悲観

From Middle Chinese 悲觀 (“compassionate view”, literally “view of pity”), a Buddhist term. Compare 慈悲 (jihi, “compassion”). Reanalyzed as 悲 (“sadness”) + 観 (“outlook”).

der

(Buddhism) a compassionate world view that motivates individuals to help and eliminate suffering


三綱

役僧

Buddhist priest with administrative duties

三綱五常

三綱五常 さんこうごじょう

three bonds and five virtues of Confucianism

(Buddhism) three priests who administer certain Buddhist temples

(Confucianism) the three fundamental bonds (lord–subject, parent–child, and husband–wife) most valued in Confucian philosophy


小説家

ja-noun

小(しょう)説(せつ)家(か) • (shōsetsuka) ^(←せうせつか (seusetuka)?)

小説家 (canonical)
shōsetsuka (romanization)
seusetuka (romanization)
せうせつか (hiragana historical)

From 小説(しょうせつ) (shōsetsu, “novel, story, fiction”) + 家(か) (ka, “professional”).


COM

(video games) A name given to AI players.


非常口

非常口 (canonical)
hijōguchi (romanization)

非常 (hijō, “emergency”) + 口 (kuchi, “opening”). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


鳳凰

鳳凰 (canonical)
hōō (romanization)
fouwau (romanization)
ほうわう (hiragana historical)

Daijisen
Fenghuang
Peng (mythology)
Vermilion Bird
ja:松村明
ja:鳳凰
ja:鳳凰 (曖昧さ回避)

/pouwau/ → /ɸoːwɔː/ → /hoːɔː/ → /hoːoː/
Borrowing from Chinese 鳳凰 /凤凰 (fènghuáng, literally “male fire-bird + female fire-bird”), date of borrowing unknown.

bor

(Chinese mythology) fenghuang: a fabled Chinese fire-bird


真空

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 真空 (MC tsyin khuwng).
First attested in the 懐風藻 (Kaifūsō) anthology of Sinitic poetry written by Japanese authors, compiled in 751.
The modern sense of vacuum is first attested in 1876.

(Buddhism) sunyata: void, emptiness, non-existence; also, in the early Buddhist schools, enlightenment, nirvana


小僧

From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 僧 (sō, "bonze," "Buddhist monk").

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む: a saint's maid quotes Latin


火災

火災 (canonical)
kasai (romanization)
kwasai (romanization)
くわさい (hiragana historical)

/kwasai/ → /kasai/
From Middle Chinese compound 火災 (xwa^X tsoj). Compare modern Mandarin reading huǒzāi.

火災救助袋

a cloth escape chute installed in tall buildings in Japan to facilitate escape from a fire

火災予防条例

a fire prevention law or ordinance, a fire code

(Buddhism) one of the three major calamities that destroy the world


不死鳥

ja-noun

不(ふ)死(し)鳥(ちょう) • (fushichō) ^(←ふしてう (fusiteu)?)

不死鳥 (canonical)
fushichō (romanization)
fusiteu (romanization)
ふしてう (hiragana historical)

[ɸɯ̟̊ɕit͡ɕo̞ː]

不死 (fushi, “immortal; undying”) + 鳥 (chō, “bird”)
/husiteu/ → /husityoː/, [ɸuɕitɕoː]


七宝

(Buddhism) the seven treasures: gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli.


ケンタウロス

[kẽ̞nta̠ɯ̟ɾo̞sɨ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros).


縁起

縁起 (canonical)
engi (romanization)
えんぎ (hiragana historical)

縁起棚

a shelf set up for display good luck charms, usually by a geisha, performer, or shopkeeper


ソナタ形式

Compound of ソナタ (sonata, “sonata”) + 形式 (keishiki, “form”).


口風琴

口風琴 (canonical)
kuchifūkin (romanization)


手風琴

[te̞ɸɯ̟ːkʲĩɴ]


弥勒

From Middle Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok), from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya).

Mile (a county-level city in Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China)


動画

動画 (canonical)
dōga (romanization)
dougwa (romanization)
どうぐわ (hiragana historical)

From 動 (dō, “moving”) + 画 (ga, “picture”).

原画のデータを受け取った動画マンはまず、動画用のタイムシートを作成します

Genga no dēta o uketotta dōga man wa mazu, dōgayō no taimushīto o sakusei shimasu

After receiving the keyframes, the inbetweener then starts by making notes on an X-sheet for drawing in-between frames


創造論

創造 (sōzō, “creation”) + 論 (-ron, “theory”)


地球人

地球人 (canonical)
chikyūjin (romanization)

[t͡ɕikʲɨːʑĩɴ]

地球 (Chikyū, “Earth”) + 人 (-jin, “human”)

1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “宇(そ)宙(ら)からのおとし玉(だま) [An Outta-the-Ballue Falltune]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 27:

You Earthlings are so selfish! No wonder you’re so isolated in the universe.

地球人は自分勝手すぎるんだ！だから、いつまでも宇宙で孤立してるんだ。

Chikyūjin wa jibun katte sugiru n da! Dakara, itsu made mo uchū de koritsu shiteru n da.

(science fiction) an Earthling; a Terran (inhabitant of Earth)


スタートレック

(science fiction) Star Trek, a popular sci-fi series.


東方

ja-pos

東(とう)方(ほう) • (Tōhō)

Short for 東方Project (Tōhō Purojekuto, “Touhou Project, a popular bullet hell video game series”).


カラオケ

→ Albanian: karaoke

→ Arabic: كَارَاوُكِي (karawoki)

→ Armenian: կարաոկե (karaoke)

→ Belarusian: карао́ке (karaókje)

→ Bengali: কারাওকে (karaōke)

→ Bulgarian: карао́ке (karaóke)

→ Cantonese: 卡拉OK (kaa1 laa1 ou1 kei1)

→ Catalan: karaoke

→ Czech: karaoke

→ Danish: karaoke

→ Dutch: karaoke

→ English: karaoke
→ Welsh: carioci

→ Esperanto: karaoko

→ Estonian: karaoke

→ Finnish: karaoke

→ French: karaoke

→ Georgian: კარაოკე (ḳaraoḳe)

→ German: Karaoke

→ Greek: καραόκε (karaóke)

→ Hakka: 卡拉OK (khà-la-o-khie)

→ Hebrew: קַרְיוֹקִי (qaryóqi)

→ Hindi: कराओके (karāoke)

→ Hungarian: karaoke

→ Indonesian: karaoke

→ Italian: karaoke

→ Kazakh: караоке (karaoke)

→ Khmer: ខារ៉ាអូខេ (khaaraaʼoukhee)

→ Korean: 가라오케 (garaoke)

→ Kyrgyz: караоке (karaoke)

desc

→ Lao: ກາຣາໂອເກະ (kā rā ʼō ke)

→ Lao: ກາຣາໂອເກະ (kā rā ʼō ke)

→ Latvian: karaoke

→ Lithuanian: karaokė

→ Macedonian: карао́ке (karaóke)

→ Malay: karaoke

→ Malayalam: കരോക്കി (karōkki)

→ Mandarin: 卡拉OK (kǎlā'ōukèi)

→ Min Nan: 卡拉OK (kha-lá-ó͘-khe)

→ Mongolian: караоке (karaoke), ᠺᠠᠷᠠᠣᠺᠧ (karaokē)

→ Norwegian:

Bokmål: karaoke

→ Persian: کارائوکه (kârâ'ôke), کارائوکی (kârâ'ōki)

→ Polish: karaoke

→ Portuguese: karaokê

→ Romanian: karaoke

→ Russian: карао́ке (karaóke)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: караоке

Latin script: karaoke

→ Slovak: karaoke

→ Slovene: karaoke

→ Spanish: karaoke

→ Swedish: karaoke

→ Tagalog: karaoke

→ Thai: คาราโอเกะ (kaa-raa-oo-gè)

→ Turkish: karaoke

→ Ukrainian: карао́ке (karaóke)

→ Urdu: کراوکی (karā'oke)

→ Vietnamese: caraôkê, karaoke

Etymology tree
Japanese 空
Ancient Greek ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai)
Ancient Greek -τρᾰ (-tră)
Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)bor.
Latin orchēstrabor.
English orchestrabor.
Japanese オーケストラ
Japanese カラオケ
Blend of 空 (kara, “empty”) + オーケストラ (ōkesutora, “orchestra”, itself from English orchestra).

blend

itself from English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">orchestra</i>

karaoke: popular music remixed or arranged to remove the lead vocals, and played back for entertainment, allowing others to sing the lead part

(broadcasting industries) a method of preparing recorded material for a music performer (a singer or instrument player) and playing it back when the performer performs

a karaoke machine, a music playback machine that plays popular tunes with the lead vocals audio missing or removed, and often with a video screen showing the song lyrics highlighted in time with the music


兵士

兵 (hei, “soldier”) + 士 (shi, “man of breeding”)

compound

(Christianity) a rank of a member of the Salvation Army


天台

(Buddhism) a school of Mahayana Buddhism that stresses the Lotus Sutra


カバー

ja-noun

カバー • (kabā)

ブックカバー

book covering paper to hide what book a book owner is reading, especially in a public place such as train

名曲のカバー


カバー

カバーする (canonical)
kabā suru (romanization)
カバーし (stem)
カバーした (past)

昭和の名曲をカバー


オーボエ

オーボエ • (ōboe)

Borrowed from Italian oboe, from French hautbois (literally “highwood”).


シタール

[ɕi̥ta̠ːɾɯ̟]

Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten


バンジョー

バンジョー • (banjō)

[bã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]


アコーディオン

アコーディオン • (akōdion)

[a̠ko̞ːdʲiõ̞ɴ]


アミール

アミール • (amīru)

an emir, an amir - a prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.


ハープ

ハープ • (hāpu)

1999 July 5, “ハープの精(せい) [Spirit of the Harp]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

A spirit who plays the harp in heaven. Her melody soothes the frantic mind.

天界でハープをかなでる精霊。その音色はまわりの心をなごます。

Tenkai de hāpu o kanaderu seirei. Sono neiro wa mawari no kokoro o nagomasu.

1999 July 5, “ミューズの天(てん)使(し) [Muse Angel]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

An angelic artist who is so masterful with the harp, no one ever can outperform her.

芸術家の天使。特にハープの演奏は、右に出る者はいない。

Geijutsuka no tenshi. Toku ni hāpu no ensō wa, migi ni deru mono wa inai.


神楽笛

神楽笛 (canonical)
kagurabue (romanization)

[ka̠ɡɯ̟ɾa̠bɯ̟e̞]

神楽 (kagura, jukujikun (熟字訓)) + 笛 (fue, “flute”)

com

jukujikun (<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">熟字訓</i>)

(music) a kagurabue, a transverse flute used to support kagura performance


皇居

ja-pos

皇(こう)居(きょ) • (Kōkyo) ^(←くわうきよ (Kwaukyo)?)

皇居 (canonical)
Kōkyo (romanization)
Kwaukyo (romanization)
くわうきよ (hiragana historical)


拝む

ja-verb

拝(おろが)む • (orogamu) ^(←をろがむ (worogamu)?)transitive ^†yodan

拝む (canonical)
orogamu (romanization)
worogamu (romanization)

[o̞ɾo̞ɡa̠mɯ̟]

/woro₂gamu/ *[worəgamu] > /worogamu/ > /orogamu/.


拝む

拝(おが)む • (ogamu) ^(←をがむ (wogamu)?)transitive godan (stem 拝(おが)み (ogami), past 拝(おが)んだ (oganda))

拝む (canonical)
ogamu (romanization)
wogamu (romanization)
拝み (stem)
拝んだ (past)
拝ま
おがま
ogama
拝み
おがみ
ogami
拝む
おがむ
ogamu
拝め
おがめ
ogame
拝まれる (passive)
おがまれる (passive)
ogamareru (passive)
拝ませる (causative)
拝ます (causative)
おがませる (causative)
おがます (causative)
ogamaseru (causative)
ogamasu (causative)
拝める (potential)
おがめる (potential)
ogameru (potential)
拝もう (volitional)
おがもう (volitional)
ogamō (volitional)
拝まない (negative)
おがまない (negative)
ogamanai (negative)
拝まず (continuative negative)
おがまず (continuative negative)
ogamazu (continuative negative)
拝みます (formal)
おがみます (formal)
ogamimasu (formal)
拝んだ (perfective)
おがんだ (perfective)
oganda (perfective)
拝んで (conjunctive)
おがんで (conjunctive)
ogande (conjunctive)
拝めば (conditional hypothetical)
おがめば (conditional hypothetical)
ogameba (conditional hypothetical)

/wogamu/ > /ogamu/. From older 拝(おろが)む (orogamu).


グランドピアノ

[ɡɯ̟ɾã̠ndo̞ pʲia̠no̞]


妖怪

ja-adj

妖(よう)怪(かい) • (yōkai) ^(←えうくわい (eukwai)?)-na (adnominal 妖(よう)怪(かい)な (yōkai na), adverbial 妖(よう)怪(かい)に (yōkai ni))

妖怪 (canonical)
yōkai (romanization)
eukwai (romanization)
妖怪な (adnominal)
妖怪に (adverbial)
妖怪だろ (imperfective stem)
ようかいだろ (imperfective stem)
yōkai daro (imperfective)
妖怪で (continuative stem)
ようかいで (continuative stem)
yōkai de (continuative)
妖怪だ (stem terminative)
ようかいだ (stem terminative)
yōkai da (terminative)
妖怪な (attributive stem)
ようかいな (attributive stem)
yōkai na (attributive)
妖怪なら (hypothetical stem)
ようかいなら (hypothetical stem)
yōkai nara (hypothetical)
妖怪であれ (imperative stem)
ようかいであれ (imperative stem)
yōkai de are (imperative)
妖怪ではない (informal negative)
妖怪じゃない (informal negative)
ようかいではない (informal negative)
ようかいじゃない (informal negative)
yōkai de wa nai (informal negative)
yōkai ja nai (informal negative)
妖怪だった (informal past)
ようかいだった (informal past)
yōkai datta (informal past)
妖怪ではなかった (informal negative past)
妖怪じゃなかった (informal negative past)
ようかいではなかった (informal negative past)
ようかいじゃなかった (informal negative past)
yōkai de wa nakatta (informal negative past)
yōkai ja nakatta (informal negative past)
妖怪です (formal)
ようかいです (formal)
yōkai desu (formal)
妖怪ではありません (formal negative)
妖怪じゃありません (formal negative)
ようかいではありません (formal negative)
ようかいじゃありません (formal negative)
yōkai de wa arimasen (formal negative)
yōkai ja arimasen (formal negative)
妖怪でした (formal past)
ようかいでした (formal past)
yōkai deshita (formal past)
妖怪ではありませんでした (formal negative past)
妖怪じゃありませんでした (formal negative past)
ようかいではありませんでした (formal negative past)
ようかいじゃありませんでした (formal negative past)
yōkai de wa arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
yōkai ja arimasen deshita (formal negative past)
妖怪で (conjunctive)
ようかいで (conjunctive)
yōkai de (conjunctive)
妖怪なら（ば） (conditional)
ようかいなら（ば） (conditional)
yōkai nara (ba) (conditional)
妖怪だったら (conditional past)
ようかいだったら (conditional past)
yōkai dattara (conditional past)
妖怪だろう (volitional)
ようかいだろう (volitional)
yōkai darō (volitional)
妖怪に (adverbial)
ようかいに (adverbial)
yōkai ni (adverbial)
妖怪さ (noun-from-adj)
ようかいさ (noun-from-adj)
yōkaisa (noun-from-adj)

ja-adj-infl

妖怪

. で は ありません でした

. じゃ ありません でした

*/ɨeu kʷæi/ → /jeukʷai/ → /joːkai/
From Middle Chinese compound 妖怪 (MC 'jew kweajH, literally “strange, supernatural + extraordinary”).
Compare modern Mandarin 妖怪 (yāoguài).

ltc-l

妖怪な雰囲気

(dated) creepy, spooky, ghastly, perilous


コード

ja-noun

コード • (kōdo)

(music) chord (combination of three or more notes)


折り紙

From 折(お)る (oru, “to fold”, stem form 折(お)り (ori)) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”, rendaku form 紙(がみ) (gami)).

ja-compound

origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)


合竹

ja-noun

合(あい)竹(たけ) • (aitake) ^(←あひたけ (afitake)?)

合竹 (canonical)
aitake (romanization)
afitake (romanization)
あひたけ (hiragana historical)

(music) chords used in the playing of the shō, a Japanese mouth organ used in gagaku


洞簫

洞(どう)簫(しょう) • (dōshō) ^(←どうせう (douseu)?)

洞簫 (canonical)
dōshō (romanization)
douseu (romanization)
どうせう (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 洞簫 /洞箫 (dòngxiāo, literally “hole + xiao (Chinese flute)”).


時代劇

時代劇 (canonical)
jidaigeki (romanization)

→ English: jidaigeki

Compound of 時代 (jidai, “age”) + 劇 (geki, “drama”).

Daijirin
Jidaigeki
Meiji Restoration
ja:時代劇


デラウェア

ja:デラウェア (曖昧さ回避)


道化師

道(どう)化(け)師(し) • (dōkeshi) ^(←だうけし (daukesi)?)

道化師 (canonical)
dōkeshi (romanization)
daukesi (romanization)
だうけし (hiragana historical)

2000 January 27, “闇(やみ)・道(どう)化(け)師(し)のサギー [Treekster, the Dark Clown]”, in Vol.7, Konami:

A clown who pops up out of nowhere and dodges attacks with wacky movements.

どこからともなく現れる道化師。不思議な動きで攻撃をかわす。

Doko kara to mo naku arawareru dōkeshi. Fushigi na ugoki de kōgeki o kawasu.

a clown (performance artist working in a circus)


編鐘

From Middle Chinese compound 編鐘 /编钟 (pen tsyowng, literally “arrange + bell”).


鍵盤

(music) keyboard (a part of instruments like the piano)

鍵盤配列


昼メロ

Compound of 昼 (hiru, “daytime”) + メロ (mero, “melodrama”) (from メロドラマ (merodorama, “melodrama”)). Calque of English daytime drama.


ゴールデンタイム

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from golden + time

pseudo-loan

prime time (the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening)


以心伝心

以心伝心 (canonical)
ishin denshin (romanization)

[iɕin dẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Literary Chinese 以心傳心 (“from mind to mind”, literally “with one's heart, communicate with others' hearts”), from the Platform Sutra

der

(Zen Buddhism) the teaching of intangible or abstract concepts in 仏法 (buppō, “dharma”) without using words


異星人

異(い) (i, “other; another”) + 星(せい) (sei, “planet”) + 人(じん) (jin, “human”)

ja-compound

Synonym of 宇宙人 (uchūjin, “alien”) (life form of non-Earth origin)


幽体離脱

幽体離脱する (canonical)
yūtai ridatsu suru (romanization)
幽体離脱し (stem)
幽体離脱した (past)
幽体離脱し
ゆうたいりだつし
yūtai ridatsu shi
幽体離脱する
ゆうたいりだつする
yūtai ridatsu suru
幽体離脱すれ
ゆうたいりだつすれ
yūtai ridatsu sure
幽体離脱せよ (imperative literary)
幽体離脱しろ (colloquial imperative)
ゆうたいりだつせよ (imperative literary)
ゆうたいりだつしろ (colloquial imperative)
yūtai ridatsu seyo (imperative literary)
yūtai ridatsu shiro (colloquial imperative)
幽体離脱される (passive)
ゆうたいりだつされる (passive)
yūtai ridatsu sareru (passive)
幽体離脱させる (causative)
幽体離脱さす (causative)
ゆうたいりだつさせる (causative)
ゆうたいりだつさす (causative)
yūtai ridatsu saseru (causative)
yūtai ridatsu sasu (causative)
幽体離脱できる (potential)
ゆうたいりだつできる (potential)
yūtai ridatsu dekiru (potential)
幽体離脱しよう (volitional)
ゆうたいりだつしよう (volitional)
yūtai ridatsu shiyō (volitional)
幽体離脱しない (negative)
ゆうたいりだつしない (negative)
yūtai ridatsu shinai (negative)
幽体離脱せず (continuative negative)
ゆうたいりだつせず (continuative negative)
yūtai ridatsu sezu (continuative negative)
幽体離脱します (formal)
ゆうたいりだつします (formal)
yūtai ridatsu shimasu (formal)
幽体離脱した (perfective)
ゆうたいりだつした (perfective)
yūtai ridatsu shita (perfective)
幽体離脱して (conjunctive)
ゆうたいりだつして (conjunctive)
yūtai ridatsu shite (conjunctive)
幽体離脱すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ゆうたいりだつすれば (conditional hypothetical)
yūtai ridatsu sureba (conditional hypothetical)

out-of-body experience
out-of-body experience


文楽

bunraku (a form of puppet theater from Japan)


バチカン

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)

Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Vatican
ja:バチカン


異邦人

ja-noun

異(い)邦(ほう)人(じん) • (ihōjin) ^(←いはうじん (ifauzin)?)

異邦人 (canonical)
ihōjin (romanization)
ifauzin (romanization)
いはうじん (hiragana historical)

From 異(い)邦(ほう) (ihō, “foreign country”) + 人(じん) (-jin, “person”).


マスカラ

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Kōjien
Shinmura Izuru
ja:マスカラ (アルジェリア)
ja:松村明


ローション

ja-noun

ローション • (rōshon)

2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(びゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん) 二(に)度(ど)あることは三(さん)度(ど)ある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

Hold o-o-o-on!! Are you tryna turn this place into an adult pool!?

ちょっと待てぇぇぇ‼ それどこの大人のプールぅ⁉

Chotto mateeee‼ Sore doko no otona no pūrū⁉

ちょっと待てぇぇぇ‼ それどこの大人のプールぅ⁉

lotion (ointment that one rubs on the skin)


ディスク

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Disc
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:ディスク

From English disk / disc, as well as French disque.
First attested to the late 1950s.


黄帝

ja-pos

黄(こう)帝(てい) • (Kōtei) ^(←くわうてい (Kwautei)?)

黄帝 (canonical)
Kōtei (romanization)
Kwautei (romanization)
くわうてい (hiragana historical)


福音

First attested in the early to mid-Meiji period.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 福音 (fúyīn), itself a calque of English gospel, ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, literally “good news”).


でんでん太鼓

でんでん太鼓 (canonical)
denden-daiko (romanization)

Compound of でんでん (denden, sound of a drum beating) + 太鼓 (taiko, “a kind of drum”).
The taiko changes to daiko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


城門

[d͡ʑo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]


竜王

ja-noun

竜(りゅう)王(おう) • (ryūō) ^(←りゆうわう (ryuuwau)?)

竜王 (canonical)
ryūō (romanization)
ryuuwau (romanization)
りゆうわう (hiragana historical)

/rʲuː wau/ → /rʲuːwɔː/ → /rʲuːɔː/ → /ɾʲɯᵝːoː/
From Middle Chinese 龍王 (MC ljowng hjwang).

*These 3 abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names.

(mythology) a dragon king, especially in esoteric Buddhist contexts


書道

書道 (canonical)
shodō (romanization)
syodau (romanization)
しよだう (hiragana historical)

書 (sho, “writing”) + 道 (-dō, “-manship”)


詩歌

/ɕika/ → /ɕiːka/
Shift from older shika below.
Now the 慣用読み (kan'yōyomi, “common reading”) form, possibly to avoid confusion with homophones.


禁断の木の実

ja-noun

禁(きん)断(だん)の木(こ)の実(み) • (kindan no konomi)

禁断の木の実 (canonical)
kindan no konomi (romanization)

From 禁断 (kindan, “forbidden”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 木の実 (konomi, “fruit”).

af

禁断の果実 禁断の果実#Japanese

(biblical) Synonym of 禁断の果実 (kindan no kajitsu, “forbidden fruit”)


実験室

実験室 (canonical)
jikkenshitsu (romanization)

[d͡ʑik̚kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

From 実験 (jikken, “experiment”) + 室 (-shitsu, “room”).

suf

Synonym of 研究室 (kenkyūshitsu, “laboratory”)


超現実主義

ja-noun

超(ちょう)現(げん)実(じつ)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) • (chōgenjitsu shugi) ^(←てうげんじつしゆぎ (teugenzitusyugi)?)

超現実主義 (canonical)
chōgenjitsu shugi (romanization)
teugenzitusyugi (romanization)
てうげんじつしゆぎ (hiragana historical)

[t͡ɕo̞ːɡẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑit͡sɨ̥ ɕɨɡʲi]

From 超現実 (chōgenjitsu, “surreality”) + 主義 (-shugi, “-ism”), perhaps a calque of French surréalisme.

suf

シュルレアリスム シュルレアリスム#Japanese

Synonym of シュルレアリスム (shururearisumu, “surrealism”)


忠実度

忠実度 (canonical)
chūjitsudo (romanization)

(television, electronics) fidelity, the accuracy of signal reproduction

高忠実度 high fidelity

高忠実度 こうちゅうじつど


万葉集

ja-pos

万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) • (Man'yōshū) ^(←まんえふしふ (Man'efusifu)?)

万葉集 (canonical)
Man'yōshū (romanization)
Man'efusifu (romanization)
まんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 万葉 (man'yō, “ten thousand/myriad leaves”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE


万葉集

ja-pos

万(まん)葉(にょう)集(しゅう) • (Mannyōshū) ^(←まんえふしふ (Man'efusifu)?)

万葉集 (canonical)
Mannyōshū (romanization)
Man'efusifu (romanization)
まんえふしふ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 万葉 (mannyō, “ten thousand/myriad leaves”, with renjō) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

com

(rare) Japan's oldest anthology of poems, compiled in c. 759 CE


音響

ja-noun

音(おん)響(きょう) • (onkyō) ^(←おんきやう (onkyau)?)

音響 (canonical)
onkyō (romanization)
onkyau (romanization)
おんきやう (hiragana historical)

音響量子

音響量子 おんきょうりょうし


神仏

[ɕĩmbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Compound of Middle Chinese-derived elements 神 (shin, “deity, god, kami”) + 仏 (butsu, “Buddha, Buddhism”).


念仏

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 念(ねん) (nen, “mental chanting”) + 仏(ぶつ) (butsu, “Buddha”).

念仏往生

passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitābha

(Buddhism) a prayer or chant to the Buddha

(Buddhism, especially) chanting the name of Amitābha Buddha, thought to rescue its devotee to the pure land


念仏

念仏する (canonical)
nenbutsu suru (romanization)
念仏し (stem)
念仏した (past)
念仏し
ねんぶつし
nenbutsu shi
念仏する
ねんぶつする
nenbutsu suru
念仏すれ
ねんぶつすれ
nenbutsu sure
念仏せよ (imperative literary)
念仏しろ (colloquial imperative)
ねんぶつせよ (imperative literary)
ねんぶつしろ (colloquial imperative)
nenbutsu seyo (imperative literary)
nenbutsu shiro (colloquial imperative)
念仏される (passive)
ねんぶつされる (passive)
nenbutsu sareru (passive)
念仏させる (causative)
念仏さす (causative)
ねんぶつさせる (causative)
ねんぶつさす (causative)
nenbutsu saseru (causative)
nenbutsu sasu (causative)
念仏できる (potential)
ねんぶつできる (potential)
nenbutsu dekiru (potential)
念仏しよう (volitional)
ねんぶつしよう (volitional)
nenbutsu shiyō (volitional)
念仏しない (negative)
ねんぶつしない (negative)
nenbutsu shinai (negative)
念仏せず (continuative negative)
ねんぶつせず (continuative negative)
nenbutsu sezu (continuative negative)
念仏します (formal)
ねんぶつします (formal)
nenbutsu shimasu (formal)
念仏した (perfective)
ねんぶつした (perfective)
nenbutsu shita (perfective)
念仏して (conjunctive)
ねんぶつして (conjunctive)
nenbutsu shite (conjunctive)
念仏すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ねんぶつすれば (conditional hypothetical)
nenbutsu sureba (conditional hypothetical)

南無阿弥陀仏 南無阿弥陀仏#Japanese

(Buddhism, especially) to chant 南無阿弥陀仏 (namu Amida-butsu), an invocation to the Amitābha Buddha


仏壇

From 仏 (butsu, “Buddhist image”) + 壇 (dan, “platform”).

仏壇に花を上げる

offer flowers before the family Buddhist altar


石仏

From 石 (seki, “stone”) + 仏 (butsu, “Buddhist image”).


仏文学

仏文学 (canonical)
futsubungaku (romanization)

From 仏 (futsu, “French”) + 文学 (bungaku, “literature”).


仏様

仏様 (canonical)
hotokesama (romanization)

From 仏 (hotoke, “Buddha”) + 様 (-sama, “formal title”).


バラライカ

Borrowed from Russian балала́йка (balalájka).


化粧品

ja-noun

化(け)粧(しょう)品(ひん) • (keshōhin) ^(←けしやうひん (kesyaufin)?)

化粧品 (canonical)
keshōhin (romanization)
kesyaufin (romanization)
けしやうひん (hiragana historical)

[ke̞ɕo̞ːçĩɴ]

Compound of 化粧(けしょう) (keshō, “makeup”) + 品(ひん) (hin, “article”).


化身

Daijirin
Daijisen
Incarnation
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Nirmāṇakāya
ja:NHK出版
ja:NHK放送文化研究所
ja:化身
ja:松村明

From Middle Chinese 化身 (MC xwaeH syin, “transformation + body”), itself a translation of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”).
Very rarely encountered with the reading kashin, using the kan'on reading of ka for the 化 character instead of the usual goon reading of ke. Most resources do not include the kashin reading.

der

(Buddhism) one of the three trikāya: a physical incarnation of someone, such as Gautama Buddha

(Buddhism, Shinto) a physical manifestation of a Buddha, bodhisattva, kami, or other divine or mystical being

(drama) a ghastly apparition in kabuki or other drama


権化

From 権 (gon, “right, power”) + 化 (ke, “change oneself into”).

(Buddhism) avatar (earthly manifestation of a deity)


降誕

降誕 (canonical)
kōtan (romanization)
kautan (romanization)
かうたん (hiragana historical)


御降誕

御 (“honorific prefix”) + 降誕 (“royal birth”)


ご降誕

御 (“honorific prefix”) + 降誕 (“regal birth”)


聖誕祭

聖誕祭 (canonical)
Seitansai (romanization)

聖誕 (seitan, “nativity”) + 祭 (sai, “festival”)

com

クリスマス クリスマス#Japanese

Synonym of クリスマス (Kurisumasu, “Christmas”)


彼岸

(Buddhism) pāramitā the sought after perfection, Clipping of 到彼岸 (tōhigan).


メルクリウス

[me̞ɾɯ̟kɯ̟ɾʲiɯ̟sɨ]

神

ローマ神話のオリュンポス十二神 (Rōma shinwa no Oryunposu jūnishin)


ディズニーランド

[dʲizɨɲ̟iːɾã̠ndo̞]


踊る

ja-verb

踊(おど)る • (odoru) ^(←をどる (wodoru)?)intransitive godan (stem 踊(おど)り (odori), past 踊(おど)った (odotta))

踊る (canonical)
odoru (romanization)
wodoru (romanization)
踊り (stem)
踊った (past)
踊ら
おどら
odora
踊り
おどり
odori
踊る
おどる
odoru
踊れ
おどれ
odore
踊られる (passive)
おどられる (passive)
odorareru (passive)
踊らせる (causative)
踊らす (causative)
おどらせる (causative)
おどらす (causative)
odoraseru (causative)
odorasu (causative)
踊れる (potential)
おどれる (potential)
odoreru (potential)
踊ろう (volitional)
おどろう (volitional)
odorō (volitional)
踊らない (negative)
おどらない (negative)
odoranai (negative)
踊らず (continuative negative)
おどらず (continuative negative)
odorazu (continuative negative)
踊ります (formal)
おどります (formal)
odorimasu (formal)
踊った (perfective)
おどった (perfective)
odotta (perfective)
踊って (conjunctive)
おどって (conjunctive)
odotte (conjunctive)
踊れば (conditional hypothetical)
おどれば (conditional hypothetical)
odoreba (conditional hypothetical)
踊ら (irrealis stem)
をどら (irrealis stem)
wodora (irrealis)
踊り (continuative stem)
をどり (continuative stem)
wodori (continuative)
踊る (stem terminative)
をどる (stem terminative)
wodoru (terminative)
踊る (attributive stem)
をどる (attributive stem)
wodoru (attributive)
踊れ (realis stem)
をどれ (realis stem)
wodore (realis)
踊れ (imperative stem)
をどれ (imperative stem)
wodore (imperative)
踊らず (negative)
をどらず (negative)
wodorazu (negative)
踊れど (contrastive)
をどれど (contrastive)
wodoredo (contrastive)
踊れば (causative)
をどれば (causative)
wodoreba (causative)
踊らば (conditional)
をどらば (conditional)
wodoraba (conditional)
踊りき (past)
をどりき (past)
wodoriki (past)
踊りけり (past)
をどりけり (past)
wodorikeri (past)
踊りつ (perfect)
をどりつ (perfect)
wodoritu (perfect)
踊りぬ (perfect)
をどりぬ (perfect)
wodorinu (perfect)
踊れり (continuative perfect)
踊りたり (continuative perfect)
をどれり (continuative perfect)
をどりたり (continuative perfect)
wodoreri (continuative perfect)
wodoritari (continuative perfect)
踊らむ (volitional)
をどらむ (volitional)
wodoramu (volitional)

* ⟨wodo₂ru⟩ → */wodəru/ → /wodoru/ → /odoru/
From Old Japanese, with the original meaning of "to jump". First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE. From Proto-Japonic *wontəru.


行李

行李 (canonical)
kōri (romanization)
kauri (romanization)
かうり (hiragana historical)

Baggage
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shoku Nihongi
Wicker
ja:行李

/kauri/ → /kɔːri/ → /koːri/
From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 行李 (MC haeng liX, “baggage, luggage”). First cited in Japanese in a section of the 続日本紀 (Shoku Nihongi) dated to 706.

(historical, military) in the former Japanese army, the unit tasked with transporting materiel and supplies: military logistics


大天使

大天使 (canonical)
daitenshi (romanization)

大 (dai-, “arch-”) + 天使 (tenshi, “angel”)


イシス

(Egyptian mythology) Isis - the ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility.


羅漢

First attested before the seventh century.

(Buddhism, colloquial) Short for 阿羅漢 (arakan): an arhat, Buddhist saint

(theater, colloquial) Short for 羅漢台 (rakandai): a low seat behind the stage, the audience member sitting there vaguely resembling an arhat


肉眼

[ɲ̟ikɯ̟ɡẽ̞ɴ]

(esoteric Buddhism) normal sight in human beings


推す

ja-verb

推(お)す • (osu) transitive godan (stem 推(お)し (oshi), past 推(お)した (oshita))

推す (canonical)
osu (romanization)
推し (stem)
推した (past)
推さ
おさ
osa
推し
おし
oshi
推す
おす
osu
推せ
おせ
ose
推される (passive)
おされる (passive)
osareru (passive)
推させる (causative)
推さす (causative)
おさせる (causative)
おさす (causative)
osaseru (causative)
osasu (causative)
推せる (potential)
おせる (potential)
oseru (potential)
推そう (volitional)
おそう (volitional)
osō (volitional)
推さない (negative)
おさない (negative)
osanai (negative)
推さず (continuative negative)
おさず (continuative negative)
osazu (continuative negative)
推します (formal)
おします (formal)
oshimasu (formal)
推した (perfective)
おした (perfective)
oshita (perfective)
推して (conjunctive)
おして (conjunctive)
oshite (conjunctive)
推せば (conditional hypothetical)
おせば (conditional hypothetical)
oseba (conditional hypothetical)
推さ (irrealis stem)
おさ (irrealis stem)
osa (irrealis)
推し (continuative stem)
おし (continuative stem)
osi (continuative)
推す (stem terminative)
おす (stem terminative)
osu (terminative)
推す (attributive stem)
おす (attributive stem)
osu (attributive)
推せ (realis stem)
おせ (realis stem)
ose (realis)
推せ (imperative stem)
おせ (imperative stem)
ose (imperative)
推さず (negative)
おさず (negative)
osazu (negative)
推せど (contrastive)
おせど (contrastive)
osedo (contrastive)
推せば (causative)
おせば (causative)
oseba (causative)
推さば (conditional)
おさば (conditional)
osaba (conditional)
推しき (past)
おしき (past)
osiki (past)
推しけり (past)
おしけり (past)
osikeri (past)
推しつ (perfect)
おしつ (perfect)
ositu (perfect)
推しぬ (perfect)
おしぬ (perfect)
osinu (perfect)
推せり (continuative perfect)
推したり (continuative perfect)
おせり (continuative perfect)
おしたり (continuative perfect)
oseri (continuative perfect)
ositari (continuative perfect)
推さむ (volitional)
おさむ (volitional)
osamu (volitional)

一生推す

to support [something] for as long as one lives

○○さん推すしかない。

これは推せる

to support; (fandom slang) to be an ardent fan of; (idol fandom) to stan


精霊

ja-noun

精(しょう)霊(りょう) • (shōryō) ^(←しやうりやう (syauryau)?)

精霊 (canonical)
shōryō (romanization)
syauryau (romanization)
しやうりやう (hiragana historical)

Bon Festival
Hōryūji
Prince Shōtoku
ja:精霊

From Middle Chinese 精靈 (MC tsjengH leng, literally “essence, spirit, soul + soul, spirit”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.

ltc-l

聖霊院: one of the pagoda at Hōryūji temple

聖霊会: a memorial service in honor of Prince Shōtoku

held on the 22nd day of the second lunar month

聖霊送り: a ceremony to send off one's ancestors' spirits at the end of the Bon Festival

around the 16th day of the seventh lunar month

wherein one sets loose model boat made of wood

聖霊棚: a shelf whereon one sets mortuary tablet for one's ancestor for the Bon Festival

精霊蜻蛉: general name given to various kinds of dragonfly that often appear around the time of the Shōryō Matsuri

精霊流し, 聖霊流し

the practice of setting loose model boat made of wood or straw on stream and river at the end of the Bon Festival

聖霊火: a ceremonial signal fire lit for the Bon Festival to help guide the spirit of one's ancestor

straw and set loose on stream and river at the end of the Bon Festival to send off the spirit of one's ancestor

聖霊祭り: alternative name for the Bon Festival

聖霊迎: a ceremony to welcome one's ancestors' spirits at the beginning of the Bon Festival

on the 13th day of the seventh lunar month

精霊飯, 聖霊飯

a ceremony performed as part of the Bon Festival, wherein children receive rice and sweets, make a temporary outdoor cooking stove, and cook and eat the rice and sweets

幽霊

a ghost, a phantom, a spectre, an apparition, the soul of someone who cannot move on

(Buddhism) the soul of someone who has died

(Buddhism) short for 精霊祭り (Shōryō matsuri), a festival honoring one's ancestors, held mainly on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month

精霊祭り

(Buddhism) short for 精霊蜻蛉 (Shōryō tonbo), general name given to various kinds of dragonfly that often appear around the time of the Shōryō Matsuri


切り紙

From 切(き)る (kiru, “to cut”, stem form 切(き)り (kiri)) + 紙(かみ) (kami, “paper”, rendaku form 紙(がみ) (gami)).

ja-compound

kirigami (origami with cutting permitted)


入寂

ja-noun

入(にゅう)寂(じゃく) • (nyūjaku) ^(←にふじやく (nifuzyaku)?)

入寂 (canonical)
nyūjaku (romanization)
nifuzyaku (romanization)
にふじやく (hiragana historical)

[ɲ̟ɨːʑa̠kɯ̟]


入寂

入寂する (canonical)
nyūjaku suru (romanization)
nifuzyaku (romanization)
入寂し (stem)
入寂した (past)
入寂し
にゅうじゃくし
nyūjaku shi
入寂する
にゅうじゃくする
nyūjaku suru
入寂すれ
にゅうじゃくすれ
nyūjaku sure
入寂せよ (imperative literary)
入寂しろ (colloquial imperative)
にゅうじゃくせよ (imperative literary)
にゅうじゃくしろ (colloquial imperative)
nyūjaku seyo (imperative literary)
nyūjaku shiro (colloquial imperative)
入寂される (passive)
にゅうじゃくされる (passive)
nyūjaku sareru (passive)
入寂させる (causative)
入寂さす (causative)
にゅうじゃくさせる (causative)
にゅうじゃくさす (causative)
nyūjaku saseru (causative)
nyūjaku sasu (causative)
入寂できる (potential)
にゅうじゃくできる (potential)
nyūjaku dekiru (potential)
入寂しよう (volitional)
にゅうじゃくしよう (volitional)
nyūjaku shiyō (volitional)
入寂しない (negative)
にゅうじゃくしない (negative)
nyūjaku shinai (negative)
入寂せず (continuative negative)
にゅうじゃくせず (continuative negative)
nyūjaku sezu (continuative negative)
入寂します (formal)
にゅうじゃくします (formal)
nyūjaku shimasu (formal)
入寂した (perfective)
にゅうじゃくした (perfective)
nyūjaku shita (perfective)
入寂して (conjunctive)
にゅうじゃくして (conjunctive)
nyūjaku shite (conjunctive)
入寂すれば (conditional hypothetical)
にゅうじゃくすれば (conditional hypothetical)
nyūjaku sureba (conditional hypothetical)

[ɲ̟ɨːʑa̠kɯ̟]


入信

入信する (canonical)
nyūshin suru (romanization)
入信し (stem)
入信した (past)
入信し
にゅうしんし
nyūshin shi
入信する
にゅうしんする
nyūshin suru
入信すれ
にゅうしんすれ
nyūshin sure
入信せよ (imperative literary)
入信しろ (colloquial imperative)
にゅうしんせよ (imperative literary)
にゅうしんしろ (colloquial imperative)
nyūshin seyo (imperative literary)
nyūshin shiro (colloquial imperative)
入信される (passive)
にゅうしんされる (passive)
nyūshin sareru (passive)
入信させる (causative)
入信さす (causative)
にゅうしんさせる (causative)
にゅうしんさす (causative)
nyūshin saseru (causative)
nyūshin sasu (causative)
入信できる (potential)
にゅうしんできる (potential)
nyūshin dekiru (potential)
入信しよう (volitional)
にゅうしんしよう (volitional)
nyūshin shiyō (volitional)
入信しない (negative)
にゅうしんしない (negative)
nyūshin shinai (negative)
入信せず (continuative negative)
にゅうしんせず (continuative negative)
nyūshin sezu (continuative negative)
入信します (formal)
にゅうしんします (formal)
nyūshin shimasu (formal)
入信した (perfective)
にゅうしんした (perfective)
nyūshin shita (perfective)
入信して (conjunctive)
にゅうしんして (conjunctive)
nyūshin shite (conjunctive)
入信すれば (conditional hypothetical)
にゅうしんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
nyūshin sureba (conditional hypothetical)


死霊

死(し)霊(りょう) • (shiryō) ^(←しりやう (siryau)?)

死霊 (canonical)
shiryō (romanization)
siryau (romanization)
しりやう (hiragana historical)

spirit of the dead, ghost, departed soul


交響曲

交(こう)響(きょう)曲(きょく) • (kōkyōkyoku) ^(←かうきやうきよく (kaukyaukyoku)?)

交響曲 (canonical)
kōkyōkyoku (romanization)
kaukyaukyoku (romanization)
かうきやうきよく (hiragana historical)

[ko̞ːkʲo̞ːkʲo̞kɯ̟]

(music) symphony (piece of orchestral music)


入道

入(にゅう)道(どう) • (nyūdō) ^(←にふだう (nifudau)?)

入道 (canonical)
nyūdō (romanization)
nifudau (romanization)
にふだう (hiragana historical)

/nipʉ dau/ → /niɸudɔː/ → /niudɔː/ → /ɲuːdoː/
From Middle Chinese 入道 (MC nyip dawX, literally “enter the dharma”).

法性寺入道前関白太政大臣

Hosshōji Nyūdō Saki no Kanpaku Daijō-daijin

(Buddhism) entering the Buddhist priesthood; also the person who became a Buddhist novice


入道

入道する (canonical)
nyūdō suru (romanization)
nifudau (romanization)
入道し (stem)
入道した (past)
入道し
にゅうどうし
nyūdō shi
入道する
にゅうどうする
nyūdō suru
入道すれ
にゅうどうすれ
nyūdō sure
入道せよ (imperative literary)
入道しろ (colloquial imperative)
にゅうどうせよ (imperative literary)
にゅうどうしろ (colloquial imperative)
nyūdō seyo (imperative literary)
nyūdō shiro (colloquial imperative)
入道される (passive)
にゅうどうされる (passive)
nyūdō sareru (passive)
入道させる (causative)
入道さす (causative)
にゅうどうさせる (causative)
にゅうどうさす (causative)
nyūdō saseru (causative)
nyūdō sasu (causative)
入道できる (potential)
にゅうどうできる (potential)
nyūdō dekiru (potential)
入道しよう (volitional)
にゅうどうしよう (volitional)
nyūdō shiyō (volitional)
入道しない (negative)
にゅうどうしない (negative)
nyūdō shinai (negative)
入道せず (continuative negative)
にゅうどうせず (continuative negative)
nyūdō sezu (continuative negative)
入道します (formal)
にゅうどうします (formal)
nyūdō shimasu (formal)
入道した (perfective)
にゅうどうした (perfective)
nyūdō shita (perfective)
入道して (conjunctive)
にゅうどうして (conjunctive)
nyūdō shite (conjunctive)
入道すれば (conditional hypothetical)
にゅうどうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
nyūdō sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(Buddhism) to enter the Buddhist priesthood


たてもの

→ Korean: 건물(建物) (geonmul)

建(たて) (tate, “build”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”)

ja-compound

東京は建物でいっぱいですね！

建物: building, structure, construction, edifice


美術

美 (bi, “beautiful”) + 術 (-jutsu, “technique”)


魔王

Coordinate term: 魔族 (mazoku, “one of the underworld”)

(fantasy) leader of the underworld; dark lord


一世

一世 (canonical)
issei (romanization)
いっせ (alternative hiragana)
isse (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)
ひとよ (alternative hiragana)
hitoyo (Rōmaji alternative hiragana)

(Buddhism) one of the 三世 (sanze, literally “three lifetimes”), namely 過去 (“the past”), 現在 (“the present”) and 未来 (“the future”)


BGM

→ English: BGM

→ Chinese: BGM

[bʲiːʑiːe̞mɯ̟]

From バックグラウンドミュージック, from English background music.

ja-l/helper

バックグラウンドミュージック

バックグラウンドミュージック

ja-l

バックグラウンドミュージック

バックグラウンドミュージック

バックグラウンドミュージック バックグラウンドミュージック#Japanese

(music) Initialism of バックグラウンドミュージック (“background music”).


ダニエル

[da̠ɲ̟ie̞ɾɯ̟]


舞踏

舞踏 (canonical)
butō (romanization)
butafu (romanization)
ぶたふ (hiragana historical)

From 暗(あん)黒(こく)舞(ぶ)踏(とう) (ankoku butō, “dark dance”) = 暗(あん)黒(こく) (ankoku, “dark, darkness”) + 舞(ぶ)踏(とう) (butō, “dance”),
from 暗(あん)黒(こく)舞(ぶ)踊(よう) (ankoku buyō, “darkness dance”), by replacing 舞(ぶ)踊(よう) (buyō, “(classical Japanese) dance”) with the archaic 舞(ぶ)踏(とう) (butō, “dance”).
踏 is a daiyōji replacing 蹈.

ja-r

竜との舞踏

1921, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Shanhai Yūki [Shanghai Travelogue]:

After dinner, we strolled through bustling Simalu Street. We then dropped into Café Parisien to watch a little ball.

我々は食事をすませた後、賑かな四馬路を散歩した。それからカッフェ・パリジャンへ、ちょいと舞蹈を覗きに行った。

Wareware wa shokuji o sumaseta ato, nigiyaka na Shimaro o sanpo shita. Sore kara Kaffe Parijan e, choi to butō o nozoki ni itta.

butoh, a form of Japanese contemporary dance.


舞踏

舞踏する (canonical)
butō suru (romanization)
butafu (romanization)
舞踏し (stem)
舞踏した (past)
舞踏し
ぶとうし
butō shi
舞踏する
ぶとうする
butō suru
舞踏すれ
ぶとうすれ
butō sure
舞踏せよ (imperative literary)
舞踏しろ (colloquial imperative)
ぶとうせよ (imperative literary)
ぶとうしろ (colloquial imperative)
butō seyo (imperative literary)
butō shiro (colloquial imperative)
舞踏される (passive)
ぶとうされる (passive)
butō sareru (passive)
舞踏させる (causative)
舞踏さす (causative)
ぶとうさせる (causative)
ぶとうさす (causative)
butō saseru (causative)
butō sasu (causative)
舞踏できる (potential)
ぶとうできる (potential)
butō dekiru (potential)
舞踏しよう (volitional)
ぶとうしよう (volitional)
butō shiyō (volitional)
舞踏しない (negative)
ぶとうしない (negative)
butō shinai (negative)
舞踏せず (continuative negative)
ぶとうせず (continuative negative)
butō sezu (continuative negative)
舞踏します (formal)
ぶとうします (formal)
butō shimasu (formal)
舞踏した (perfective)
ぶとうした (perfective)
butō shita (perfective)
舞踏して (conjunctive)
ぶとうして (conjunctive)
butō shite (conjunctive)
舞踏すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ぶとうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
butō sureba (conditional hypothetical)


上下

Compound of 上り (kari, “rising in tone”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 上る karu, “to rise in tone”) + 下り (meri, “falling in tone”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 下る meru, “to fall in tone”).

compound

(music) a rise in tone and a fall in tone


上下

上下する (canonical)
karimeri suru (romanization)
上下し (stem)
上下した (past)


猊下

(Buddhism, rare, attributive) down a lion throne, looking up

(Buddhism, Christianity) Your Holiness; His Holiness; Your Grace; His Grace; Your Eminence; His Eminence


巨人

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 巨人 (MC gjoX nyin).
The professional baseball team is an abbreviation of one of its original names, the 東京巨人軍 (Tōkyō Kyojin-gun, “Tokyo Giants”).

小さな巨人

small giant → someone who has a small physique but having a great talent

進撃の巨人

Attack on Titan (literally, “the Advancing Giants”)

(mythology) a human of very great size, titan

a giant:
a human of very great size, titan


入滅

ja-noun

入(にゅう)滅(めつ) • (nyūmetsu) ^(←にふめつ (nifumetu)?)

入滅 (canonical)
nyūmetsu (romanization)
nifumetu (romanization)
にふめつ (hiragana historical)

[ɲ̟ɨːme̞t͡sɨ]


入滅

入滅する (canonical)
nyūmetsu suru (romanization)
nifumetu (romanization)
入滅し (stem)
入滅した (past)
入滅し
にゅうめつし
nyūmetsu shi
入滅する
にゅうめつする
nyūmetsu suru
入滅すれ
にゅうめつすれ
nyūmetsu sure
入滅せよ (imperative literary)
入滅しろ (colloquial imperative)
にゅうめつせよ (imperative literary)
にゅうめつしろ (colloquial imperative)
nyūmetsu seyo (imperative literary)
nyūmetsu shiro (colloquial imperative)
入滅される (passive)
にゅうめつされる (passive)
nyūmetsu sareru (passive)
入滅させる (causative)
入滅さす (causative)
にゅうめつさせる (causative)
にゅうめつさす (causative)
nyūmetsu saseru (causative)
nyūmetsu sasu (causative)
入滅できる (potential)
にゅうめつできる (potential)
nyūmetsu dekiru (potential)
入滅しよう (volitional)
にゅうめつしよう (volitional)
nyūmetsu shiyō (volitional)
入滅しない (negative)
にゅうめつしない (negative)
nyūmetsu shinai (negative)
入滅せず (continuative negative)
にゅうめつせず (continuative negative)
nyūmetsu sezu (continuative negative)
入滅します (formal)
にゅうめつします (formal)
nyūmetsu shimasu (formal)
入滅した (perfective)
にゅうめつした (perfective)
nyūmetsu shita (perfective)
入滅して (conjunctive)
にゅうめつして (conjunctive)
nyūmetsu shite (conjunctive)
入滅すれば (conditional hypothetical)
にゅうめつすれば (conditional hypothetical)
nyūmetsu sureba (conditional hypothetical)

[ɲ̟ɨːme̞t͡sɨ]


大工

(archaic) carpenter associated with the 木工寮 (Mokkō-ryō, “Bureau of Woodworking”) who worked on governmental construction and maintenance projects


道教

ja-pos

道(どう)教(きょう) • (dōkyō) ^(←だうけう (daukeu)?)

道教 (canonical)
dōkyō (romanization)
daukeu (romanization)
だうけう (hiragana historical)


選民

ja-noun

選(せん)民(みん) • (senmin) ^(←せんみん (senmin)?)

選民 (canonical)
senmin (romanization)
せんみん (hiragana historical)

選民思想

選民思想 せんみんしそう


許嫁

許嫁(いいなずけ) or 許嫁(いいなづけ) • (iinazuke) ^(←いひなづけ (ifinaduke)?)

許嫁 (canonical)
許嫁 (canonical)
iinazuke (romanization)
ifinaduke (romanization)
いひなづけ (hiragana historical)

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:松村明

*/ipinaduke/ → /ifinad͡zuke/ → /iːnazuke/
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 言い名付く (iinazuku), modern 言い名付ける (iinazukeru, “to betroth someone, to engage someone to be married, to take someone as a fiancé / fiancée”, literally “to name someone out loud”).
The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 許嫁 /许嫁 (xǔjià).

Alternative spelling of 許婚: (historical) an arranged engagement, wherein both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young


許嫁

許嫁する (canonical)
許嫁する (canonical)
iinazuke suru (romanization)
ifibaduke (romanization)
許嫁し (stem)
許嫁した (past)
許嫁し
いいなずけし
īnazuke shi
許嫁する
いいなずけする
īnazuke suru
許嫁すれ
いいなずけすれ
īnazuke sure
許嫁せよ (imperative literary)
許嫁しろ (colloquial imperative)
いいなずけせよ (imperative literary)
いいなずけしろ (colloquial imperative)
īnazuke seyo (imperative literary)
īnazuke shiro (colloquial imperative)
許嫁される (passive)
いいなずけされる (passive)
īnazuke sareru (passive)
許嫁させる (causative)
許嫁さす (causative)
いいなずけさせる (causative)
いいなずけさす (causative)
īnazuke saseru (causative)
īnazuke sasu (causative)
許嫁できる (potential)
いいなずけできる (potential)
īnazuke dekiru (potential)
許嫁しよう (volitional)
いいなずけしよう (volitional)
īnazuke shiyō (volitional)
許嫁しない (negative)
いいなずけしない (negative)
īnazuke shinai (negative)
許嫁せず (continuative negative)
いいなずけせず (continuative negative)
īnazuke sezu (continuative negative)
許嫁します (formal)
いいなずけします (formal)
īnazuke shimasu (formal)
許嫁した (perfective)
いいなずけした (perfective)
īnazuke shita (perfective)
許嫁して (conjunctive)
いいなずけして (conjunctive)
īnazuke shite (conjunctive)
許嫁すれば (conditional hypothetical)
いいなずけすれば (conditional hypothetical)
īnazuke sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(historical) to arrange an engagement, whereby both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young


許嫁

From Middle Chinese 許嫁 (MC xjoX kaeH, “permitted; betrothed + marriage”).

ltc-l

permission from both sets of parents to marry


許嫁

許嫁する (canonical)
kyoka suru (romanization)
許嫁し (stem)
許嫁した (past)
許嫁し
きょかし
kyoka shi
許嫁する
きょかする
kyoka suru
許嫁すれ
きょかすれ
kyoka sure
許嫁せよ (imperative literary)
許嫁しろ (colloquial imperative)
きょかせよ (imperative literary)
きょかしろ (colloquial imperative)
kyoka seyo (imperative literary)
kyoka shiro (colloquial imperative)
許嫁される (passive)
きょかされる (passive)
kyoka sareru (passive)
許嫁させる (causative)
許嫁さす (causative)
きょかさせる (causative)
きょかさす (causative)
kyoka saseru (causative)
kyoka sasu (causative)
許嫁できる (potential)
きょかできる (potential)
kyoka dekiru (potential)
許嫁しよう (volitional)
きょかしよう (volitional)
kyoka shiyō (volitional)
許嫁しない (negative)
きょかしない (negative)
kyoka shinai (negative)
許嫁せず (continuative negative)
きょかせず (continuative negative)
kyoka sezu (continuative negative)
許嫁します (formal)
きょかします (formal)
kyoka shimasu (formal)
許嫁した (perfective)
きょかした (perfective)
kyoka shita (perfective)
許嫁して (conjunctive)
きょかして (conjunctive)
kyoka shite (conjunctive)
許嫁すれば (conditional hypothetical)
きょかすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kyoka sureba (conditional hypothetical)


正中

ja-noun

正(しょう)中(ちゅう) • (shōchū)


使い魔

1999 September 23, “ポット・ザ・トリック [Pot the Trick]”, in Vol.5, Konami:

A familiar that serves a mage. It is not very strong.

魔術師の命令通りに動く使い魔。あまり強くない。

Majutsushi no meirei-dōri ni ugoku tsukaima. Amari tsuyoku nai.

(mythology, folklore, fantasy) a familiar spirit


浪花節

浪花(なにわ)節(ぶし) • (naniwabushi) ^(←なにはぶし (nanifabusi)?)

浪花節 (canonical)
naniwabushi (romanization)
nanifabusi (romanization)
なにはぶし (hiragana historical)

浪花(なにわ) (Naniwa) + 節(ふし) (fushi). The fushi changes to bushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

(music) a 19th-20th century type of storytelling accompanied by a shamisen.


神仙

神仙思想

ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards

supernatural, celestial or divine being; an immortal

(music) the 11th note in the Japanese chromatic scale, close to Western C


リュート

リュート • (ryūto)

Borrowed from English lute. First cited to a text from 1928.


オルガン

Internationalism; see English organ. Probably from Portuguese orgão or English organ.

オルガンを弾く


アーメン

ja-pos

アーメン • (āmen)


扶桑

扶桑 (canonical)
Fusō (romanization)
Fusau (romanization)
ふさう (hiragana historical)

(Chinese mythology) a sacred tree said to exist in Japan

(Chinese mythology) a land to the east, often identified with Japan


忍辱

From Middle Chinese 忍辱 (MC nyinX nyowk), in turn a translation of Sanskrit क्षान्ति (kṣānti, “patience, forbearance, forgiveness”).
First cited to the early 800s.

der

[ɲ̟ĩɲ̟ːikɯ̟]

(Buddhism) kshanti: patience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism


来世

来世はこの世の時間の延長ではない。

1949, 永井隆, この子を残して

The next world is not an extension of our time in this one.

Raise wa kono yo no jikan no enchō de wa nai.

(Buddhism) the hereafter, the next world after death


黄泉

*⟨yo₂mo₂⟩ → */jəmə/ → ⟨yo₂mo⟩ → */jəmo/ → /jomo/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki, the oldest extant historical record of ancient Japan, compiled in 712 CE. Appears to be the older combining form of yomi (see below).
The ablaut or apophonic form of cognate 山 (yama, “mountain”). Mountains were often used as a place to bury the dead and were strongly associated with the afterlife.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 黃泉 /黄泉 (huángquán, literally “yellow springs”), incorporating the underworld from Chinese mythology.

obor

(Shinto, archaic) the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld

黄泉つ醜女

demoness inhabitant of the land of the dead

黄泉つ平坂

hill of the dead, lying between this world and the afterlife

黄泉つ竈食い

eat from the kitchen of the dead → dying, death


黄泉

*⟨yo₂mi₂⟩ → */jəmwi/ → /jomi/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE) alongside its combining form yomo (see above).
The ablaut or apophonic form of yomo. For this vowel alternation, see WT:AJPX#Standalone forms and combining forms.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 黃泉 /黄泉 (huángquán, literally “yellow springs”), incorporating the underworld from Chinese mythology.

(Shinto) the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld

甦る

to return from the land of the dead → to be reborn

黄泉の旅人

traveler to the land of the dead → someone who has died


黄泉

ja-noun

黄(こう)泉(せん) • (kōsen) ^(←くわうせん (kwausen)?)

黄泉 (canonical)
kōsen (romanization)
kwausen (romanization)
くわうせん (hiragana historical)

黄泉の路上老少無し

on the road to the land of the dead, there is no old or young → death comes to all, regardless of age

/kwau sen/ → /kwɔːseɴ/ → /kɔːseɴ/ → /koːseɴ/
From Middle Chinese 黃泉 (MC hwang dzjwen, literally “yellow springs”). Attested in various Heian period texts.

黄泉の客

visitor to the land of the dead → someone who has died


完全五度

完全五度 (canonical)
kanzengodo (romanization)

(music) perfect fifth (interval between the first and second overtones or of seven semitones)


凡僧

ja-noun

凡(ぼん)僧(そう) or 凡(ぼん)僧(ぞう) • (bonsō or bonzō)

凡僧 (canonical)
凡僧 (canonical)
bonsō (romanization)
bonzō (romanization)

→ Portuguese: bonzo

→ Spanish: bonzo

→ French: bonze

→ Dutch: bonze

→ English: bonze

→ German: Bonze

→ Hungarian: bonc

→ Romanian: bonz

→ Russian: бо́нза (bónza)

→ Ukrainian: бо́нза (bónza)

→ Italian: bonzo

→ Polish: bonza (both "monk" and "bigwig"), → bonzo ("bigwig") (most likely borrowed through at least one intermediary)

Bonzô ボンゾゥ (凡僧) すなわち、Curai naqi iyaxiqi sô. (位なき卑しき僧) 位のない普通の僧.

1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 61:

Bonzō, that is to say a lowly monk of low standing. An ordinary monk of low standing.


メリークリスマス

[me̞ɾʲiː kɯ̟ɾʲisɨma̠sɨ]


座禅

座禅 (canonical)
zazen (romanization)
ざぜん (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 坐禪 (MC dzwaX dzyen).
座 is a daiyōji replacing 坐.

(Buddhism) a form of sitting meditation in Zen Buddhism


教科書

教(きょう)科(か)書(しょ) • (kyōkasho) ^(←けうくわしよ (keukwasyo)?)

教科書 (canonical)
kyōkasho (romanization)
keukwasyo (romanization)
けうくわしよ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 教科書 /教科书 (jiàokēshū)

→ Korean: 교과서(敎科書) (gyogwaseo)


如是

Daijisen
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Sangyō Gisho
Shōbōgenzō
ja:三経義疏
ja:勝鬘経義疏
ja:松村明
ja:正法眼蔵

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 如是 (MC nyo dzyeX). Used to translate Sanskrit एवम् (evam, “such, thus”).
First cited to the Buddhist text 勝鬘経義疏 (Shōmangyō Gisho), part of the 三経義疏 (Sangyō Gisho) dated to 611. The text is written in 漢文 (kanbun), a kind of specialized Classical Chinese adapted slightly for Japanese readers. The first citation in a definitively Japanese-language text might not be until the 正法眼蔵 (Shōbōgenzō) compiled during the years 1231–53.

(Buddhism) short for 十如是 (jū-nyoze): the ten thusnesses of the Tendai sect

十如是

(Buddhism) expression of approval of something said by another person


阮咸

A long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute of Chinese origin, used in Japan since at least the Nara period.


兄貴

兄貴 (canonical)
兄貴 (canonical)
Aniki (romanization)

(informal) A nickname for older or muscular men, but especially including:

(Internet slang) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor


祝詞

祝詞(のりと) or 祝詞(のっと) or 祝詞(のと) • (norito or notto or noto)

祝詞 (canonical)
祝詞 (canonical)
祝詞 (canonical)
norito (romanization)
notto (romanization)
noto (romanization)

a prescribed set of formalized phrases offered before gods; a liturgy


風土記

/ɸuːdoki/ → /ɸudoki/ → /fudoki/
Shift from earlier fūdoki.

(historical) common name for Nara-period topographical texts compiled by an imperial decree of Empress Genmei


方丈

方(ほう)丈(じょう) • (hōjō) ^(←はうぢやう (faudyau)?)

方丈 (canonical)
hōjō (romanization)
faudyau (romanization)
はうぢやう (hiragana historical)

such a room or building; often inhabited by Buddhist monks


黄泉竈食い

黄泉(よもつ)竈(へ)食(ぐ)い • (yomotsuhegui) ^(←よもつへぐひ (yomotufegufi)?)

黄泉竈食い (canonical)
yomotsuhegui (romanization)
yomotufegufi (romanization)
よもつへぐひ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 黄泉(よも) (yomo) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 竈食(へぐ)い (hegui).

ja-compound

712: Kojiki
爾伊邪那美命答白、悔哉、不速來。吾者爲黄泉戸喫。

720: Nihon Shoki
吾已湌泉之竃矣。 [...] 湌泉之竃、此云譽母都俳遇比

eating food prepared from the kettle in the underworld; it is believed that once this food is eaten, the dead may never return to the land of the living


黄泉醜女

黄泉醜女 (canonical)
yomo tsu shikome (romanization)

Compound of 黄泉 (yomo, “underworld, land of the dead”, combining form) + つ (tsu, genitive marker) + 醜女 (shikome, “ferocious and ugly demoness who lives in the land of the dead”).

compound

712: Kojiki
於是伊邪那岐命、見畏而逃還之時、其妹伊邪那美命、言令見辱吾、即遣豫母都志許賣此六字以音。令追。

于時、伊奘冉尊恨曰、何不用要言、令吾恥辱、乃遣泉津醜女八人、一云、泉津日狹女、追留之。

ferocious and ugly demon women of the underworld


暗黒面

暗黒面 (canonical)
ankokumen (romanization)

[ã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟mẽ̞ɴ]

Compound of 暗黒(あんこく) (ankoku, “darkness”) + 面(めん) (men, “side, face”).


稲荷

/inanari/ → /inari/
Originally a compound of 稲 (ina, “rice plant”) + 生り (nari), the stem form of verb 生る (naru, “to fruit, to go to seed”).
The 荷 character is ateji, in reference to "bearing".

稲荷大神: God Inari

稲荷大神 いなりおおかみ

稲荷神社

稲荷神社 いなりじんじゃ

a shrine dedicated to the god Inari, usually with a statue of a fox in front

稲荷講: an Inari shrine association in Kyōto

(Japanese mythology): god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success


三蔵

(Buddhism) a high-ranking priest or monk who has mastered all of the Tripiṭaka canons


巫女

Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Meiji Jingu
Miko
ja:巫女

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 神(み) (mi, “spirit, god”) + 子(こ) (ko, “child”), as suggested by the alternative spelling 神子.
Formerly spelled as 巫 on its own. The modern kanji spelling 巫女 appears to be jukujikun (熟字訓).

An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities. A shrine maid.

2017 April 15, “星(せい)杯(はい)を戴(いただ)く巫(み)女(こ) [Priestess Who Drinks from the Star Chalice]”, in Code(コード) of(オブ) the(ザ) Duelist(デュエリスト), Konami:

A priestess who offers soul-reposing prayers to the Star God.

星神に鎮魂の祈りを捧げる巫女。

Seishin ni chinkon no inori o sasageru miko.

An unmarried woman who serves a deity as a medium to convey oracles.


巫女

巫女 (canonical)
fujo (romanization)
fudyo (romanization)
ふぢよ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 巫女 (mju? nrjo^X, literally “shaman + woman”). Compare modern Mandarin reading wūnǚ.


魑魅魍魎

ja-noun

魑(ち)魅(み)魍(もう)魎(りょう) • (chimimōryō) ^(←ちみまうりやう (timimauryau)?)

魑魅魍魎 (canonical)
chimimōryō (romanization)
timimauryau (romanization)
ちみまうりやう (hiragana historical)

[t͡ɕimʲi mo̞ːɾʲo̞ː]

Borrowing from Chinese 魑魅魍魎 /魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng), equivalent to 魑(ち)魅(み) (chimi, “mountain and forest monsters”) + 魍(もう)魎(りょう) (mōryō, “mountain, stream, and tree spirits”).

ja-compound

the various monsters and spirits (of the forests, mountains, and rivers)


木霊

Compound of 木(こ) (ko, “tree”) + 霊(たま) (tama, “spirit”). /ko/ is an older and apophonic form of /ki/ found in compounds.

樹神 [...] 内典云樹神、和名古太万

938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 44:

Tree spirit …the Sutras call them tree spirits Japanese name kotama

a tree spirit; the protective deity of a tree


半夏

See also: 夏安居 (keango)

(Buddhism) the 45th day of the 90 day summer retreat


射干

From Middle Chinese 射干 (MC yaeH kan), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”).
Doublet of ジャッカル (jakkaru, “jackal”), via English jackal, Turkish çakal and Persian شغال (šağâl).

(Chinese mythology) a legendary evil beast similar to a fox

(theater) a Noh mask with the visage of the Chinese fox spirit


サウンドトラック

(music, film, television) soundtrack (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie)


グノーシス主義

グノーシス主義 (canonical)
gunōshisu shugi (romanization)

[ɡɯ̟no̞ːɕi̥sɨ ɕɨɡʲi]

From グノーシス (gunōshisu, “gnosis”) + 主義 (shugi, “ism”).


大黒柱

大黒柱 (canonical)
daikokubashira (romanization)

大黒(だいこく) (Daikoku, “Daikoku, the good of wealth and fortune”) + 柱(はしら) (hashira, “pillar”). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

(architecture) the large, central pillar that holds up a traditional Japanese house.


神籬

/hi₁boro₂ki₁/: [piborəki] → [piboroki] → [ɸiboroki] → [çiboroki]. From earlier himoroki. Medial bilabial -m- loses nasality and becomes a plosive -b-.

神籬 日本紀私記云、神籬、俗云比保路岐

938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō:

Divine grove The Nihongi Private Records call it a divine grove, commonly called hiboroki

(Shinto), a holy area surrounded by a barrier of trees; used as a place to summon and worship gods


婚約者

婚約者 (canonical)
kon'yakusha (romanization)

[kõ̞ɰ̃ja̠kɯ̟̊ɕa̠]

From 婚約 (kon'yaku, “marital engagement”) + 者 (-sha, “-er”).


お手洗い

御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 手(て)洗(あら)い (tearai, “hand washing”)

ja-compound

お手洗いはどこですけえ。

a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom


天主

From Middle Chinese 天主 (then tsyu^X).
Earliest attested in Japanese no later than 1581. It may or may not be coincidental that Japanese 天主(てんしゅ) (Tenshu) was coined to denote the Christian God around the same time as when Chinese 天主 was adopted for the same purpose.


霊気

ja-noun

霊(れい)気(き) or 霊(れい)気(ぎ) or 霊(りょう)気(げ) • (reiki or reigi or ryōge) ^(←りやうげ (ryauge)?)

霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
reiki (romanization)
reigi (romanization)
ryōge (romanization)
ryauge (romanization)
りやうげ (hiragana historical)

(anime, manga) qi or life-force, spiritual power or energy


足下

Compound of 足 (ashi, “foot, feet”) + 元 (moto, “base; foundation; origin”). Note that the moto portion can be spelled variously as 元, 下, or 許.

compound

(theater) hakama, trousers, leg coverings in general

(theater) footlights in the backstage area to illuminate walkways


コミカライズ

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from comic + -al + -ize; equivalent to English comicalize.

pseudo-loan

the adaptation of a work into a comic book form from another media, such as a light novel or anime.


ソウル

(religion, folklore) Synonym of 魂 (tamashī, “soul”)


ソール

ja-noun

ソール • (sōru)


リーダー

リーダー • (rīdā)

2019, 大英図書館所蔵天草版『平家物語』『伊曽保物語』『金句集』画像:

大英図書館が所蔵する天草版『平家物語』『伊曽保物語』『金句集』は、16世紀の日本を訪れたキリスト教宣教師の日本語学習向けに編集された読本（リーダー）です。

Daiei Toshokan ga shozō suru Amakusaban “Heike Monogatari”“Isoho Monogatari”“Kinkushū” wa, jūroku-seiki no Nihon o otozureta Kirisutokyō senkyōshi no Nihongo gakushū muke ni henshū sareta dokuhon (rīdā) desu.

The British Library’s Amakusa edition of ‘Feiqe no monogatari’ [Heike monogatari], ‘Esopo no fabulas’ [Isoho monogatari] and ‘Qincuxu’ [Kinkushū] is a reader compiled to help Christian missionaries, who came to Japan in the 16th century, learn Japanese.


上座

(theater) the right side of the stage as viewed from the audience; stage left


上座

(religion) an experienced priest who leads a religious organization

(Buddhism) chief priest, senior priest; one of the sankō, the three priests who administer certain Buddhist temples

(Zen Buddhism) one of the ranks for monks in the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism


馬頭

馬頭 (canonical)
Mezu (romanization)
Medu (romanization)
めづ (hiragana historical)

Calque of Sanskrit अश्वशीर्ष (aśvaśīrṣa).

cal

(Buddhism, Chinese mythology, Japanese mythology) Horse-Head, one of the two guardians of hell


吸血鬼

ja-noun

吸(きゅう)血(けつ)鬼(き) • (kyūketsuki) ^(←きふけつき (kifuketuki)?)

吸血鬼 (canonical)
kyūketsuki (romanization)
kifuketuki (romanization)
きふけつき (hiragana historical)


呪縛

呪縛を解く

a metaphorical spell: a myth or misbelief that prevents a person from thinking or acting freely


アイコン

(Christianity) an icon, a religious image of a saint


パートナー

パートナー • (pātonā)

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:パートナー

Borrowed from English partner.
First cited to 1888.

partner, someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest


雪隠

(obsolete) Synonym of 便所 (benjō, “toilet”)


雪隠

[se̞t̚t͡ɕĩɴ]

/seQiN/ [set̚iɴ] → /seQtiN/ [set̚t͡ɕin]
The in reading for 隠 changes to chin as an instance of renjō (連声).


雪隠

[he̞t̚t͡ɕĩɴ]


チャルメラ

From Portuguese charamela. Later reintroduced via China.

(music) a classical woodwind instrument belonging to the oboe family; a shawm

(music) a double reeded woodwind instrument with eight holes that opens like a trumpet; popularly used outside restaurants to attract customers; a surnai or suona


夜叉

夜叉 (canonical)
yasha (romanization)
yasya (romanization)
やしや (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 夜叉 (yæᴴ cha?), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).

夜叉竹

Semiarundinaria yashadake, a type of bamboo

夜叉柄杓

夜叉柄杓 ヤシャビシャク

Ribes ambiguum, a type of flowering plant related to currant and gooseberry

夜叉が馬を見たよう: → an expression of extreme happiness

(Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north


煉獄

[ɾẽ̞ŋɡo̞kɯ̟]

煉 (ren, “to refine”) + 獄 (goku, “prison”)

compound

まるで煉獄。

2003, Enrico Maxwell- page 76 in Chapter 42 ("Aubird Force") of Hellsing volume 6


一角獣

ja-noun

一(いっ)角(かく)獣(じゅう) • (ikkakujū) ^(←いつかくじう (itukakuziu)?)

一角獣 (canonical)
ikkakujū (romanization)
itukakuziu (romanization)
いつかくじう (hiragana historical)

[ik̚ka̠kɯ̟ʑɨː]

一角 (ikkaku, “one horn”) + 獣 (jū, “beast”).
/ikkakuziu/ → /ikkakuzjuː/

af

ユニコーン ユニコーン#Japanese

(mythology) Synonym of ユニコーン (yunikōn, “unicorn”)

(rare, mythology, Chinese mythology) Synonym of 麒麟 (kirin, “qilin”)


ユニコーン

[jɯ̟ɲ̟ikõ̞ːɴ]


魔羅

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Kōjien
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon Ryōiki
Shinmura Izuru
Tōkai–Tōsan dialect

From Middle Chinese 魔羅 (muɑ lɑ), in turn a transcription of Sanskrit मार (Māra, “the Destroyer, the Evil One”). The kanji are phonetic ateji (当て字) applied when transcribing the Sanskrit into Middle Chinese.
The shift from "Buddhist evil demon" to "penis" was originally slang use among monks, in reference to sexual desires distracting one from the path to enlightenment.
Some sources link this term to 放る (maru, “to excrete”). However, the verb maru refers to "excreting" bodily wastes in general, not just urination but also defecation, and some sources also list flatulation as an included sense. In addition, other nouns attested from Old Japanese that derive from verbs and end in -a appear to be the result of the action of the verb, which does not fit this case. Ultimately, the proposed connection between Sanskrit-derived mara ("penis") and Japonic-derived maru ("to excrete") appears to be a folk etymology, likely arising from the superficial similarity in forms.
First attested in the Nihon Ryōiki, in a section dated to the early 800s.

der

(Buddhism) Mara: a Buddhist demon that personifies the "death" of spiritual life


終楽章

終楽章 (canonical)
shūgakushō (romanization)

[ɕɨːɡa̠kɯ̟ɕo̞ː]


フィクション

[ɸʲikɯ̟̊ɕõ̞ɴ]

Borrowed from English fiction.
First cited to the 1885 novel 当世書生気質 (Tōsei Shosei Katagi, “Portraits of Contemporary Students”) by 坪内逍遥 (Tsubouchi Shōyō).

2004 July 7, Hideaki Sorachi, [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

★ This is a work of fiction. It has no connection whatsoever to any actual persons, groups or events.

★この作品はフィクションです。実在の人物・団体・事件などには、いっさい関係ありません。

★ Kono sakuhin wa fikushon desu. Jitsuzai no jinbutsu dantai jiken nado ni wa, issai kankei arimasen.


スーザフォン

ja-noun

スーザフォン • (sūzafon)


アメコミ

アメリカンコミック アメリカンコミック#Japanese

Clipping of アメリカンコミック (Amerikan komikku): American comic(s)


怪盗

怪(かい)盗(とう) • (kaitō) ^(←くわいたう (kwaitau)?)

怪盗 (canonical)
kaitō (romanization)
kwaitau (romanization)
くわいたう (hiragana historical)

Uncertain. May be from Middle Chinese 怪盜 (kˠuɛiᴴ dɑuᴴ, literally “peculiar thief”), or alternatively may be a coinage in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 怪 (kai, “phantom”) + 盗 (tō, “stealing, thievery; thief”).

compound

1999 March 27, “魅(み)惑(わく)の怪(かい)盗(とう) [The Bewitching Phantom Thief]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

A smug phantom thief in a black cape. He mesmerizes his opponents with a mere cane swing.

黒いマントをはおるキザな怪盗。杖を振って、相手を魅了する。

Kuroi manto o haoru kiza na kaitō. Tsue o futte, aite o miryō suru.

2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ゴールデン・アイの巻(まき)【前(ぜん)編(ぺん)】 [Golden Eye (First Chapter)]”, in まじっく快(かい)斗(と) [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:

News of the showdown in Japan… between the French phantom thief Chat Noir and you is spreading all over Paris…

パリじゃ評判になってるよ…フランスの怪盗黒猫が日本で君と対決するとね…

Pari ja hyōban ni natteru yo… Furansu no kaitō Sha Nowāru ga Nippon de kimi to taiketsu suru to ne…

a mysterious "phantom thief" in Japanese fiction, who excels at theatrics and evading capture and who steals for thrill rather than for personal gain


つんどく

積ん読: (informal) the act of leaving a book unread after buying it


つんどく

ja-verb

つんどく • (tsundoku) transitive godan (stem つんどき (tsundoki), past つんどいた (tsundoita))

tsundoku (romanization)
つんどき (stem)
つんどいた (past)


純正律

純正律 (canonical)
junseiritsu (romanization)


短歌

tanka; a form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.


飲み会

Compound of 飲み (nomi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 飲む (nomu, “to drink”)) + 会 (kai, “meeting; party”).


キャバクラ

Blend of キャバレー (kyabarē, “cabaret”) + クラブ (kurabu, “club”).

blend

キャバクラ嬢

キャバレー キャバレー#Japanese

Clipping of キャバレークラブ (kyabarē kurabu, “cabaret club”).


獣耳

獣耳 (canonical)
獣耳 (canonical)
kemonomimi (romanization)

Compound of 獣 (kemono, “animal, beast”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).

com

(neologism) kemonomimi; animal ears, as worn or possessed by a human or humanoid


アイオーン

ja-noun

アイオーン • (aiōn)


暗室

[ã̠ɰ̃ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

a darkroom (dark room where photographs are developed)


ピッコロ

Borrowed from English piccolo, from Italian piccolo (“small”).


任天堂

ja-pos

任(にん)天(てん)堂(どう) • (Nintendō) ^(←にんてんだう (Nintendau)?)

任天堂 (canonical)
Nintendō (romanization)
Nintendau (romanization)
にんてんだう (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese: 任天堂 (Rèntiāntáng)

→ English: Nintendo

[ɲ̟ĩntẽ̞ndo̞ː]

According to Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company name is derived from the phrase 運を天に任せる (un o ten ni makaseru, literally “leave luck to heaven”).
Other sources suggest the word 天 (ten, literally “heaven”) is the first character of 天狗 (tengu), a kind of monster in Japanese folklore which is sometimes connected to gambling and may therefore be a reference to the company’s initial product of hanafuda cards, thus yielding an interpretation of the company name as a “temple of trusted cards”.


週刊

ja-noun

週(しゅう)刊(かん) • (shūkan) ^(←しうかん (siukan)?)

週刊 (canonical)
shūkan (romanization)
siukan (romanization)
しうかん (hiragana historical)

weekly (publication that is published once a week)


ファ

(music) fa, the fourth note of a major scale


フーガ

フーガ • (fūga)


記紀

Abbreviation of 古事記 (Kojiki, “Records of Ancient Matters”) and 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Chronicles of Japan”).

abbrev

記紀歌謡

記紀神話

the Records of Ancient Matters and the Chronicles of Japan (the two oldest book of Japanese history)


八橋

八橋 (canonical)
yatsuhashi (romanization)

Literally, “eight bridges”
The name of the cracker is thought to either derive from the shape, resembling a koto in memory of Yatsuhashi Kengyō, an early-Edo period musician who started the modern tradition of koto music; or from the location where it was first prepared, which was close to Mikawa-no-kuni Yatsuhashi, an area in modern-day Chiba Prefecture.

a baked cinnamon flavoured roof tile shaped rice-flour cracker which is a famous regional food of Kyoto


検校

(in particular) the clerical oversight of religious establishments

the head of an individual mountain temple or foundation

an honorary court title given to highly skilled blind musicians


編木

Compound of 編 (bin, irregular reading; possibly refers to the way the instrument is bound together) + 簓 (ささら, “bamboo whisk or broom”, which this instrument resembles). The sasara changes to zasara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

(music) a Japanese percussion instrument made of wooden slats


拍子木

From 拍子 (hyōshi, “beat”) + 木 (ki, “wood”).

(music) a Japanese percussion instrument made of two pieces of hardwood or bamboo that are tied together with a rope and struck together


筑子

a Japanese percussion instrument made from wooden slats


土笛

土(つち) (tsuchi, “earth”) + 笛(ふえ) (fue, “bamboo flute”)


法竹

an end-blown vertical bamboo flute used in traditional Japanese music, similar to the shakuhachi; hotchiku


トロール

[to̞ɾo̞ːɾɯ̟]


バナー

ja-noun

バナー • (banā)

(web design) banner (type of advertisement image)


雅歌

From Middle Chinese compound 雅歌 (ngæ^X + ka, literally “elegant + song”).


GL

[d͡ʑiːe̞ɾɯ̟]

ガールズラブ ガールズラブ#Japanese

Initialism of ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu, “girls' love”).

NL

heterosexual love; normal love; nonke love


鎌鼬

鎌鼬 (canonical)
kamaitachi (romanization)

鎌 (kama, “sickle”) + 鼬 (itachi, “weasel”).


神罰

From 神 (しん, shin; "God") and 罰 (ばつ, batsu; "penalty", "punish", "penalize"), meaning "punishment of God" or "divine penalty".


破魔

Buddhist term, imported into Japanese when Buddhism was introduced to Japan, some time during the Kofun, Asuka, and Nara periods.
Appears to be from Middle Chinese compound 破魔 (MC phaH ma, literally “break + demon”).
Alternately, could be a Japanese coinage using Middle Chinese elements, as a compound of Middle Chinese-derived 破 (ha, “break, destroy”) + 魔 (ma, “demon, devil”).

compound

(Buddhism) defeating a devil or demon, particularly the demons of worldly desires or passions

破魔術: exorcism

Buddhism; the technique of exorcising, rather than the act of doing so


破魔

破魔する (canonical)
hama suru (romanization)
破魔し (stem)
破魔した (past)
破魔し
はまし
hama shi
破魔する
はまする
hama suru
破魔すれ
はますれ
hama sure
破魔せよ (imperative literary)
破魔しろ (colloquial imperative)
はませよ (imperative literary)
はましろ (colloquial imperative)
hama seyo (imperative literary)
hama shiro (colloquial imperative)
破魔される (passive)
はまされる (passive)
hama sareru (passive)
破魔させる (causative)
破魔さす (causative)
はまさせる (causative)
はまさす (causative)
hama saseru (causative)
hama sasu (causative)
破魔できる (potential)
はまできる (potential)
hama dekiru (potential)
破魔しよう (volitional)
はましよう (volitional)
hama shiyō (volitional)
破魔しない (negative)
はましない (negative)
hama shinai (negative)
破魔せず (continuative negative)
はませず (continuative negative)
hama sezu (continuative negative)
破魔します (formal)
はまします (formal)
hama shimasu (formal)
破魔した (perfective)
はました (perfective)
hama shita (perfective)
破魔して (conjunctive)
はまして (conjunctive)
hama shite (conjunctive)
破魔すれば (conditional hypothetical)
はますれば (conditional hypothetical)
hama sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(Buddhism) to defeat a devil or demon, particularly the demons of worldly desires or passions


ファミコン

→ English: Famicom

[ɸa̠mʲikõ̞ɴ]

Syllabic abbreviation of ファミリーコンピューター (famirī konpyūtā), a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from family + computer.

pseudo-loan

Nintendo Entertainment System
w:Nintendo Entertainment System

A Nintendo (Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo)


貔貅

貔貅 (canonical)
hikyū (romanization)
fikiu (romanization)
ひきう (hiragana historical)

(Chinese mythology) pixiu, a mythical horned animal that is believed to bring luck


三味

Shortening of 三味線 (shamisen).
First attested in 1722.

Short for 三味線 (shamisen): a shamisen: a Japanese stringed instrument played by plucking, vaguely similar to a banjo


三味

Shortening of 三味線 (samisen).
This reading appears to be less common than shami.
First attested in 1677.

Short for 三味線 (samisen): a samisen: a Japanese stringed instrument played by plucking, vaguely similar to a banjo


三昧

From Middle Chinese 三昧, from Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi).


獅子座

獅子 (“lion”) + 座 (“seat; constellation”). In the "lion seat" sense, from the apparent resemblance to a lion's fiery mane of the backrest.

(Buddhism) a Lion Throne (throne of a buddha, a bodhisattva or a high priest)


魔神

From Middle Chinese 魔神 (MC ma zyin, literally “demon, evil spirit” + “god, spirit”). Compare modern Mandarin 魔神 (móshén).
The goon reading, so likely the reading as originally imported from Middle Chinese.

ltc-l

a malevolent deity that causes misfortune and disaster


魔神

Shift in pronunciation from majin, using the kan'on reading of shin for 神.
/mad͡ʑin/ → /maɕin/
A mixed goon-kan'on reading reading, so likely a later development after borrowing.


四天王

ja-noun

四(し)天(てん)王(のう) • (shitennō) ^(←してんわう (siten'wau)?)

四天王 (canonical)
shitennō (romanization)
siten'wau (romanization)
してんわう (hiragana historical)

[ɕitẽ̞nːo̞ː]

Ultimately a calque of Sanskrit चतुर्महाराज (caturmahārāja, literally “four great kings”).
Equivalent to 四 (shi, “four”) + 天王 (tennō, “heavenly king”).

com

(Buddhism) the four gods believed to be watching over the four cardinal directions:


凍結

(computing, uncommon) compression of an archive

(Internet) suspension of an account (usually on Twitter)


凍結

凍結する (canonical)
tōketsu suru (romanization)
凍結し (stem)
凍結した (past)
凍結し
とうけつし
tōketsu shi
凍結する
とうけつする
tōketsu suru
凍結すれ
とうけつすれ
tōketsu sure
凍結せよ (imperative literary)
凍結しろ (colloquial imperative)
とうけつせよ (imperative literary)
とうけつしろ (colloquial imperative)
tōketsu seyo (imperative literary)
tōketsu shiro (colloquial imperative)
凍結される (passive)
とうけつされる (passive)
tōketsu sareru (passive)
凍結させる (causative)
凍結さす (causative)
とうけつさせる (causative)
とうけつさす (causative)
tōketsu saseru (causative)
tōketsu sasu (causative)
凍結できる (potential)
とうけつできる (potential)
tōketsu dekiru (potential)
凍結しよう (volitional)
とうけつしよう (volitional)
tōketsu shiyō (volitional)
凍結しない (negative)
とうけつしない (negative)
tōketsu shinai (negative)
凍結せず (continuative negative)
とうけつせず (continuative negative)
tōketsu sezu (continuative negative)
凍結します (formal)
とうけつします (formal)
tōketsu shimasu (formal)
凍結した (perfective)
とうけつした (perfective)
tōketsu shita (perfective)
凍結して (conjunctive)
とうけつして (conjunctive)
tōketsu shite (conjunctive)
凍結すれば (conditional hypothetical)
とうけつすれば (conditional hypothetical)
tōketsu sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(computing, uncommon) to compress an archive

(Internet) to suspend an account (usually on Twitter)


ミノタウロス

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros).


グリフォン

[ɡɯ̟ɾʲiɸõ̞ɴ]


創作

ja-noun

創(そう)作(さく) • (sōsaku) ^(←さうさく (sausaku)?)

創作 (canonical)
sōsaku (romanization)
sausaku (romanization)
さうさく (hiragana historical)

(art, ACG) fully original work, as opposed to a derivative fanwork


ARG

[e̞ːa̠ːɾɯ̟ʑiː]

alternate reality game
alternate reality game


BL

ボーイズラブ ボーイズラブ#Japanese

Initialism of ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu, “boys' love”).


狂言

(theater) Kyogen, a humorous theater piece, frequently presented as a comic interlude in a program of noh performances.


囹圄

囹(れい)圄(ぎょ) or 囹(れい)圄(ご) • (reigyo or reigo)

囹圄 (canonical)
囹圄 (canonical)
reigyo (romanization)
reigo (romanization)


音色

音(ね)色(いろ) or 音(おん)色(しょく) • (neiro or onshoku)

音色 (canonical)
音色 (canonical)
neiro (romanization)
onshoku (romanization)

[õ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟]

Compare German Klangfarbe (literally “sound-color”) and English tone color.

cog

バイオリンの音色

林芙美子, 『鶴の笛』
すると、しばらくして、何ともいえない美しい笛の音色がきこえました。http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000291/files/24372_18920.html
Suru to, shibarakushite, nan to mo ienai utsukushii fue no neiro ga kikoemashita.
But then, for a moment, the beautiful sound of a flute could be heard.


極楽

[ɡo̞kɯ̟ɾa̠kɯ̟]

From Middle Chinese 極樂 (MC gik lak), itself a translation of Sanskrit सुखावती (sukhāvatī), the feminine form of सुखवत् (sukhavat, literally “full of joy”).

(Buddhism) Short for 極楽浄土 (Gokuraku Jōdo): pure land (western paradise of Amitabha Buddha)


スケール

Borrowed from English scale, from Latin scāla.

[sɨ̥ke̞ːɾɯ̟]


禅那

From Chinese 禪那 /禅那 (chánnuó), which is a borrowing from Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna, “a type of meditation”).

der

(Buddhism) A type of profound meditation practiced by followers of Zen Buddhism.


庶民劇

庶民劇 (canonical)
shomingeki (romanization)


フラグ

(by extension via video games) omen; foreshadowing


やまとなでしこ

大和撫子: Yamato nadeshiko, a woman who possesses the ideal classical Japanese feminine attributes.


大和撫子

大和撫子 (canonical)
yamato nadeshiko (romanization)

From 大和(やまと) (Yamato) + 撫子(なでしこ) (nadeshiko).

Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “pink: any flower of the genus Dianthus”).


傷痕

ja-noun

傷(しょう)痕(こん) • (shōkon) ^(←しやうこん (syaukon)?)

傷痕 (canonical)
shōkon (romanization)
syaukon (romanization)
しやうこん (hiragana historical)


室内楽

室内楽 (canonical)
shitsunaigaku (romanization)

Compound of 室内 (shitsunai, “inside a room, indoor”) + 楽 (gaku, “music”).

compound

弦楽器の学生による、室内楽のコンサートです。

Gengakki no gakusei ni yoru, shitsunaigaku no konsāto desu.

There is a chamber music concert for strings by students from the university.


演奏会

[ẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ːka̠i]

演奏 (“musical performance”) + 会 (“event”)


新古典主義

ja-noun

新(しん)古(こ)典(てん)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) • (shinkoten shugi)

新古典主義 (canonical)
shinkoten shugi (romanization)

[ɕĩŋko̞te̞ɰ̃ ɕɨɡʲi]

新 (shin-, “neo-”) + 古典主義 (koten shugi, “classicism”)


声楽曲

声楽曲 (canonical)
seigakukyoku (romanization)


序曲

[d͡ʑo̞kʲo̞kɯ̟]


益荒男振り

ja-noun

益(ます)荒(ら)男(お)振(ぶ)り • (masuraoburi) ^(←ますらをぶり (masurawoburi)?)

益荒男振り (canonical)
masuraoburi (romanization)
masurawoburi (romanization)
ますらをぶり (hiragana historical)

[ma̠sɨɾa̠o̞bɯ̟ɾʲi]

Coined by Kamo no Mabuchi.
Compound of 益荒男 (masurao, “strong, brave man”) + 振り (-buri, “style”).

suffix

(poetry) a masculine poetic style exhibited in the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū)


正義

ja:正義
ja:正義 (タロット)


ウィザード

ja-noun

ウィザード • (wizādo)


魔鬼

A demon ghost; a monster; the devil; an embodiment of evil


行書

行(ぎょう)書(しょ) • (gyōsho) ^(←ぎやうしよ (gyausyo)?)

行書 (canonical)
gyōsho (romanization)
gyausyo (romanization)
ぎやうしよ (hiragana historical)


建築

[kẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟]


建築物

建築物 (canonical)
kenchikubutsu (romanization)

[kẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕi̥kɯ̟bɯ̟t͡sɨ]


監獄

[kã̠ŋɡo̞kɯ̟]


ストップ

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:NHK出版
ja:NHK放送文化研究所
ja:松村明

(music) a stop or register in an organ or similar musical instrument


手術室

手術室 (canonical)
shujutsushitsu (romanization)

医者の一人はそれだけきき終ると手術室のドアの方へ去りかけた。

1947, 宮本百合子, 道標

One of the doctors headed toward the operating room door after hearing only that.

Isha no hitori wa sore dake kikiowaru to shujutsushitsu no doa no hō e sarikaketa.


交番

a small community police office or police box


痴漢

Chikan (body contact)
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:痴漢

Appears to be a borrowing from written Chinese 痴漢 /痴汉 (chīhàn, literally “stupid + man, guy”). First cited in Japanese in 1790 with the stupid guy sense.
The "Xbox fanboy" sense originates from a media interview of Akihabara retailer Messe Sanoh, where one customer stated his intention to purchase an Xbox in addition to the adult computer game Ryōjoku Chikan Jigoku.

bor

(slang, vulgar, derogatory, video games) an Xbox fanboy, Xbot


バーバ・ヤーガ

ja-pos

バーバ・ヤーガ • (Bāba Yāga)

From Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”) via Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).


タイトル

好きなタイトルを挙げる

Switch向け新作タイトル


愛蔵版

ja-noun

愛(あい)蔵(ぞう)版(ばん) • (aizōban) ^(←あいざうばん (aizauban)?)

愛蔵版 (canonical)
aizōban (romanization)
aizauban (romanization)
あいざうばん (hiragana historical)

Compound of 愛蔵 (aizō, “to treasure or cherish something”, literally “to love something and keep it safe”) + 版 (han, “version, edition”). The han changes to ban as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


ヴォジャノーイ

ja-noun

ヴォジャノーイ • (vojanōi)


催眠術

催眠術 (canonical)
saiminjutsu (romanization)

[sa̠imʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑɨt͡sɨ]

From 催眠 (saimin, “hypnosis”) + 術 (-jutsu, “art”).

suf

1999 February 4, “悪魔の鏡(デーモンズ・ミラー) [Daemon’s Mirror]”, in Vol.1, Konami:

A demonic mirror that deflects attacks by hypnotizing anyone who looks at it.

鏡に映るものに催眠術をかけ攻撃をよける悪魔の鏡。

Kagami ni utsuru mono ni saiminjutsu o kake kōgeki o yokeru akuma no kagami.

1999 October 17, “アクア・スネーク [Aqua Snake]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:

It hypnotizes its opponents with the ball at the tip of its tail, then drowns them.

尾の先についている玉で催眠術をかけ、相手をおぼれさせる。

O no saki ni tsuite iru tama de saiminjutsu o kake, aite o oboresaseru.


世尊

From Middle Chinese 世尊 (MC syejH tswon), itself a translation of Sanskrit भगवत् (bhagavat, “deity”), or Pali bhagavā.

...爾時。持地菩薩。即従座起。前白仏言。世尊。若有衆生。聞是観世音菩薩品。自在之業。普門示現。神通力者当知是人。功徳不少...

Then the Bodhisattva Earth Holder rose from his seat, went before the Buddha, and said to him: "World-Honored One, if any living being hears this Bodhisattva Regarder of the Cries of the World chapter, hears of the freedom of his actions and the divine power of the revelation of the universal gateway, it should be known that this person's blessings are not few."

...ni ji, Jiji Bosatsu, soku ju za ki, zen byaku Butsu gon. Seson, nyaku u shujō, mon ze Kanzeon Bosatsu hon, jizai shi gō, fumon jigen, jinzū rikisha tō chi ze nin, kudoku fu-shō...

(Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha


妖魔

妖魔 (canonical)
yōma (romanization)
euma (romanization)
えうま (hiragana historical)


聖霊

(Christianity, Judaism, Islam) the Holy Spirit; the Holy Ghost


ハリストス

(Christianity) Christ (the messiah who was named Jesus)


フィナーレ

ja-noun

フィナーレ • (fināre)


けっかい

(Buddhism) restricted access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training

(manga, anime) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise


アーティキュレーション

アーティキュレーション • (ātikyurēshon)

[a̠ːtʲikʲɨɾe̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]

2014, Norihiko Hibi, Suindo no tame no chonyumon jazu koza [Very basic introduction to jazz for Blasmusik], page 70:

In jazz sheet music, it is common that articulation is not indicated at all.

ジャズの楽譜には、アーティキュレーションが何も書いていないことのほうが多いです。

Jazu no gakufu ni wa, ātikyurēshon ga nani mo kaiteinai koto no hō ga ōi desu.

(music) articulation, manner in which something is articulated

ja:アーティキュレーション


公案

English: koan

French: koan

Hungarian: koan

Russian: коа́н (koán)

公 (public) 案 (record). A public record serves as a metaphor for principles of reality beyond the private opinion of one person, relating to the actioning of Ming (命)Heavens mandate, decree or command by an official that has authority.


嫦娥

嫦娥 (canonical)
Jōga (romanization)
Zyauga (romanization)
じやうが (hiragana historical)

/d͡ʑjauɡa/ → /d͡ʑɔːɡa/ → /d͡ʑoːɡa/
From Middle Chinese 嫦娥 (MC dzyang nga, “Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon”).
The 呉音 (goon) pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.
First cited in Japanese to a text from 827.

ltc-l

(Chinese mythology) Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the moon


図鑑

図鑑 (canonical)
zukan (romanization)
dukan (romanization)
づかん (hiragana historical)

an illustrated reference book such as a field guide, bestiary, guide book, or picture book


公教

ja-noun

公(こう)教(きょう) • (kōkyō)

a religion or religious sect that is officially recognized by the state


金剛

金剛 (canonical)
kongō (romanization)
kongau (romanization)
こんがう (hiragana historical)

/komʉ kau/ → /koŋɡau/ → /koŋɡɔː/ → /koŋɡoː/
From Middle Chinese 金剛 (MC kim kang), itself a translation of Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “diamond, adamant; thunderbolt”).
Compare modern Cantonese 金剛 /金刚 (gam¹ gong¹).

縛日羅

basara, transliteration of Sanskrit vajra

(Buddhism) Short for 金剛界 (kongōkai): the Diamond Realm in Vajrayana Buddhism

金剛界

(Buddhism) Short for 金剛杵 (kongōsho): a vajra (Buddhist double-headed ceremonial mace)

金剛杵

(Buddhism) Short for 金剛力士 (kongō rikishi): a pair of vajra-wielding deities guarding most Buddhist temples

金剛力士

(Buddhism) Short for 金剛童子 (kongō dōshi):

(by extension, theater) an actor or prostitute in charge of footwear, mostly handling kongō zōri


金剛

金剛 (canonical)
Kongō (romanization)
Kongau (romanization)
こんがう (hiragana historical)

(theater) Short for 金剛流 (Kongō-ryū): a leading school of noh


文豪

文豪 (canonical)
bungō (romanization)
bungau (romanization)
ぶんがう (hiragana historical)

eminent writer or author; literary giant


著者

その本は同じ著者による。

That book is written by the same author.


呪文

彼らはその文句を呪文のように繰り返した。

Karera wa sono monku o jumon no yō ni kurikaeshita.

They repeated the word like an incantation (like a broken record).

1999 November 18, “ハイ・プリーステス [High Priestess]”, in Vol.6, Konami:

She soothes the unruly minds by chanting spells that you've never heard.

聞いたことのない呪文を唱え、あらぶる心をしずめてくれる。

Kiita koto no nai jumon o tonae, araburu kokoro o shizumetekureru.


自覚

समाधि समाधि#Sanskrit

(Buddhism) "higher mind": one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path, equivalent to समाधि (samādhi)


改宗

改宗する (canonical)
kaishū suru (romanization)
kaisyuu (romanization)
改宗し (stem)
改宗した (past)
改宗し
かいしゅうし
kaishū shi
改宗する
かいしゅうする
kaishū suru
改宗すれ
かいしゅうすれ
kaishū sure
改宗せよ (imperative literary)
改宗しろ (colloquial imperative)
かいしゅうせよ (imperative literary)
かいしゅうしろ (colloquial imperative)
kaishū seyo (imperative literary)
kaishū shiro (colloquial imperative)
改宗される (passive)
かいしゅうされる (passive)
kaishū sareru (passive)
改宗させる (causative)
改宗さす (causative)
かいしゅうさせる (causative)
かいしゅうさす (causative)
kaishū saseru (causative)
kaishū sasu (causative)
改宗できる (potential)
かいしゅうできる (potential)
kaishū dekiru (potential)
改宗しよう (volitional)
かいしゅうしよう (volitional)
kaishū shiyō (volitional)
改宗しない (negative)
かいしゅうしない (negative)
kaishū shinai (negative)
改宗せず (continuative negative)
かいしゅうせず (continuative negative)
kaishū sezu (continuative negative)
改宗します (formal)
かいしゅうします (formal)
kaishū shimasu (formal)
改宗した (perfective)
かいしゅうした (perfective)
kaishū shita (perfective)
改宗して (conjunctive)
かいしゅうして (conjunctive)
kaishū shite (conjunctive)
改宗すれば (conditional hypothetical)
かいしゅうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kaishū sureba (conditional hypothetical)


修行

ja-noun

修(しゅ)行(ぎょう) or 修行(すぎょう) • (shugyō or sugyō)

修行 (canonical)
修行 (canonical)
shugyō (romanization)
sugyō (romanization)


修行

修行する (canonical)
修行する (canonical)
shugyō suru (romanization)
sugyō suru (romanization)
修行し (stem)
修行した (past)
修行し
しゅぎょうし
shugyō shi
修行する
しゅぎょうする
shugyō suru
修行すれ
しゅぎょうすれ
shugyō sure
修行せよ (imperative literary)
修行しろ (colloquial imperative)
しゅぎょうせよ (imperative literary)
しゅぎょうしろ (colloquial imperative)
shugyō seyo (imperative literary)
shugyō shiro (colloquial imperative)
修行される (passive)
しゅぎょうされる (passive)
shugyō sareru (passive)
修行させる (causative)
修行さす (causative)
しゅぎょうさせる (causative)
しゅぎょうさす (causative)
shugyō saseru (causative)
shugyō sasu (causative)
修行できる (potential)
しゅぎょうできる (potential)
shugyō dekiru (potential)
修行しよう (volitional)
しゅぎょうしよう (volitional)
shugyō shiyō (volitional)
修行しない (negative)
しゅぎょうしない (negative)
shugyō shinai (negative)
修行せず (continuative negative)
しゅぎょうせず (continuative negative)
shugyō sezu (continuative negative)
修行します (formal)
しゅぎょうします (formal)
shugyō shimasu (formal)
修行した (perfective)
しゅぎょうした (perfective)
shugyō shita (perfective)
修行して (conjunctive)
しゅぎょうして (conjunctive)
shugyō shite (conjunctive)
修行すれば (conditional hypothetical)
しゅぎょうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
shugyō sureba (conditional hypothetical)


花道

Daijirin
Daijisen
National Theatre of Japan
ja:松村明

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) + 道 (michi, “road, way”).
Likely derives from the early use of a hanamichi as a kind of walkway from the stage down into the audience, giving performers access to the audience in order to receive flowers.

compound

(theater) an extension of a stage that stretches into the audience, usually only in kabuki and most often along the left side of the theater, used mainly to enter and exit the stage


画架

画架 (canonical)
gaka (romanization)
gwaka (romanization)
ぐわか (hiragana historical)

(painting) Synonym of イーゼル (īzeru, “easel”)


画角

ja-noun

画(が)角(かく) • (gakaku) ^(←ぐわかく (gwakaku)?)

画角 (canonical)
gakaku (romanization)
gwakaku (romanization)
ぐわかく (hiragana historical)

(photography, cinematography) angle of view


画工

画工 (canonical)
gakō (romanization)
gwakou (romanization)
ぐわこう (hiragana historical)


画工

画(え)工(だくみ) • (edakumi) ^(←ゑだくみ (wedakumi)?)

画工 (canonical)
edakumi (romanization)
wedakumi (romanization)
ゑだくみ (hiragana historical)


清書

(calligraphy) rewriting in a cleaner hand


清書

清書する (canonical)
seisho suru (romanization)
清書し (stem)
清書した (past)
清書し
せいしょし
seisho shi
清書する
せいしょする
seisho suru
清書すれ
せいしょすれ
seisho sure
清書せよ (imperative literary)
清書しろ (colloquial imperative)
せいしょせよ (imperative literary)
せいしょしろ (colloquial imperative)
seisho seyo (imperative literary)
seisho shiro (colloquial imperative)
清書される (passive)
せいしょされる (passive)
seisho sareru (passive)
清書させる (causative)
清書さす (causative)
せいしょさせる (causative)
せいしょさす (causative)
seisho saseru (causative)
seisho sasu (causative)
清書できる (potential)
せいしょできる (potential)
seisho dekiru (potential)
清書しよう (volitional)
せいしょしよう (volitional)
seisho shiyō (volitional)
清書しない (negative)
せいしょしない (negative)
seisho shinai (negative)
清書せず (continuative negative)
せいしょせず (continuative negative)
seisho sezu (continuative negative)
清書します (formal)
せいしょします (formal)
seisho shimasu (formal)
清書した (perfective)
せいしょした (perfective)
seisho shita (perfective)
清書して (conjunctive)
せいしょして (conjunctive)
seisho shite (conjunctive)
清書すれば (conditional hypothetical)
せいしょすれば (conditional hypothetical)
seisho sureba (conditional hypothetical)


設定

二次創作で、公式とは違う設定

niji sōsaku de, kōshiki to wa chigau settei

personalities that are different from the canonical personality in fan works

(narrative, fiction) in-universe information (of a character, the background, or any part of a fictional universe); lore


黄道吉日

黄道吉日 (canonical)
kōdōkichinichi (romanization)

From 黄道 (“ecliptic”) + 吉日 (“auspicious day”), from the belief that the movement of the sun along the ecliptic determined the outcome of human endeavours.

(religion) in Onmyodo, an auspicious day to carry out an activity


神州

神州不滅

Immortal Country of Gods (World War II propaganda slogan)


事務室

事務室 (canonical)
jimushitsu (romanization)

[d͡ʑimɯ̟ɕi̥t͡sɨ]


被写界深度

被(ひ)写(しゃ)界(かい)深(しん)度(ど) • (hishakai shindo)

被写界深度 (canonical)
hishakai shindo (romanization)

By surface analysis, 被 (hi, recipient marker, denoting the region's ‘being’ captured) + 写 (sha, “photograph”) + 界 (kai, “region, boundary”) + 深度 (shindo, “depth”). The three components 被写界(ひしゃかい) (hishakai) taken together can be taken to mean “field”, as corresponds to its counterpart component in the English equivalent.


解像度

ja-noun

解(かい)像(ぞう)度(ど) • (kaizōdo) ^(←かいざうど (kaizaudo)?)

解像度 (canonical)
kaizōdo (romanization)
kaizaudo (romanization)
かいざうど (hiragana historical)

(photography, computer graphics) resolution


正面

正(しょう)面(めん) • (shōmen) ^(←しやうめん (syaumen)?)

正面 (canonical)
shōmen (romanization)
syaumen (romanization)
しやうめん (hiragana historical)

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 正面 (MC tsyeng|tsyengH mjienH).
First attested in the early 1200s.

(Noh, theater) the front of the main stage


正体

(calligraphy, typography, of a Han character) the "standard", most recognized form


会者定離

会者定離 (canonical)
eshajōri (romanization)

From 遺教經 (The Sutra on the Buddha's Bequeathed Teachings, a Chinese translation; the original version in Sanskrit has been lost.):
Literal translation (kanbun kundoku) in Japanese:
世(よ)皆(みな)常(つね)無(な)し、会(あ)えば必(かなら)ず離(はな)る有(あ)り。
Yo mina tsune nashi, aeba kanarazu hanaru ari.
Everything about the world is impermanent. A meeting is always accompanied with a parting.

ja-usex

世 皆 常 無し、会えば 必ず 離る 有り。

よ みな つね なし、あえば かならず はなる あり。

世皆無常，會必有離。

世皆无常，会必有离。

(Buddhism) those who meet must part (Every human relationship will end someday due to the transient nature of life.)


高天原

高天原 (canonical)
takama no hara (romanization)

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Compound of 高 (taka, “high”) + 天の原 (ama no hara, “plains of heaven”), with the final -a of taka dropped due to haplology.

com

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Takamagahara (the realm of the gods, as opposed to the realm of mortals and the realm of the dead)


音節

[õ̞ɰ̃se̞t͡sɨ]

音 (“sound”) + 節 (“segment”) Not related to English onset despite similarity.

(loosely, phonology, poetry) Synonym of モーラ (mōra, “a mora”)


音程

音程 (canonical)
ontei (romanization)
おんてい (hiragana historical)

音程が取れない人


馬頭琴

From Middle Chinese 馬頭琴 (MC maeX duw gim).


休刊

休刊する (canonical)
kyūkan suru (romanization)
休刊し (stem)
休刊した (past)
休刊し
きゅうかんし
kyūkan shi
休刊する
きゅうかんする
kyūkan suru
休刊すれ
きゅうかんすれ
kyūkan sure
休刊せよ (imperative literary)
休刊しろ (colloquial imperative)
きゅうかんせよ (imperative literary)
きゅうかんしろ (colloquial imperative)
kyūkan seyo (imperative literary)
kyūkan shiro (colloquial imperative)
休刊される (passive)
きゅうかんされる (passive)
kyūkan sareru (passive)
休刊させる (causative)
休刊さす (causative)
きゅうかんさせる (causative)
きゅうかんさす (causative)
kyūkan saseru (causative)
kyūkan sasu (causative)
休刊できる (potential)
きゅうかんできる (potential)
kyūkan dekiru (potential)
休刊しよう (volitional)
きゅうかんしよう (volitional)
kyūkan shiyō (volitional)
休刊しない (negative)
きゅうかんしない (negative)
kyūkan shinai (negative)
休刊せず (continuative negative)
きゅうかんせず (continuative negative)
kyūkan sezu (continuative negative)
休刊します (formal)
きゅうかんします (formal)
kyūkan shimasu (formal)
休刊した (perfective)
きゅうかんした (perfective)
kyūkan shita (perfective)
休刊して (conjunctive)
きゅうかんして (conjunctive)
kyūkan shite (conjunctive)
休刊すれば (conditional hypothetical)
きゅうかんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kyūkan sureba (conditional hypothetical)


ドナルドダック

Donald Duck (one of the Disney characters)


休符

休符 (canonical)
kyūfu (romanization)
kiufu (romanization)
きうふ (hiragana historical)

4分休符


YouTuber

YouTuber (canonical)
yūchūbā (romanization)

[jɯ̟ːt͡ɕɨːba̠ː]


天王

ja-noun

天(てん)王(のう) • (tennō) ^(←てんわう (ten'wau)?)

天王 (canonical)
tennō (romanization)
ten'wau (romanization)
てんわう (hiragana historical)

The ō reading for 王 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).


俳諧

→ English: haikai

→ Mandarin: 俳諧 /俳谐 (páixié)

(poetry) haikai (form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns)


便所

[bẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 便 (ben, “convenience, ease”, also meaning “bodily waste; bowel movement”) + 所 (sho, “place”). The sho changes to jo as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare English expressions seat of ease, house of ease, also pooper, shitter.
First cited in works from the late 1400s.

compound

(gambling slang) a pachinko machine one can use leftover balls on.


書き初め

書き初め (canonical)
kakizome (romanization)

kakizome, or the first calligraphy written at the beginning of a year


結界

Originally a Buddhist term borrowed from Middle Chinese 結界 (MC ket keajH), itself a translation of Sanskrit सीमाबन्ध (sīmābandha, literally “boundary, edge + bounded”).

女人結界

女人結界 にょにんけっかい

結界限界

結界限界 けっかいげんかい

結界忍術

結界忍術 けっかいにんじゅつ

restricted access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training

in esoteric Buddhism, restricted access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification

a wooden fence or partition separating the inner and outer sanctuaries of a temple, or separating monastic and public seating in the outer sanctuary

an area into which anything potentially disruptive to Buddhist training is restricted from entering, such as a 女人結界 (nyonin kekkai, “no-women zone”)

結界を張る

(fantasy) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise


結界

結界する (canonical)
kekkai suru (romanization)
結界し (stem)
結界した (past)
結界し
けっかいし
kekkai shi
結界する
けっかいする
kekkai suru
結界すれ
けっかいすれ
kekkai sure
結界せよ (imperative literary)
結界しろ (colloquial imperative)
けっかいせよ (imperative literary)
けっかいしろ (colloquial imperative)
kekkai seyo (imperative literary)
kekkai shiro (colloquial imperative)
結界される (passive)
けっかいされる (passive)
kekkai sareru (passive)
結界させる (causative)
結界さす (causative)
けっかいさせる (causative)
けっかいさす (causative)
kekkai saseru (causative)
kekkai sasu (causative)
結界できる (potential)
けっかいできる (potential)
kekkai dekiru (potential)
結界しよう (volitional)
けっかいしよう (volitional)
kekkai shiyō (volitional)
結界しない (negative)
けっかいしない (negative)
kekkai shinai (negative)
結界せず (continuative negative)
けっかいせず (continuative negative)
kekkai sezu (continuative negative)
結界します (formal)
けっかいします (formal)
kekkai shimasu (formal)
結界した (perfective)
けっかいした (perfective)
kekkai shita (perfective)
結界して (conjunctive)
けっかいして (conjunctive)
kekkai shite (conjunctive)
結界すれば (conditional hypothetical)
けっかいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kekkai sureba (conditional hypothetical)

to restrict access to a specific area for purposes of Buddhist training

in esoteric Buddhism, to restrict access to a specific area of a dōjō for purposes of purification

to restrict anything potentially disruptive to Buddhist training from entering into an area


天道

天道 (canonical)
tendō (romanization)
tendau (romanization)
てんだう (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 天道 (MC then dawX). The 呉音 (goon), so the earlier borrowing.
First cited to a text from 751 CE.

(Buddhism) the heavenly realm, the gods realm (see also Saṃsāra (Buddhism)#Realms of rebirth)


小女子

小 (ko-, “small”) + 女子 (onago, “female child”)


ほうはい

ja-noun

ほうはい • (hōhai)


びんざさら

編木: (music) a Japanese percussion instrument made of wooden slats


楽章

楽(がく)章(しょう) • (gakushō) ^(←がくしやう (gakusyau)?)

楽章 (canonical)
gakushō (romanization)
gakusyau (romanization)
がくしやう (hiragana historical)

[ɡa̠kɯ̟̊ɕo̞ː]

(music) movement, such as of a classical orchestral work

終楽章

終楽章 しゅうがくしょう


屋敷

From 屋(や) (ya, “house”) + 敷(しき) (shiki, “building site”, short for 敷(しき)地(ち) (shikichi)).


萌え

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 萌 (méng, “moe”)

→ English: moe, moé

→ Korean: 모에 (mo'e, “moe”)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 萌える (moeru, “to bud, sprout; be aroused”).
The "feelings of affection towards a fictional character" sense likely first appeared in the early 1990s.

(anime, manga slang) moe: feelings of affection towards a fictional character


祖師

祖師 (canonical)
soshi (romanization)
sosi (romanization)
そし (hiragana historical)

浄土教の祖師


本草綱目

ja-pos

本(ほん)草(ぞう)綱(こう)目(もく) • (Honzō Kōmoku) ^(←ほんざうかうもく (Fonzaukaumoku)?)

本草綱目 (canonical)
Honzō Kōmoku (romanization)
Fonzaukaumoku (romanization)
ほんざうかうもく (hiragana historical)


うんこ

From うん (un, the sound made when straining) + こ (-ko, diminutive nominalizer).

suf

1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “交差点前 [In Front of the Intersection]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 57:

ウンコ！

ウンコ！

2010 January 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)二(に)百(ひゃく)七(しち)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん) 捜(さが)しものをする時(とき)はそいつの目(め)線(せん)になって捜(さが)せ [Lesson 275: When You Look for Something, Look from Its Viewpoint]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 32 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

立ちションじゃない ウンコだ

立ちションじゃない ウンコだ


勢至

Short for 勢至菩薩 (Seishi Bosatsu): Mahasthamaprapta bodhisattva


勢至菩薩

勢至菩薩 (canonical)
Seishi Bosatsu (romanization)

(Buddhism) Mahasthamaprapta, the bodhisattva of wisdom and strength


奈落

Daijirin
Daijisen
Naraka (Buddhism)
ja:奈落
ja:松村明

From Sanskrit नरक (naraka).
First cited to a text from 985 CE.

(theater) a theater basement, a trap cellar (under the stage)

(video games, platform games) bottomless pit; an invisible place below the playable area that usually kills the game characters falling into it


寝取られ

寝取られ (canonical)
netorare (romanization)

→ Korean: 네토라레 (netorare)

→ Chinese: 寢取／寝取

From the passive stem of 寝取(ねと)る (netoru).

2008 July 23, TAGRO, “#05”, in 変ゼミ [Abnormal Physiology Seminar], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 83:

コムギは寝取られ⁽ᴺᵀᴿ⁾フェチなのさ

コムギは寝取られ⁽ᴺᵀᴿ⁾フェチなのさ

cuckoldry: the state of being cheated on by one's own spouse or lover; the state of being subjected to adultery or cheating

NTR

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