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1. 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....
2. Balti, adj. and n.1 View full entry 1845
...Of or relating to Baltistan, a Himalayan region of Kashmir (now in northern Pakistan), its inhabitants, or their language....
3. bohea, adj. and n. View full entry 1702
...Of the Wu-i hills, whence black tea was first brought to England; applied also to tea of similar quality grown elsewhere....
4. China, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1555
...The country so called, in Asia....
5. gaijin, n. and adj. View full entry 1964
...A Japanese term for a foreigner or alien; a non-Japanese person....
6. Heian, adj. View full entry 1893
...Of or pertaining to a period in Japanese history from the late 8th to the late 12th century a.d....
7. Hokkien, adj. and n. View full entry 1832
...Of, relating to, or designating a dialect of Southern Min traditionally spoken in south-eastern China, and now one of the major Chinese dialects of Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Cf. ...
8. ibotenic, adj. View full entry 1962
...an isoxazole, C5H6N2O4H2O, found in certain mushrooms of the genus Amanita, and used as an insecticide and experimentally...
9. kainic, adj. View full entry 1954
...a neurotoxic organic acid, C10H15NO4, which is obtained from the red alga Digenea simplex and is used as an anthelmintic....
10. kamikaze, n. and adj. View full entry 1896
...‘The wind of the gods’ (see small-type note above)....
11. Karakalpak | Kara-Kalpak, adj. and n. View full entry 1832
...Of or pertaining to a Turkic people inhabiting a region south of the Aral Sea....
12. kawaii, adj. and n. View full entry 1965
...Cute, esp. in a manner considered characteristic of Japanese popular culture; charming, darling; ostentatiously adorable....
13. Khalkha | Khalka, n. and adj. View full entry 1873
...One of a Mongol people in Outer Mongolia; the people themselves....
14. kiasu, n. and adj. View full entry 1978
...A person governed by self-interest, typically manifesting as a selfish, grasping attitude arising from a fear of missing out on something. Also: such an attitude....
15. Kizil, adj. and n. View full entry 1898
...Of or pertaining to a Turkic Tartar people of southern Siberia....
16. Magar, adj. and n.2 View full entry 1811
...Of or relating to a people of west-central Nepal and Sikkim state in India....
17. Manchu, n. and adj. View full entry 1697
...A member of a Tungusic people inhabiting Manchuria, which formed the ruling power in China from 1644 until the Revolution in 1912 and now constitutes one of the...
18. Meiji, n. and adj. View full entry 1873
...The period of rule (18681912) of the Japanese emperor Mutsuhito, which was marked by the modernization and westernization of Japan....
19. Miao, adj. and n. View full entry 1834
...Of, relating to, or designating a people of the mountains of southern China and Indo-China or their languages....
20. Miaotse, n. and adj. View full entry 1810
...= Miao1....
