19. Comics or graphic novels originating from Japan
  20. Translation: "empty orchestra"
  21. Translation: "squad leader"
  22. Japanese equivalent of goodbye
  23. Bean curd
  24. Japanese horseradish
  25. A person trained in ancient Japanese martial arts and employed for espionage and assassinations
  26. Coloured varieties of the Amur carp
  27. Translation: "the digits must remain single"
  28. Translation: "harbour wave"
  29. Word that comes from Japanese words for 'picture' and 'character'
  30. Gaining enlightenment through meditation



Answers

  1. BONSAI
  2. SUMO
  3. KIMONO
  4. SAKE
  5. TYCOON
  6. IKEBANA
  7. SATSUMA
  8. KAMIKAZE
  9. MIKADO
  10. JUDO
  11. SHINTO
  12. SENSEI
  13. FUTON
  14. GEISHA
  15. HAIKU
  16. ORIGAMI
  17. KARATE
  18. SHOGUN
  19. MANGA
  20. KARAOKE
  21. HONCHO
  22. SAYONARA
  23. TOFU



  24. WASABI
  25. NINJA
  26. KOI
  27. SUDOKU
  28. TSUNAMI
  29. EMOJI
  30. ZEN