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日文 Rì wén Japanese (language)
漫画 màn huà caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga
日本人 Rì běn rén Japanese person or people
日语 Rì yǔ Japanese language
丰田 Fēng tián Toyota or Toyoda (name) / Toyota, Japanese car make
东芝 Dōng zhī Toshiba, Japanese electronics company
日军 Rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops
日元 Rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2]
雅阁 Yǎ gé Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model)
小泉 Xiǎo quán Koizumi (name) / KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
日产 Rì chǎn Nissan, Japanese car make / also transliterated 尼桑[Ni2 sang1]
大发 Dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company
小日本 xiǎo Rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap
蔷薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora)
爱普生 Aì pǔ shēng Epson, Japanese electronics company
奥林巴斯 Aò lín bā sī Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments
靖国神社 Jìng guó Shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals
三洋 Sān yáng Sanyō, Japanese electronics company
会社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company
鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip
日圆 Rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4]
日货 Rì huò Japanese goods
达人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 / "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist
株式会社 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
二十一条 Er4 shí yī Tiáo the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
日式 Rì shì Japanese style
八路军 Bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
理光 Lǐ guāng Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company
自卫队 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces
士官 shì guān warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer
大和 Dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
日方 Rì fāng the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc)
连珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row
声优 shēng yōu voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 / "seiyū")
倭寇 Wō kòu Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
尼桑 Ní sāng Nissan, Japanese car make
漫画家 màn huà jiā cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
日本鬼子 Rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
蜡笔小新 Là bǐ Xiǎo xīn Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
光复 guāng fù to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
宾得 Bīn dé Pentax, Japanese optics company
伊藤 Yī téng Itō / or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2])
芭蕉 bā jiāo Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
七龙珠 Qī lóng zhū Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series
战国时代 Zhàn guó Shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
明治 Míng zhì Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor
茶道 chá dào Japanese tea ceremony / sado
宫崎骏 Gōng qí Jùn Miyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director
腊梅 là méi wintersweet / Japanese allspice / Chimonanthus praecox
慰安妇 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 / "ianfu")
狂言 kuáng yán ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
每日新闻 Měi rì Xīn wén Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper
奥特曼 Aò tè màn Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero
住友 Zhù yǒu Sumitomo, Japanese company
谷子 gǔ zi millet / (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu")
假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2]
大正 Dà zhèng Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]
大蛇丸 Dà shé wán Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero / Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series
共同社 Gòng tóng shè Kyōdō, Japanese news agency
国耻 guó chǐ national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
昭和 Zhāo hé Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2]
汪精卫 Wāng Jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator
关东军 Guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō / army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII
村上春树 Cūn shàng Chūn shù MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 / "daifuku")
山羊座 Shān yáng zuò Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / Japanese variant of 魔羯座
织田信长 Zhī tián Xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan
爬山虎 pá shān hǔ Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
残念 cán niàn (coll.) to regret / what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen")
周作人 Zhōu Zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
勿忘国耻 wù wàng guó chǐ Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 / and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria
马鹿 mǎ lù red deer / fool / idiot (from Japanese "baka")
龙胆 lóng dǎn rough gentian / Japanese gentian (Gentiana scabra)
入 rù to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 / "iri")
桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
安倍晋三 An1 bèi Jìn sān Abe Shinzo (1954-2022), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012-2020
痴汉 chī hàn molester (loanword from Japanese "chikan") / idiot / fool
女体盛 nu:3 tǐ chéng nyotaimori or "body sushi", Japanese practice of serving sushi on the body of a naked woman
招财猫 zhāo cái māo maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
大坂 Dà bǎn Japanese surname Osaka / old variant of 大阪[Da4ban3] (Osaka, city in Japan), used prior to the Meiji era
雅乐 yǎ yuè formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku
鉴真 Jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
关东煮 Guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
日本刀 Rì běn dāo Japanese sword / katana
山茱萸 shān zhū yú Japanese cornel (Cornus officinalis)
川端康成 Chuān duān Kāng chéng Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate
桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person
三得利 Sān dé lì Suntory, Japanese beverage company
紫杉 zǐ shān Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)
章鱼烧 zhāng yú shāo takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
将棋 jiàng qí Japanese chess (shōgi)
福袋 fú dài fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
李舜臣 Lǐ Shùn chén Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
哈日族 hā Rì zú Japanophile (refers to teenage craze for everything Japanese, originally mainly in Taiwan)
涮涮锅 shuàn shuàn guō shabu-shabu (loanword) / Japanese hot pot
邓世昌 Dèng Shì chāng Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese
省 shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)
御宅族 yù zhái zú otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games / see also 宅男[zhai2 nan2] / see also 宅女[zhai2 nu:3]
鲅鱼 bà yú Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
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