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1. adzuki, n. View full entry 1727
...More fully adzuki bean. The dark red edible bean of the leguminous plant Vigna angularis, a bushy annual cultivated in China and Japan; such beans collectively (now ...
2. akoya, n. View full entry 1727
...Any of several small marine oysters of the genus Pinctada, esp. P. fucata, cultivated in Japan, China, and elsewhere for the production of cultured pearl. Also: a pearl...
3. hinoki, n. View full entry 1727
...A large conifer, Chamæcyparis obtusa, native to Japan, or the timber obtained from it....
4. Jōdo, n. View full entry 1727
...A Japanese Buddhist sect which teaches salvation through absolute faith in the Buddha Amida and constant repetition of a formulaic prayer invoking his name....
5. kaki, n. View full entry 1727
...The Chinese date plum or persimmon of Japan, Diospyros kaki....
6. kana, n. View full entry 1727
...Japanese syllabic writing, the chief varieties of which are hiragana and katakana...
7. katakana, n. View full entry 1727
...One of the two varieties of the Japanese syllabic writing, the characters of which are more angular than the hiragana, derived from abbreviated forms of Chinese ideographs of the corresponding sounds, and...
8. katsuo, n. View full entry 1727
...= bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis, an important food fish in Japan, whether fresh or dried....
9. ken, n.3 View full entry 1727
...A Japanese unit of length equal to six shaku; equivalent to approximately 71·5 inches (1·82 metres)....
10. kiri, n. View full entry 1727
...= paulownia...
11. kirin, n. View full entry 1727
...A fabulous beast of composite form, freq. portrayed in Japanese pottery and art (see quots.); = kylin...
12. Kizilbash, n. View full entry 1727
...A Persianized Turk of Afghanistan....
13. koi, n. View full entry 1727
...A local name in Japan for the common carp, Cyprinus carpio....
14. koi-cha, n. View full entry 1727
...In Japan, powdered tea mixed to a thick brew and drunk ceremonially....
15. koku, n. View full entry 1727
...A Japanese unit of capacity equal to ten to, used for liquids and solids (esp. of rice as a monetary measure); equivalent to approximately 39·7 gallons (180 litres) or 4·96...
16. kuruma, n. View full entry 1727
...A rickshaw....
17. matsuri, n. View full entry 1727
...In Japan: a festival celebrated at a Shinto shrine; (more generally) any traditional local festival. Later also: a Japanese festival celebrated in a country other than Japan....
18. Mikado, n. View full entry 1727
...In Western use: the emperor of Japan. Cf. dairi, the name more often used before the mid 19th cent. Now hist....
19. mikoshi, n. View full entry 1727
...In Japan: a portable Shinto or Buddhist shrine which is carried through the local community on ceremonial occasions to symbolize the presence of the deity....
20. miya, n. View full entry 1727
...A Japanese Shinto shrine....