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1. Abdul, n. View full entry 1870
...Originally: a male Turk; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a Turkish soldier in the First World War (191418); (also) Turkish soldiers collectively. Later...
2. 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 ...
3. afion, n. View full entry 1542
...Opium, esp. in a raw liquid form....
4. aga, n.1 View full entry 1542
...In Muslim countries (esp. under the Ottoman Empire): (originally) a military commander or senior officer; (subsequently also) a civil officer or tribal chieftain. Freq. as a title of distinction (e.g. in Turkey...
5. aikido, n. View full entry 1955
...A Japanese form of self-defence and martial art, developed from ju-jitsu, in which locks, holds, throws, and the opponent's own momentum are used to gain advantage....
6. aikijutsu, n. View full entry 1955
...A Japanese system of martial arts techniques, which was later simplified to become aikido: see aikido...
7. aikuchi, n. View full entry 1875
...A dagger or short sword manufactured without a hilt-guard, so that the hilt fits flush with the scabbard....
8. aimag, n. View full entry 1729
...Among Mongol and Turkic peoples: a tribe, a clan. Also: an area associated with such a tribe. Now hist....
9. Ainu, n. and adj. View full entry 1811
...A member of (the people descended from) an aboriginal people of northern Japan, formerly also living in neighbouring islands and parts of the adjacent Russian mainland....
10. aka-matsu, n. View full entry 1862
...The Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora, a valuable ornamental and timber tree with reddish wood; the timber itself. Cf. o-matsu...
11. 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...
12. aksakal, n. View full entry 1811
...In some Central Asian societies (as among the Uzbeks, Kazakhs,Tajiks, etc.): a village elder, a headman....
13. ama, n. View full entry 1954
...A Japanese woman diver, who dives for shellfish and edible seaweed, usu. without breathing apparatus....
14. amado, n. View full entry 1880
...One of a set of shutters on the outer side of a Japanese house. Freq. collect....
15. anime, n.3 View full entry 1985
...A genre of Japanese or Japanese-style animated film or television entertainment, characterized by a distinctive visual style involving stylized action sequences and usually featuring characters with distinctive large, staring eyes, and typically...
16. ao dai, n. View full entry 1961
...A Vietnamese woman's high-necked tunic with ankle-length panels at front and back, worn over trousers....
17. aoul, n. View full entry 1828
...A Caucasian or Tartar village or encampment....
18. argali, n. View full entry 1784
...The wild or rock sheep of Asia....
19. argol | argal, n.2 View full entry 1856
...Dried cow-dung used as fuel in Tartary....
20. Arnaut, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1717
...An Albanian, spec. one serving in the Turkish army. Also as adj....
