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1. bento, n. View full entry 1616
...A Japanese or Japanese-style packed lunch traditionally consisting of rice, vegetables, and Japanese specialities such as sashimi and teriyaki, and served in a lacquered or decorated wooden box. Freq. attrib.,...
2. furo, n. View full entry 1615
...In Japan: (originally) a steam bath or bathhouse; (in later use) = ofuro...
3. itzebu | itzeboo, n. View full entry 1616
...A Japanese phrase meaning ‘one quarter’, commonly applied to a silver coin in the form of a thin rectangular plate (with rounded corners), in use before 1871; it was the...
4. kami, n. View full entry 1616
...A title given by the Japanese to daimios and governors, = ‘lord’. Also kami-dana...
5. kobang, n. View full entry 1616
...An oblong gold coin, rounded at the corners, formerly current in Japan. The original weight was 222 grains troy, but it was afterwards reduced to about a quarter of this owing to...
6. menuki, n. View full entry 1617
...In Japan: either of a matching pair of metal ornaments on the hilt of a sword or knife....
7. mikan, n. View full entry 1618
...The fruit of any of several species of citrus (family Rutaceae) originally cultivated in Japan; esp. a variety of mandarin orange, a satsuma. Cf. Satsuma2....
8. mochi, n.1 View full entry 1616
...In Japan: a cake made from glutinous rice, steamed and pounded, sometimes with the addition of other ingredients. Also (more fully mochi rice): the rice used to make this....
9. norimon, n. View full entry 1616
...In Japan: an elaborately decorated sedan chair; a palanquin....
10. oban, n. View full entry 1615
...An oblong gold coin with rounded corners, formerly current in Japan and now used on special occasions in offerings or gifts; the sum of money represented by this, equal to ten kobangs....
11. samisen, n. View full entry 1616
...A Japanese guitar of three strings, played with a plectrum....
12. sampan, n.1 View full entry 1620
...A Chinese word meaning ‘boat’, applied by Europeans in the China seas to any small boat of Chinese pattern....
13. shogun, n. View full entry 1615
...The hereditary commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, until 1867 the virtual ruler of Japan. Also called tycoon...
14. tabi, n. View full entry 1616
...Also tapie; (anglicized pl.) tabis. Thick-soled Japanese ankle-socks with a separate stall for the large toe, worn by both sexes. Also attrib....
15. tai, n.1 View full entry 1620
...A Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major, of the family Sparidæ, eaten as a speciality in Japan....