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1. amado, n. View full entry 1880
...One of a set of shutters on the outer side of a Japanese house. Freq. collect....
2. gaydiang, n. View full entry 1855
...A two- or three-masted Vietnamese coaster or fishing boat....
3. minaret, n. View full entry 1682
...A tall tower or turret connected with a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin calls at hours of prayer....
4. Nippon, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1614
...gen. Designating people or things originating from or associated with Japan. rare before 20th cent....
5. ojime, n. View full entry 1889
...In Japanese traditional dress: a bead, often decorated, used as a sliding fastening device on the strings of a purse or pouch, or of an inro. Now more usually as an ornament...
6. paktong, n. View full entry 1776
...A silver-coloured cupro-nickel alloy, either the Chinese alloy paitung (paitung), or a European imitation of this, used esp. in the manufacture of 18th-cent. fireplace furniture....
7. prang, n.1 View full entry 1929
...In Cambodia and Thailand: a tall tower or spire, usually shaped approximately like a corncob, of a style characteristic of ancient Khmer architecture. Cf. chedi...
8. shibuichi, n. View full entry 1880
...An alloy consisting of three parts of copper to one of silver, extensively used by the Japanese on account of its beautiful silver-grey patina. Also attrib....
9. shoji, n. View full entry 1880
...In Japanese architecture, a sliding outer or inner door made of a latticed screen covered usu. with white paper....
10. tokonoma, n. View full entry 1727
...In a Japanese house, a recess or alcove, usu. a few inches above floor-level, in which pictures, ornaments, etc., are displayed. Also attrib....
11. tung, n. View full entry 1788
...Any of three trees of the genus Aleurites or Vernicia (family Euphorbiaceæ), A. fordii, A. cordata, and A. montana, which are native...
12. washi, n. View full entry 1978
...Japanese paper, spec. a thin handmade variety used to make lantern shades, kites, etc....
