密教

ja-noun

密(みっ)教(きょう) • (mikkyō) ^(←みっけう (mikkeu)?)

密教 (canonical)
mikkyō (romanization)
mikkeu (romanization)
みっけう (hiragana historical)

密 (mitsu, “secret”) + 教 (kyō, “religion”)


山寺

山 (yama, “mountain”) + 寺 (tera, “temple”)

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a mountain temple (temple on a mountain)


三世

(Buddhism) the "three lives", namely 前世 (zense, “previous life”), 現世 (gense, “current life”) and 来世 (raise)/後世 (gose, “next life”)


格闘ゲーム

格闘ゲーム (canonical)
kakutō gēmu (romanization)

[ka̠kɯ̟to̞ː ɡe̞ːmɯ̟]

格闘 (kakutō, “fight(ing)”) + ゲーム (gēmu, “game”)


STG

STG (canonical)
shūtingu gēmu (romanization)

シューティングゲーム シューティングゲーム#Japanese

Abbreviation of シューティングゲーム (shūtingu gēmu, “shooting game (genre of video game)”).


布教

missionary activity; propagation of a religion


布教

布教する (canonical)
fukyō suru (romanization)
布教し (stem)
布教した (past)
布教し
ふきょうし
fukyō shi
布教する
ふきょうする
fukyō suru
布教すれ
ふきょうすれ
fukyō sure
布教せよ (imperative literary)
布教しろ (colloquial imperative)
ふきょうせよ (imperative literary)
ふきょうしろ (colloquial imperative)
fukyō seyo (imperative literary)
fukyō shiro (colloquial imperative)
布教される (passive)
ふきょうされる (passive)
fukyō sareru (passive)
布教させる (causative)
布教さす (causative)
ふきょうさせる (causative)
ふきょうさす (causative)
fukyō saseru (causative)
fukyō sasu (causative)
布教できる (potential)
ふきょうできる (potential)
fukyō dekiru (potential)
布教しよう (volitional)
ふきょうしよう (volitional)
fukyō shiyō (volitional)
布教しない (negative)
ふきょうしない (negative)
fukyō shinai (negative)
布教せず (continuative negative)
ふきょうせず (continuative negative)
fukyō sezu (continuative negative)
布教します (formal)
ふきょうします (formal)
fukyō shimasu (formal)
布教した (perfective)
ふきょうした (perfective)
fukyō shita (perfective)
布教して (conjunctive)
ふきょうして (conjunctive)
fukyō shite (conjunctive)
布教すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ふきょうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
fukyō sureba (conditional hypothetical)


子泣き爺

子泣き爺 (canonical)
konakijijī (romanization)

Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jijī, “old man”).

compound

(Japanese folklore) Shapeshifting monster, 妖怪 (yōkai), which for a ruse takes the form of either a helpless baby or tiny old man, crying near woodland trails and crushes passersby who stop to help as it transforms to devour them.


子泣き爺

子泣き爺 (canonical)
konakijiji (romanization)

Compound of 子 (ko, “baby”) + 泣 (naki, “cry”) + 爺 (jiji, “old man”).


漢和辞典

漢和辞典 (canonical)
kanwajiten (romanization)

[kã̠ɰ̃β̞a̠ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

From 漢和 (“Chinese–Japanese”) + 辞典 (“dictionary”).

com

Chinese–Japanese character dictionary; dictionary of Chinese characters and character compounds with explanations in Japanese


天馬

(Japanese mythology, fiction) Heavenly steed


天馬

天 (“sky”) + 馬 (“horse”). From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos), and associated with the term sky horse.

(mythology, fiction) pegasus, a winged horse


天馬

(Greek mythology) The Pegasus winged horse


聖戦

1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 183–184:

It was no ordinary war‥‥ it was a holy war for the “Promised Land”.

あれはただの戦争だったんじゃない‥‥「約束の地」を求めた聖戦だったのさ

Are wa tada no sensō datta n ja nai‥‥ “Yakusoku no Chi” o motometa seisen datta no sa

あれはただの戦争だったんじゃない‥‥「約束の地」を求めた聖戦だったのさ


約束の地

約束の地 (canonical)
Yakusoku no Chi (romanization)

約束 (yakusoku, “promise”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 地 (chi, “land”)

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1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D.: Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 184:

Jacob took God’s words and set out in search of the “Promised Land”, of themselves, of fertile soil‥‥

ヤコブは神の言葉を受け「約束の地」を探して旅立った 自分達を 繁栄させる土地を‥‥

Yakobu wa Kami no kotoba o uke “Yakusoku no Chi” o sagashite tabidatta jibuntachi o han'ei saseru tochi o‥‥

(Judaism, Christianity) the Promised Land


八佾

Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).
From Middle Chinese compound 八佾 (MC peat yit, literally “eight + file, rank”).

ltc-l

(historical, dance) bayi: an ancient Chinese dance, originally presented to emperors during sacrificial rites, performed by 64 people accompanied to 雅(が)楽(がく) (gagaku, “yayue”) music


編集長

ja-noun

編(へん)集(しゅう)長(ちょう) • (henshūchō) ^(←へんしふちやう (fensifutyau)?)

編集長 (canonical)
henshūchō (romanization)
fensifutyau (romanization)
へんしふちやう (hiragana historical)

[hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨːt͡ɕo̞ː]

編集 (henshū, “editing”) + 長 (-chō, “chief”)

suf

1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27話(わ) 直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in [スローステップ](SLOW STEP) [SLOW STEP], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 93–94:

いいかげんにしろ！

いいかげんにしろ！

いいかげんにしろ！

いいかげんにしろ！

いいかげんにしろ！

いいかげんにしろ！

いいかげんにしろ！


ミサ

Borrowed from Portuguese missa, in turn from Latin missa.


レクイエム

[ɾe̞kɯ̟ie̞mɯ̟]

requiem (music composed to honor a dead person)


季刊

a quarterly, a newsletter or magazine that comes out quarterly


選手村

選手村 (canonical)
senshu mura (romanization)

[sẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨ mɯ̟ɾa̠]

選手 (senshu, “player”) + 村 (-mura, “village”)

東京2020選手村


コンティニュー

ja-noun

コンティニュー • (kontinyū)

[kõ̞ntʲiɲ̟ɨː]

(video games) continue; continuation of what would otherwise be a game over


阿耨多羅三藐三菩提

阿%耨%多%羅%三%藐%三%菩%提

あ%のく%た%ら% さん%みゃく% さん%ぼ%だい

阿(あ)耨(のく)多(た)羅(ら)三(さん)藐(みゃく)三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai)

阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 (canonical)
anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai (romanization)

[a̠no̞kɯ̟ta̠ɾa̠ sã̠mʲːa̠kɯ̟ sã̠mbo̞da̠i]

Ultimately a transliteration from Sanskrit अनुत्तरा सम्यक् सम्बोधि (anuttarā samyak sambodhi, literally “highest perfect awakening”), via Middle Chinese 阿耨多羅三藐三菩提 (MC 'a nowk ta la sam maewk sam bu dej), possibly through Pali anuttara sammā sambodhi.

bor

あのくたらさんみやくさんほたい

अनुत्तरा सम्यक् सम्बोधि

der

あのくたらさんみゃくさんぼだい

ltc-l

阿耨多羅三藐三菩提の仏たちわが立つ杣に冥加あらせたまへ
anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai no hotoke-tachi waga tatsu soma ni myōga arasetamae
O supreme, perfect, and enlightened buddhas (i.e. beings of anuttarā samyak sambodhi), protect the wooded mountains where I stand!

1018, Wakan Rōeishū (book 2, poem 602 by Dengyō-daishi)

(Buddhism) the supreme perfect enlightenment


乱序

(music) lively prelude for several gagaku pieces

(music) the first part of the accompaniment for the lion dance in Noh


エレボス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos)


アイテール

ja-pos

アイテール • (Aitēru)

[a̠ite̞ːɾɯ̟]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr)


リメリック

リムリック リムリック#Japanese

Alternative form of リムリック (Rimurikku, “Limerick”)


ピサの斜塔

ピサの斜塔 (canonical)
Pisa no Shatō (romanization)

ピサ (“Pisa”) + の (no, attributive/possessive particle) + 斜 (sha, “slanted”) + 塔 (tō, “tower”)

af

Leaning Tower of Pisa
Leaning Tower of Pisa


人外

ja-noun

人(じん)外(がい) or 人外(ジンガイ) • (jingai) ^(←じんぐわい (zingwai) or ジングワイ (zingwai)?)

人外 (canonical)
人外 (canonical)
jingai (romanization)
zingwai (romanization)
じんぐわい (hiragana historical)
ジングワイ (hiragana historical)


禅学

[d͡zẽ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟]


西王母

ja-pos

西(せい)王(おう)母(ぼ) • (Seiōbo) ^(←せいわうぼ (Seiwaubo)?)

西(さい)王(おう)母(ぼ) • (Saiōbo) ^(←さいわうぼ (Saiwaubo)?)

西王母 • ^ (canonical)
西王母 (canonical)
Seiōbo (romanization)
Seiwaubo (romanization)
Saiōbo (romanization)
Saiwaubo (romanization)
せいわうぼ (hiragana historical)
さいわうぼ (hiragana historical)

(Chinese religion, Chinese mythology) Queen Mother of the West (goddess)


複婚

[ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟kõ̞ɴ]

polygamy (the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time)


一夫一婦制

一夫一婦制 (canonical)
ippuippusei (romanization)

一夫一婦 (ippu ippu, “one husband, one wife”) + 制 (-sei, “system”)


単婚

一夫一婦制 一夫一婦制#Japanese

Synonym of 一夫一婦制 (ippuippusei, “monogamy”)


苾蒭

Re-reading, using the kan'on of 苾 and the kan'yōon of 蒭.


使い

使い (canonical)
tsukai (romanization)
tukafi (romanization)
つかひ (hiragana historical)

Continuative form of 使う (tsukau, “to use”)


地底人

地底人 (canonical)
chiteijin (romanization)

[t͡ɕite̞ːʑĩɴ]

地底 (chitei, “underground”) + 人 (-jin, “person”)

suf

(science fiction) subterranean dweller/inhabitant; person who lives underground


浄瑠璃

ja-noun

浄(じょう)瑠(る)璃(り) • (jōruri) ^(←じやうるり (zyaururi)?)

浄瑠璃 (canonical)
jōruri (romanization)
zyaururi (romanization)
じやうるり (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ːɾɯ̟ɾʲi]

The "narrative music" sense is derived from 浄瑠璃姫 (Jōruri-hime), the name of a rich man's daughter from 浄瑠璃物語 (Jōruri monogatari), expanded to mean a form of music based on the ballad drama.


開山

(Buddhism) foundation/establishment of a temple

(Buddhism) the monk who founded a temple


開山

開山する (canonical)
kaisan suru (romanization)
開山し (stem)
開山した (past)
開山し
かいさんし
kaisan shi
開山する
かいさんする
kaisan suru
開山すれ
かいさんすれ
kaisan sure
開山せよ (imperative literary)
開山しろ (colloquial imperative)
かいさんせよ (imperative literary)
かいさんしろ (colloquial imperative)
kaisan seyo (imperative literary)
kaisan shiro (colloquial imperative)
開山される (passive)
かいさんされる (passive)
kaisan sareru (passive)
開山させる (causative)
開山さす (causative)
かいさんさせる (causative)
かいさんさす (causative)
kaisan saseru (causative)
kaisan sasu (causative)
開山できる (potential)
かいさんできる (potential)
kaisan dekiru (potential)
開山しよう (volitional)
かいさんしよう (volitional)
kaisan shiyō (volitional)
開山しない (negative)
かいさんしない (negative)
kaisan shinai (negative)
開山せず (continuative negative)
かいさんせず (continuative negative)
kaisan sezu (continuative negative)
開山します (formal)
かいさんします (formal)
kaisan shimasu (formal)
開山した (perfective)
かいさんした (perfective)
kaisan shita (perfective)
開山して (conjunctive)
かいさんして (conjunctive)
kaisan shite (conjunctive)
開山すれば (conditional hypothetical)
かいさんすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kaisan sureba (conditional hypothetical)


音鉄

(slang) fan of the sounds related to trains and rail transport (whistles, jingles, announcements, etc.)


帰依

(Buddhism) refuge; believing in the teachings of the gods and Buddhas and high priests


帰依

帰依する (canonical)
kie suru (romanization)
帰依し (stem)
帰依した (past)
帰依し
きえし
kie shi
帰依する
きえする
kie suru
帰依すれ
きえすれ
kie sure
帰依せよ (imperative literary)
帰依しろ (colloquial imperative)
きえせよ (imperative literary)
きえしろ (colloquial imperative)
kie seyo (imperative literary)
kie shiro (colloquial imperative)
帰依される (passive)
きえされる (passive)
kie sareru (passive)
帰依させる (causative)
帰依さす (causative)
きえさせる (causative)
きえさす (causative)
kie saseru (causative)
kie sasu (causative)
帰依できる (potential)
きえできる (potential)
kie dekiru (potential)
帰依しよう (volitional)
きえしよう (volitional)
kie shiyō (volitional)
帰依しない (negative)
きえしない (negative)
kie shinai (negative)
帰依せず (continuative negative)
きえせず (continuative negative)
kie sezu (continuative negative)
帰依します (formal)
きえします (formal)
kie shimasu (formal)
帰依した (perfective)
きえした (perfective)
kie shita (perfective)
帰依して (conjunctive)
きえして (conjunctive)
kie shite (conjunctive)
帰依すれば (conditional hypothetical)
きえすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kie sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(Buddhism) to become a (devout) believer in Buddhism

(Christianity, formal) to embrace Christianity

(Buddhism) to take refuge in the Three Jewels


リリック

[ɾʲiɾʲik̚kɯ̟]

(poetry) Synonym of 抒情詩 (jojōshi, “lyric poetry; lyric poem”)

2010, “GO! GO! MANIAC [GO! GO! MANIAC]”, 大森祥子 (lyrics), Tom-H@ck [Tom-H@ck] (music), performed by 放課後ティータイム:

Anna merodi konna ririkku
Sagashiteikitai n da motto motto

あんなメロディ こんなリリック
探していきたいんだ もっともっと

Those kinds of melodies and these kinds of lyrics;
I want to go look for even more

リリック(歌詞)閃(き)た！

2008 July 23, TAGRO, “#06”, in 変ゼミ [Abnormal Physiology Seminar], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 97:


舞い踊る

ja-verb

舞(ま)い踊(おど)る • (maiodoru) godan (stem 舞(ま)い踊(おど)り (maiodori), past 舞(ま)い踊(おど)った (maiodotta))

舞い踊る (canonical)
maiodoru (romanization)
舞い踊り (stem)
舞い踊った (past)
舞い踊ら
まいおどら
maiodora
舞い踊り
まいおどり
maiodori
舞い踊る
まいおどる
maiodoru
舞い踊れ
まいおどれ
maiodore
舞い踊られる (passive)
まいおどられる (passive)
maiodorareru (passive)
舞い踊らせる (causative)
舞い踊らす (causative)
まいおどらせる (causative)
まいおどらす (causative)
maiodoraseru (causative)
maiodorasu (causative)
舞い踊れる (potential)
まいおどれる (potential)
maiodoreru (potential)
舞い踊ろう (volitional)
まいおどろう (volitional)
maiodorō (volitional)
舞い踊らない (negative)
まいおどらない (negative)
maiodoranai (negative)
舞い踊らず (continuative negative)
まいおどらず (continuative negative)
maiodorazu (continuative negative)
舞い踊ります (formal)
まいおどります (formal)
maiodorimasu (formal)
舞い踊った (perfective)
まいおどった (perfective)
maiodotta (perfective)
舞い踊って (conjunctive)
まいおどって (conjunctive)
maiodotte (conjunctive)
舞い踊れば (conditional hypothetical)
まいおどれば (conditional hypothetical)
maiodoreba (conditional hypothetical)

舞う (mau, “to dance”) + 踊る (odoru, “to dance”)


般若心経

ja-pos

^はんにゃ ^しんぎょう

般(はん)若(にゃ)心(しん)経(ぎょう) • (Hannya Shingyō) ^(←はんにやしんぎやう (Fannyasingyau)?)

般若心経 (canonical)
Hannya Shingyō (romanization)
Fannyasingyau (romanization)
はんにやしんぎやう (hiragana historical)

Short form of 般若波羅蜜多心経 (Hannya Haramitta Shingyō).

観自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。舎利子。色不異空。空不異色。色即是空。空即是色。受想行識亦復如是...

Kanjizai Bosatsu, gyō jin hannya haramitta ji, shōken goun kai kū, do issai kuyaku. Sharishi, shiki fu i kū, kū fu i shiki. Shiki soku ze kū, kū soku ze shiki. Ju-sō-gyō-shiki yaku bu nyoze...

Avalokiteśvara, who helps all to awaken, moves in the deep course of realizing wisdom beyond wisdom, sees that all five streams of body, heart, and mind are without boundary, and frees all from anguish. O Sariputra, [who listens to the teachings of the Buddha], form is not separate from boundlessness; boundlessness is not separate from form. Form is boundlessness; boundlessness is form. Feelings, perceptions, inclinations, and discernment are also like this.

(Buddhism) the Heart Sutra, Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra:


とつぐ

ja-verb

とつぐ • (totsugu) intransitive godan (stem とつぎ (totsugi), past とついだ (totsuida))

totsugu (romanization)
とつぎ (stem)
とついだ (past)
とつが
totsuga
とつぎ
totsugi
とつぐ
totsugu
とつげ
totsuge
とつがれる (passive)
totsugareru (passive)
とつがせる (causative)
とつがす (causative)
totsugaseru (causative)
totsugasu (causative)
とつげる (potential)
totsugeru (potential)
とつごう (volitional)
totsugō (volitional)
とつがない (negative)
totsuganai (negative)
とつがず (continuative negative)
totsugazu (continuative negative)
とつぎます (formal)
totsugimasu (formal)
とついだ (perfective)
totsuida (perfective)
とついで (conjunctive)
totsuide (conjunctive)
とつげば (conditional hypothetical)
totsugeba (conditional hypothetical)

[to̞t͡sɨɡɯ̟]

(of a woman) to marry into the husband's family


ソルフェージュ

ja-noun

ソルフェージュ • (sorufēju)

[so̞ɾɯ̟ɸe̞ːʑɨ]


へへののもへじ

へのへのもへじ へのへのもへじ#Japanese


長唄

→ English: nagauta

From 長 (naga-, “long”) + 唄 (uta, “shamisen song”).

prefix

(music) shamisen music developed as an accompaniment to kabuki theater


同行二人

ja-pos

同(どう)行(ぎょう)二(に)人(にん) • (dōgyō ninin) ^(←どうぎやうににん (dougyauninin)?)

同行二人 (canonical)
dōgyō ninin (romanization)
dougyauninin (romanization)
どうぎやうににん (hiragana historical)

[do̞ːɡʲo̞ː ɲ̟iɲ̟ĩɴ]

Literally “two persons on the same journey”. That is, the pilgrim walks alongside 弘法大師 (Kōbō Daishi).

(Buddhism) a phrase written on walking sticks, hats, and other implements of pilgrims walking along the 四国巡礼 (Shikoku Junrei, “Shikoku pilgrimage”)


梵鐘

bonshō (large bell used in Buddhist temples)


ファルセット

[ɸa̠ɾɯ̟se̞t̚to̞]


念彼観音力

ねんぴ ^かんのん りき

念(ねん)彼(ぴ)観(かん)音(のん)力(りき) • (nenpi Kannon riki) ^(←ねんぴくわんおんりき (nenpikwan'onriki)?)

念彼観音力 (canonical)
nenpi Kannon riki (romanization)
nenpikwan'onriki (romanization)
ねんぴくわんおんりき (hiragana historical)

From the gatha of the twenty-fifth chapter of the Lotus Sutra; this same phrase is mentioned 13 times.


獣の数字

獣の数字 (canonical)
Kemono no Sūji (romanization)

獣 (kemono, “beast”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 数字 (sūji, “number”)


千秋楽

ja-noun

千(せん)秋(しゅう)楽(らく) • (senshūraku) ^(←せんしうらく (sensiuraku)?)

千秋楽 (canonical)
senshūraku (romanization)
sensiuraku (romanization)
せんしうらく (hiragana historical)

→ English: senshuraku

[sẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨːɾa̠kɯ̟]

Compound of 千秋(せんしゅう) (senshū, “thousand years, millennium”, literally “thousand autumns”) + 楽(らく) (raku, “comfort, ease”). The noun senses are derived from the gagaku work, which was originally played to mark the enthronement of Emperor Go-Sanjō in the mid-11th century.
The alternative spelling 千穐楽 is mostly used in the context of theatre, due to superstitions based on the kanji 秋 (“autumn”) containing 火 (“fire”); therefore 亀 (“turtle”) was substituted with a more auspicious connotation.

ja-compound

(sumo, theater) the final day in a set of multi-day performances


ターミナルビル

[ta̠ːmʲina̠ɾɯ̟ bʲiɾɯ̟]

ターミナル (tāminaru, “terminal”) + ビル (biru, “building”), calque of English terminal building


セレナード

From French sérénade or English serenade.


未来人

[mʲiɾa̠iʑĩɴ]

未来 (mirai, “future”) + 人 (-jin, “person”)

suf

『ただの人間(にんげん)には興味(きょうみ)ありません。この中(なか)に宇宙人(うちゅうじん)、未来人(みらいじん)、異世界人(いせかいじん)、超能力者(ちょうのうりょくしゃ)がいたら、あたしのところに来(き)なさい。以上(いじょう)。』

2003, Tanigawa Nagaru, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kadokawa Shoten, page 11:


敵役

敵役 (canonical)
katakiyaku (romanization)


エロゲー

ja-noun

エロゲー • (erogē)

(less common) Alternative form of エロゲ (eroge)


エロゲ

adult video game; video game with R-18 themes


伽藍

(Buddhism) Short for 僧伽藍摩 (sōgaranma, “a Buddhist temple or monastery”).


いいね

From いい (ii, “good”) + ね (ne, particle): "this is great!"


いいね

いいねする (canonical)
ii ne suru (romanization)
いいねし (stem)
いいねした (past)
いいねし
ii ne shi
いいねする
ii ne suru
いいねすれ
ii ne sure
いいねせよ (imperative literary)
いいねしろ (colloquial imperative)
ii ne seyo (imperative literary)
ii ne shiro (colloquial imperative)
いいねされる (passive)
ii ne sareru (passive)
いいねさせる (causative)
いいねさす (causative)
ii ne saseru (causative)
ii ne sasu (causative)
いいねできる (potential)
ii ne dekiru (potential)
いいねしよう (volitional)
ii ne shiyō (volitional)
いいねしない (negative)
ii ne shinai (negative)
いいねせず (continuative negative)
ii ne sezu (continuative negative)
いいねします (formal)
ii ne shimasu (formal)
いいねした (perfective)
ii ne shita (perfective)
いいねして (conjunctive)
ii ne shite (conjunctive)
いいねすれば (conditional hypothetical)
ii ne sureba (conditional hypothetical)

On the Japanese Facebook “Like” becomes Ii ne! (いいね! That’s good!) with the exclamation point included.

2012 June 25, Daniel Morales, “Ii ne! Facebook is a perfect place for Japanese immersion”, in The Japan Times (in English), retrieved 2023-04-12:


ユーフォニアム

[jɯ̟ːɸo̞ɲ̟ia̠mɯ̟]


ボーイズラブ

→ English: boys' love, BL

→ Chinese: BL

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from boys + love


金継ぎ

From 金(きん) (kin, “gold”) + 継(つ)ぎ (tsugi, “repairing, mending; joining”).

ja-compound

kintsugi (the art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold)


VOCALOID

VOCALOID (canonical)
Bōkaroido (romanization)

VOCALOID (the singing voice synthesizer engine/software developed by YAMAHA, which has gathered a substantial online following since 2007)


VOCALOID

VOCALOID (canonical)
bōkaroido (romanization)

2014, 水(みず)あさと (Mizu Asato), デンキ街(がい)の本屋(ほんや)さん (Denkigai no hon'ya-san) [The Electric Town's Bookstore], volume 8.5:

Favorite music genres: denpa-kei, alternative rockbands, VOCALOID, etc.

好きな音楽ジャンル：電波系ソング オルタナロックバンド系 ボカロ等

suki na ongaku janru: denpa-kei songu orutanarokkubandokei bokaro nado

ボカロ (音楽ジャンル)
w:ja:ボカロ (音楽ジャンル)

(music) VOCALOID music (category of music that uses the VOCALOID technology)


千手観音

ja-pos

千(せん)手(じゅ)観(かん)音(のん) • (Senju Kannon) ^(←せんじゆくわんおん (Senzyukwan'on)?)

千手観音 (canonical)
Senju Kannon (romanization)
Senzyukwan'on (romanization)
せんじゆくわんおん (hiragana historical)

[sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑɨ kã̠nːõ̞ɴ]

千 (sen, “thousand”) + 手 (shu, “hand”) + 観音 (Kannon), calque of Sanskrit सहस्रभुजार्यावलोकितेश्वर (sahasrabhujāryāvalokiteśvara). The shu reading for 手 changes to ju as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The on reading for 音 changes to non as an instance of renjō (連声).

cal

सहस्रभुजार्यावलोकितेश्वर

ja-renjō

(Buddhism) the Thousand-Handed Bodhisattva


蘇婆訶

Transliteration of Sanskrit स्वाहा (svāhā).

(Buddhism, rare) word added to the end of a mantra, used as an intention for blessing, good luck, etc., or as an oblation


薩婆訶

ja-pos

薩婆訶(そわか) or 薩婆訶(ソワカ) • (sowaka) ^(←そはか (sofaka) or ソハカ (sofaka)?)

薩婆訶 (canonical)
薩婆訶 (canonical)
sowaka (romanization)
sofaka (romanization)
そはか (hiragana historical)
ソハカ (hiragana historical)

/sopaka/ → /soɸaka/ → /sowaka/
From Middle Chinese 薩婆訶 (MC sat ba xa), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit स्वाहा (svāhā).

(Buddhism) word added to the end of a mantra, used as an intention for blessing, good luck, etc., or as an oblation

羯諦羯諦波羅羯諦波羅僧羯諦菩提薩婆訶

gyatei gyatei haragyatei harasōgyatei boji sowaka


そわか

そわか (canonical)
ソワカ (canonical)
sowaka (romanization)

Transcription of Sanskrit स्वाहा (svāhā).

娑婆訶, 莎訶, 蘇婆訶, 薩婆訶: (Buddhism) "svāhā" (used as an oblation)


南無妙法蓮華経

^なむ ^みょうほう ^れんげ ^きょう

^なむ ^めうほふ ^れんげ ^きやう

南(な)無(む)妙(みょう)法(ほう)蓮(れん)華(げ)経(きょう) • (Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō) ^(←なむめうほふれんげきやう (Namu Meufofu Renge Kyau)?)

南無妙法蓮華経 (canonical)
Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (romanization)
Namu Meufofu Renge Kyau (romanization)
なむめうほふれんげきやう (hiragana historical)

From 南無 (namu, Buddhist salutation or expression of faith) + 妙法蓮華経 (Myōhō Renge Kyō, “Lotus Sutra”).

com

(Buddhism) a mantra commonly chanted in the Nichiren school of Buddhism, praising the Lotus Sutra


ダメカン

ダメージカウンター ダメージカウンター#Japanese

Clipping of ダメージカウンター (damēji kauntā, “damage counter”).


唵蘇羅薩縛帝曳娑婆訶

ja-pos

^おん ^そらそばてい えい そわか

唵(おん)蘇(そ)羅(ら)薩(そ)縛(ば)帝(てい)曳(えい)娑(そ)婆(わ)訶(か) • (On Sorasobatei ei sowaka)

唵蘇羅薩縛帝曳娑婆訶 (canonical)
On Sorasobatei ei sowaka (romanization)

唵‧蘇羅薩縛帝‧曳‧娑婆訶

唵(おん) (on, “om”) + 蘇(そ)羅(ら)薩(そ)縛(ば)帝(てい) (Sorasobatei, “Saraswati”) + 曳(えい) (ei, transcription of Sanskrit "aym") + 娑(そ)婆(わ)訶(か) (sowaka, “svāhā”) , compare om aim Saraswatyai namah.


唵訶訶訶尾娑摩曳娑婆訶

ja-pos

おん かかか びさんまえい そわか

オン カカカ ビサンマエイ ソワカ

唵(おん)訶(か)訶(か)訶(か)尾(び)娑(さん)摩(ま)曳(えい)娑(そ)婆(わ)訶(か) or 唵訶訶訶尾娑摩曳娑婆訶(オンカカカビサンマエイソワカ) • (on kakaka bisanmaei sowaka)

唵訶訶訶尾娑摩曳娑婆訶 (canonical)
唵訶訶訶尾娑摩曳娑婆訶 (canonical)
on kakaka bisanmaei sowaka (romanization)

[o̞ŋ ka̠ka̠ka̠ bʲisã̠mːa̠e̞ː so̞β̞a̠ka̠]

唵‧訶‧訶‧訶‧尾娑摩曳‧娑婆訶

From Sanskrit ॐ हहह विस्मये स्वाहा (oṃ hahaha vismaye svāhā): 唵(おん) (on, “om”) + 訶(か)訶(か)訶(か) (kakaka, onomatopoeia for laughter) + 尾(び)娑(さん)摩(ま)曳(えい) (bisanmaei, transcription of "vismaye") + 娑(そ)婆(わ)訶(か) (sowaka, “svāhā”).

der

おんかかかびさんまえいそわか

ja-compound

(Buddhism) An esoteric Buddhist mantra (Om! Ha ha ha! O wondrous one, svāhā!).


チアリーディング

[t͡ɕia̠ɾʲiːdʲĩŋɡɯ̟]


ポンポン

Borrowed from English pompon, from French pompon.

a pompon (puff or ball used for decoration or cheerleading)


ヨルムンガンド

[jo̞ɾɯ̟mɯ̟̃ŋɡã̠ndo̞]

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Jǫrmungandr


オンアラハシャノウ

ja-pos

オンアラハシャノウ or おんあらはしゃのう • (on'arahashanō) ^(←オンアラハシヤナウ (on'arafasyanau)?)

オンアラハシャノウ (canonical)
おんあらはしゃのう (canonical)
on'arahashanō (romanization)
on'arafasyanau (romanization)
オンアラハシヤナウ (historical katakana)

[o̞ɰ̃ a̠ɾa̠ha̠ɕa̠no̞ː]

オン‧ア‧ラ‧ハ‧シャ‧ノウ

/on a ra pa sa nau/ → /on a ra ɸa sya nau/ → /on a ra ha ɕa noː/
From Sanskrit ॐ अरपचन धीः (oṃ arapacana dhīḥ): 唵(オン) (on, “oṃ”) + アラハシャノウ (arahashanō, “arapacana”, a Buddhist mnemonic of the Sanskrit alphabet).

ja-compound

(Buddhism, chiefly Shingon) An esoteric Buddhist mantra, directed to Monju Bosatsu (Mañjuśrī bodhisattva)


オンマイタレイヤソワカ

ja-pos

おん まいたれいや そわか

オンマイタレイヤソワカ or おんまいたれいやそわか • (onmaitareiyasowaka) ^(←オンマイタレイヤソハカ (onmaitareiyasofaka)?)

オンマイタレイヤソワカ (canonical)
おんまいたれいやそわか (canonical)
onmaitareiyasowaka (romanization)
onmaitareiyasofaka (romanization)
オンマイタレイヤソハカ (historical katakana)

オン‧マイタレイヤ‧ソワカ

From Sanskrit ॐ मैत्रेय स्वाहा (oṃ maitreya svāhā): 唵(オン) (on, “oṃ”) + マイタレイヤ (maitareiya, “Maitreya”, literally “compassionate one”) + ソワカ (sowaka, “svāhā”).

bor

ॐ मैत्रेय स्वाहा

ja-compound

(Buddhism, chiefly Shingon) An esoteric Buddhist mantra, directed to Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya bodhisattva)


科学博物館

ja-noun

くわがく はくぶつくわん

科(か)学(がく)博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん) • (kagaku hakubutsukan) ^(←くわがくはくぶつくわん (kwagaku fakubutukwan)?)

科学博物館 (canonical)
kagaku hakubutsukan (romanization)
kwagaku fakubutukwan (romanization)
くわがくはくぶつくわん (hiragana historical)

[ka̠ɡa̠kɯ̟ ha̠kɯ̟bɯ̟t͡sɨ̥kã̠ɴ]

科学 (kagaku, “science”) + 博物館 (hakubutsukan, “museum”)


エフェクター

ja-noun

エフェクター • (efekutā)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from effector

pseudo-loan

(music) effects unit (effects pedal, etc.)


天象儀

ja-noun

天(てん)象(しょう)儀(ぎ) • (tenshōgi) ^(←てんしやうぎ (tensyaugi)?)

天象儀 (canonical)
tenshōgi (romanization)
tensyaugi (romanization)
てんしやうぎ (hiragana historical)

[tẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɡʲi]

天象 (tenshō, “astronomical phenomena”) + 儀 (gi, “model”)


瓔珞

ja-noun

瓔(よう)珞(らく) • (yōraku) ^(←やうらく (yauraku)?)

瓔珞 (canonical)
yōraku (romanization)
yauraku (romanization)
やうらく (hiragana historical)

[jo̞ːɾa̠kɯ̟]

(Buddhism) Jade or pearl necklace, used to decorate statues and shrines.


タッピング

[ta̠p̚ʲpʲĩŋɡɯ̟]


心経

ja-pos

心(しん)経(ぎょう) • (Shingyō) ^(←しんぎやう (Singyau)?)

心経 (canonical)
Shingyō (romanization)
Singyau (romanization)
しんぎやう (hiragana historical)

Shorter form of 般若波羅蜜多心経 (Hannya Haramitta Shingyō).

(Buddhism) Short for 般若心経 (Hannya Shingyō): the Heart Sutra (Sutra of the Heart of Prajnaparamita)


般若波羅蜜多心経

はんにゃ はらみった しんぎょう

^はんにや ^はらみつた ^しんぎやう

般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た)心(しん)経(ぎょう) • (Hannya Haramitta Shingyō) ^(←はんにやはらみつたしんぎやう (Fannya Faramituta Singyau)?)

般%若%波%羅%蜜%多%心%経

はん%にゃ% は%ら%み%た% しん%ぎょう

^はんにゃ ^はらみた ^しんぎょう

般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(み)多(た)心(しん)経(ぎょう) • (Hannya Haramita Shingyō) ^(←はんにゃはらみたしんぎょう (Fannya Faramita Singyou)?)

般若波羅蜜多心経 • ^ (canonical)
般若波羅蜜多心経 (canonical)
Hannya Haramitta Shingyō (romanization)
Fannya Faramituta Singyau (romanization)
Hannya Haramita Shingyō (romanization)
Fannya Faramita Singyou (romanization)
はんにやはらみつたしんぎやう (hiragana historical)
はんにゃはらみたしんぎょう (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 般若波羅蜜多心經 (MC paen nyaeX pa la mjit ta sim keng), itself a calque of Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता हृदय सूत्र (Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya Sūtra).
From 般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た) (hannya haramitta, “Perfection of Wisdom”) + 心(しん) (shin, “heart”) + 経(きょう) (kyō, “sutra”).

der

はんにやはらみつたしんきよう

calque

प्रज्ञापारमिता हृदय सूत्र

ja-compound

はん%にゃ% は%ら%みっ%た

(Buddhism) the Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra


四大天王

ja-noun

四(し)大(だい)天(てん)王(のう) • (shi daitennō) ^(←しだいてんわう (sidaiten'wau)?)

四大天王 (canonical)
shi daitennō (romanization)
sidaiten'wau (romanization)
しだいてんわう (hiragana historical)

Calque of Sanskrit चतुर्महाराज (caturmahārāja, literally “four great kings”).

calque

(Buddhism) Synonym of 四天王 (shitennō): the Four Heavenly Kings


アフラ・マズダー

[a̠ɸɯ̟ɾa̠ ma̠zɨda̠ː]


ヤンデレ

→ English: yandere

→ Korean: 얀데레 (yandere)

→ Mandarin: 病嬌 /病娇 (bìngjiāo)

Blend of 病んでる (yanderu, contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru, progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”))) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).


ツンデレ

→ English: tsundere

→ Korean: 츤데레 (cheundere)

→ Thai: ซึนเดเระ (sʉn-dee-ré)

Blend of つんつん (tsuntsun, “morosely, aloofly, offputtingly”, adverb) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey or infatuated manner”, adverb).

(chiefly Japanese fiction) tsundere: a cold, nitpicky character, usually a girl, who conceals (without complete success) a bashfulness in the presence of their crush


ヴァルハラ

[ba̠ɾɯ̟ha̠ɾa̠]


インマヌエル

[ĩmːa̠nɯ̟e̞ɾɯ̟]


ヨエル

ヨエル書


メントール

[mẽ̞nto̞ːɾɯ̟]


メントール

[mẽ̞nto̞ːɾɯ̟]


たいほう

ja-noun

たいほう • (taihō)


下忍

Likely a clipping of compound 下(げ)人(にん) (genin, “low-ranked person”) + 忍(にん)者(じゃ) (ninja, “ninja”).


白蓮教

白蓮教 (canonical)
Byakurenkyō (romanization)

[bʲa̠kɯ̟ɾẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

(historical, religion) White Lotus (a religious and political movement that originated in China in the late 13th century)


南無

Transliteration of Sanskrit नमो (namo), from Sanskrit नमस् (námas, literally “a bow”), possibly via Middle Chinese 南無 (MC nom mju).
Compare Mandarin 南無 /南无 (námó).

der

(Buddhism) Used in Buddhist salutations or expressions of faith: to salute; to homage or to take refuge (a Buddha or a Bodhisattva).


南無

Likely a borrowing from Mandarin 南無 /南无 (námó).


アマゾーン

ja-pos

アマゾーン • (Amazōn)

[a̠ma̠zõ̞ːɴ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών sg (Amazṓn, “Amazon”)


摩訶

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Kūkai
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra
ja:大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経
ja:弘法大師

From Middle Chinese 摩訶 (MC ma xa), in turn a borrowing from Sanskrit महा (mahā), itself the combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”).
First cited in Japanese to the 824 Buddhist text 大日経開題 (Dainichikyō Kaidai), a commentary written by 弘法大師 (Kōbō Daishi, also known as Kūkai) on the 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 (Dai Birushana Jōbutsu Jinben Kaji Kyō, “Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra”).

(Buddhism) something great, something excellent (used as an epithet with regard to people or things)


摩訶

摩訶 (canonical)
摩訶 (canonical)
maka- (romanization)

(Buddhism) great, excellent (used as an epithet on the names of people or things)


無始

(Buddhism) the eternal without beginning; that which has always existed


説法

ja-noun

説(せっ)法(ぽう) • (seppō) ^(←せつぽふ (setupofu)?)

説法 (canonical)
seppō (romanization)
setupofu (romanization)
せつぽふ (hiragana historical)


説法

説法する (canonical)
seppō suru (romanization)
setupofu (romanization)
説法し (stem)
説法した (past)
説法し
せっぽうし
seppō shi
説法する
せっぽうする
seppō suru
説法すれ
せっぽうすれ
seppō sure
説法せよ (imperative literary)
説法しろ (colloquial imperative)
せっぽうせよ (imperative literary)
せっぽうしろ (colloquial imperative)
seppō seyo (imperative literary)
seppō shiro (colloquial imperative)
説法される (passive)
せっぽうされる (passive)
seppō sareru (passive)
説法させる (causative)
説法さす (causative)
せっぽうさせる (causative)
せっぽうさす (causative)
seppō saseru (causative)
seppō sasu (causative)
説法できる (potential)
せっぽうできる (potential)
seppō dekiru (potential)
説法しよう (volitional)
せっぽうしよう (volitional)
seppō shiyō (volitional)
説法しない (negative)
せっぽうしない (negative)
seppō shinai (negative)
説法せず (continuative negative)
せっぽうせず (continuative negative)
seppō sezu (continuative negative)
説法します (formal)
せっぽうします (formal)
seppō shimasu (formal)
説法した (perfective)
せっぽうした (perfective)
seppō shita (perfective)
説法して (conjunctive)
せっぽうして (conjunctive)
seppō shite (conjunctive)
説法すれば (conditional hypothetical)
せっぽうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
seppō sureba (conditional hypothetical)


メカ

→ English: mecha

→ Indonesian: meka

Shortened from メカニック (mekanikku), which was borrowed from English mechanic.

メカゴジラ ― Mekagojira ― Mechagodzilla


摩訶般若波羅蜜多心経

ja-pos

まか はんにゃ はらみった しんぎょう

まかはんにやはらみつたしんぎやう

摩(ま)訶(か)般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た)心(しん)経(ぎょう) • (Maka Hannya Haramitta Shingyō) ^(←まかはんにやはらみつたしんぎやう (Makafannyafaramitutasingyau)?)

摩訶般若波羅蜜多心経 (canonical)
Maka Hannya Haramitta Shingyō (romanization)
Makafannyafaramitutasingyau (romanization)
まかはんにやはらみつたしんぎやう (hiragana historical)

From 摩訶(まか) (maka, itself from Sanskrit महा (mahā), “great”) + 般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た)心(しん)経(ぎょう) (Hannya Haramitta Shingyō, “Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra”).

ja-compound

般%若 波%羅%蜜%多 心%経

^はん%にゃ ^は%ら%みっ%た ^しん%ぎょう

itself from Sanskrit <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">महा</i> (mahā), “great”

(Buddhism) Synonym of 般若心経 (Hannya Shingyō): the Heart Sutra


アマバン

アマチュアバンド アマチュアバンド#Japanese

Short for アマチュアバンド (amachua bando, “amateur band”).


ドゥーワップ

ja-noun

ドゥーワップ • (dūwappu)

[dɯ̟ːβ̞a̠p̚pɯ̟]


阿弥陀

Middle Chinese 阿彌陀 (MC 'a mjie da), Sanskrit अमिताभ (amitābha)

Synonym of 阿弥陀仏 (Amidabutsu, “Amitābha”)


君が代

君が代 (canonical)
Kimi ga Yo (romanization)

Daijisen
Kokin Wakashū
Man'yōshū
Wakan Rōeishū
ja:松村明

From Old Japanese 君が代 (kimi ga yo). Found already in the Man'yōshū, completed in 759 CE.
Analyzable as a noun phrase composed of 君 (kimi, “lord, master”) + が (ga, ancient possessive particle) + 代 (yo, “life, lifespan; reign”).
The lyrics to the national anthem are from the 776th poem of the Wakan Rōeishū (c. 1013), in turn based on the 343rd poem of the Kokin Wakashū (905 CE):
: わが君(きみ)は千代(ちよ)に八千代(やちよ)にさざれ石(いし)の巌(いはほ)となりて苔(こけ)の生(む)すまで
waga kimi wa chiyo ni yachiyo ni sazare-ishi no iwao to narite koke no musu made
May our lord endure for a thousand, eight thousand long generations―may he live until pebbles grow into mossy boulders.

ja-usex

わが君は千代に八千代にさざれ石の巌となりて苔の生すまで

わが きみ は ちよ に やちよ に さざれ-いし の いはほ と なりて こけ の むす まで

君が代は千代に八千代にさざれ石のいわおとなりて苔のむすまで

kimi ga yo wa chiyo ni yachiyo ni sazare-ishi no iwao to narite koke no musu made

May your majesty's reign for a thousand―even eight thousand―generations, until pebbles become boulders covered over moss.

「君が代」は正式には日本の国歌です。

“Kimigayo ” wa seishiki ni wa nihon no kokka desu.

Kimigayo is officially the national anthem of Japan.

「君が代」は正式には日本の国歌です。


罪業

ja-noun

罪(ざい)業(ごう) • (zaigō) ^(←ざいごふ (zaigofu)?)

罪業 (canonical)
zaigō (romanization)
zaigofu (romanization)
ざいごふ (hiragana historical)


福音主義

福音主義 (canonical)
fukuin shugi (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟kɯ̟iɰ̃ ɕɨɡʲi]

福音 (fukuin, “gospel”) + 主義 (-shugi, “-ism”)


アニメーター

ja-noun

アニメーター • (animētā)


デスク

(mass media, newspapers) a subeditor; a copy editor


海神

海(わたつ)神(み) or 海(わた)神(がみ) or 海(わたの)神(かみ) • (watatsumi or watagami or wata no kami)

海神 (canonical)
海神 (canonical)
海神 (canonical)
watatsumi (romanization)
watagami (romanization)
wata no kami (romanization)

Watatsumi: Old Japanese, 海 (“sea”) + つ (archaic genitive particle) + 神 (“spirit”)
Watagami: 海 + 神 (“god”)
Wata no kami: 海 + の (genitive particle) + 神 (“god”)
Kaijin: Middle Chinese 海神 (MC xojX zyin).

af

Coordinate term: 山祇 (yamatsumi)


真書

(Chinese calligraphy) Synonym of 楷書 (kaisho, “regular script”)


真書

(Chinese calligraphy) fine brush used for writing Chinese characters in the regular script


観自在

ja-noun

観(かん)自(じ)在(ざい) • (kanjizai) ^(←くわんじざい (kwanzizai)?)

観自在 (canonical)
kanjizai (romanization)
kwanzizai (romanization)
くわんじざい (hiragana historical)

From a translation of Sanskrit अवलोकितेश्वर (Avalokiteśvara) in the Heart Sutra, rooted in Middle Chinese.
In the present form, 観 (kan, “see, observe”, from अवलोकित (avalokita), "beholding") + 自在 (jizai, from ईश्वर (īśvara), "supreme being").
Compare 観世音 (Kanzeon).

der

अवलोकितेश्वर

(Buddhism) that is able to see everything at will


観自在

ja-pos

観(かん)自(じ)在(ざい) • (Kanjizai) ^(←くわんじざい (Kwanzizai)?)

観自在 (canonical)
Kanjizai (romanization)
Kwanzizai (romanization)
くわんじざい (hiragana historical)

der

अवलोकितेश्वर

観自在菩薩 観自在菩薩#Japanese

(Buddhism) Short for 観自在菩薩 (Kanjizai Bosatsu, “Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva”).


ウェストバージニア

ja:ウェストバージニア州


三藐三菩提

ja-noun

三(さん)藐(みゃく)三(さん)菩(ぼ)提(だい) • (sanmyaku sanbodai)

三藐三菩提 (canonical)
sanmyaku sanbodai (romanization)

Ultimately from Sanskrit सम्यक् सम्बोधि (samyak sambodhi, “complete enlightenment”), via Middle Chinese 三藐三菩提 (MC sam maewk sam bu dej).

der

सम्यक् सम्बोधि


卒塔婆

ja-noun

卒(そ)塔(とう)婆(ば) • (sotōba) ^(←そたふば (sotafuba)?)

卒塔婆 (canonical)
sotōba (romanization)
sotafuba (romanization)
そたふば (hiragana historical)

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Kōjien
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Shinmura Izuru

From Middle Chinese 卒塔婆 (MC tswit|tshwot|tswot thap ba), in turn a transliteration of Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa, “heap, mound, relic-shrine, summit”).
The length of the medial /-o-/ vowel has apparently varied somewhat over time. First cited to a text from 850, with the spelling 窣堵婆 (sotoba?). The short-"o" reading sotoba appears to be more common in modern usage.

der

(Buddhism) stupa (structure housing Buddhist relics), dagoba


卒塔婆

Possibly a sound shift from sotōba. Then again, the length of the medial /-o-/ vowel has apparently varied somewhat over time. First cited to a text from 850, with the spelling 窣堵婆 (sotoba?). The short-"o" reading sotoba appears to be more common in modern usage.


沖つ白波

沖つ白波 (canonical)
oki tsu shiranami (romanization)

From Old Japanese: 沖(おき) (oki, “open sea”) + つ (tsu, archaic possessive particle) + 白波(しらなみ) (shiranami, “whitecaps, white-crested waves”).

ja-compound

風吹けば沖つ白波たつた山夜半にや君がひとり越ゆらむ

905, Kokin Wakashū (book 18, poem 994; also Ise Monogatari, episode 23; Yamato Monogatari, episode 149)

as the howling winds keep white waves in the offing in the deep of night[,] is my lord crossing Tatsuta Mountain alone[?]

kaze fukeba oki tsu shiranami Tatsuta-yama yowa ni ya kimi ga hitori koyu ran

(poetry) a 序詞 (jokotoba), associated with the above meaning:

立田山 (Tatsuta-yama, “Mount Tatsuta”), pun on 立つ (tatsu, “to stand”)

淡海々奥白浪雖不知妹所云七日越来

Ōmi-no-umi oki tsu shiranami shirazu tomo imogari to iwaba nanuka koe kon

Even if I don't know (where you live), sounding like the white waves in the offing of the [Ōmi] sea, if you tell me (where) your house (is), (even if it would take me) seven days to cross (the hills), I will come!


クラシック音楽

クラシック音楽 (canonical)
kurashikku ongaku (romanization)

[kɯ̟ɾa̠ɕi̥k̚kɯ̟ õ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟]


ワールドミュージック

[β̞a̠ːɾɯ̟do̞ mʲɨːʑik̚kɯ̟]

(music) world music (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements)

ja:ワールドミュージック


あらやしき

阿頼耶識: (Buddhism) store-house consciousness


写真家

ja-noun

写(しゃ)真(しん)家(か) • (shashinka) ^(←しやしんか (syasinka)?)

写真家 (canonical)
shashinka (romanization)
syasinka (romanization)
しやしんか (hiragana historical)


光明真言

ja-pos

光(こう)明(みょう)真(しん)言(ごん) • (Kōmyō Shingon) ^(←くわうみやうしんごん (Kwaumyausingon)?)

光明真言 (canonical)
Kōmyō Shingon (romanization)
Kwaumyausingon (romanization)
くわうみやうしんごん (hiragana historical)

[ko̞ːmʲo̞ː ɕĩŋɡõ̞ɴ]

Compound of 光明 (kōmyō, “light”) + 真言 (shingon, “mantra”).

com

唵阿謨伽尾盧左曩摩訶母捺囉麽抳鉢納麽入嚩攞鉢囉韈哆野吽

on abokya beiroshanō makabodara mani handoma jinbara harabaritaya un

oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudra maṇi padma jvāla pravarttaya hūṃ

(Buddhism) an esoteric Buddhist mantra directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahāvairocana tathāgata”)


創造神

[so̞ːzo̞ːɕĩɴ]

創造 (sōzō, “creation”) + 神 (shin, “deity”)

光の創造神 ホルアクティ


創造主

ja-pos

創(そう)造(ぞう)主(しゅ) • (Sōzōshu) ^(←さうざうしゆ (Sauzausyu)?)

創造主 (canonical)
Sōzōshu (romanization)
Sauzausyu (romanization)
さうざうしゆ (hiragana historical)

[so̞ːzo̞ːɕɨ]

From 創造 (sōzō, “creation”) + 主 (Shu, “Lord”).

1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 184:

Eva would’ve been the Creator to the Clans. And Jacob was one of Eva (Eve)’s descendants.

クラン達にとってエバは創造主 そのエバ（イブ）子孫がヤコブだろ

Kuran-tachi ni totte Eba wa Sōzōshu Sono Eba (Ibu) shison ga Yakobu daro


一眼レフ

一眼レフ (canonical)
ichigan refu (romanization)

[it͡ɕi̥ɡa̠n̺ ɾe̞ɸɯ̟]

From 一眼(いちがん) (ichigan, “single-lens”, literally “one eye”) + レフ, shortened from レフレックスカメラ (refurekkusu kamera), from English reflex camera.

ja-r

single-lens reflex camera
single-lens reflex camera


フィルム・ノワール

[ɸʲiɾɯ̟mɯ̟ no̞β̞a̠ːɾɯ̟]

From French film noir (literally “black film”).

bor

ja:フィルム・ノワール


テナー

ja-noun

テナー • (tenā)


ファン・フィクション

[ɸa̠ɰ̃ ɸʲikɯ̟ɕõ̞ɴ]


マーメイド

2000 April 20, “弓(ゆみ)を引(ひ)くマーメイド [Bow-Drawing Mermaid]”, in Booster 2, Konami:

A mermaid who normally hides inside her seashell, but who will shoot anyone who dares come near her.

普段は貝殻の中に身を隠し、近づく者に矢を放つマーメイド。

Fudan wa kaigara no naka ni mi o kakushi, chikazuku mono ni ya o hanatsu māmeido.

1999 August 26, “海(うな)原(ばら)の女(おんな)戦(せん)士(し) [Lady Warrior of the Depths]”, in Booster 4, Konami:

A mermaid who serves the Sea God. Her duty is to guard his holy realm.

海の神に仕えるマーメイド。神聖な領域を守っている。

Umi no Kami ni tsukaeru māmeido. Shinsei na ryōiki o mamotteiru.


マーメード

マーメード • (māmēdo)

マーメイド マーメイド#Japanese

Alternative spelling of マーメイド (māmeido, “mermaid”)


エイリアン

2004 December 31, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん) 海(うみ)の水(みず)がなぜしょっぱいかだと？ オメーら都(と)会(かい)人(じん)が泳(およ)ぎながら用(よう)足(た)してくからだろーがァァ‼ [Lesson 32: Why’s Sea Water So Salty? ’Cos You Urban Folks Keep Pissin’ Around Whenever You Go Swimmin’!!]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

エイリアン一本釣りだ！

エイリアン一本釣りだ！

What? Alien extermination? Like what? For real?

は？えいりあん退治？え？ホントに来たの？

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


パワーアップ

[pa̠β̞a̠ː a̠p̚pɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from power + up, equivalent to パワー (pawā, noun) + アップ (appu, verb), literally “to up power or abilities”. Not to be confused with English power up (“to charge with electrical power”, verb) which is from power (verb) + up (adverb).

cog

(chiefly fiction, especially video games) upgrade; enhancement


パワーアップ

パワーアップする (canonical)
pawā-appu suru (romanization)
パワーアップし (stem)
パワーアップした (past)
パワーアップし
pawā-appu shi
パワーアップする
pawā-appu suru
パワーアップすれ
pawā-appu sure
パワーアップせよ (imperative literary)
パワーアップしろ (colloquial imperative)
pawā-appu seyo (imperative literary)
pawā-appu shiro (colloquial imperative)
パワーアップされる (passive)
pawā-appu sareru (passive)
パワーアップさせる (causative)
パワーアップさす (causative)
pawā-appu saseru (causative)
pawā-appu sasu (causative)
パワーアップできる (potential)
pawā-appu dekiru (potential)
パワーアップしよう (volitional)
pawā-appu shiyō (volitional)
パワーアップしない (negative)
pawā-appu shinai (negative)
パワーアップせず (continuative negative)
pawā-appu sezu (continuative negative)
パワーアップします (formal)
pawā-appu shimasu (formal)
パワーアップした (perfective)
pawā-appu shita (perfective)
パワーアップして (conjunctive)
pawā-appu shite (conjunctive)
パワーアップすれば (conditional hypothetical)
pawā-appu sureba (conditional hypothetical)

→ English: power-up (calque)

[pa̠β̞a̠ː a̠p̚pɯ̟]

2001 November 29, “レアメタル・ソルジャー [Rare-Metal Soldier]”, in Mythological Age －蘇りし魂－ [Mythological Age －Resurrected Souls－], Konami:

A warrior who is covered with full metal body armor. He upgrades by fusing with “Rare-Metal Lady.”

全身がメタルの装甲で覆われている戦士。「レアメタル・レディ」と融合し、パワーアップする。

Zenshin ga metaru no sōkō de ōwareteiru senshi.“Rea-Metaru Redi” to yūgō shi, pawā-appu suru.

2001 November 29, “レアメタル・レディ [Rare-Metal Lady]”, in Mythological Age －蘇りし魂－ [Mythological Age －Resurrected Souls－], Konami:

A female warrior who is covered with full metal body armor. She upgrades by fusing with “Rare-Metal Soldier.”

全身がメタルの装甲で覆われている女戦士。「レアメタル・ソルジャー」と融合し、パワーアップする。

Zenshin ga metaru no sōkō de ōwareteiru onnasenshi.“Rea-Metaru Sorujā” to yūgō shi, pawā-appu suru.

(chiefly fiction, especially video games) to get upgraded; to get enhanced


ガセ

ガセ (canonical)
がせ (canonical)
gase (romanization)

Shortening of お騒(さわ)がせ (o-sawagase, “causing trouble”).

ja-r

(originally journalism) that which is false


ドリュアス

[do̞ɾʲɨa̠sɨ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás).


リザードマン

[ɾʲiza̠ːdo̞mã̠ɴ]

2000 March 1, “ナイト・リザード [Night Lizard]”, in BOOSTER 7, Konami:

A sea-guarding lizardman warrior covered in green scales.

海を守る、緑のウロコに身を包むリザードマンの戦士。

Umi o mamoru, midori no uroko ni mi o tsutsumu rizādoman no senshi.


ルシフェル

[ɾɯ̟ɕi̥ɸe̞ɾɯ̟]

From Portuguese Lúcifer.
Cited since at least 1599.


禊ぐ

*⟨mi₁ so₂so₂ɡu⟩ → *⟨mi₁so₂ɡu⟩ → */misəɡu/ → /misoɡu/
From Old Japanese, continuative form misogi first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Derivation likely unknown, no known phonetic spellings attested in ancient literature.
* mi is likely 水 (/mi₁/, “water”) instead of 身 (/mi₂/, “body”). See also Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai for more detail on ancient spellings.
* sosogu (probably rendered as */səsəɡu/ in Old Japanese) is definitely 注ぐ (sosogu, “to pour over”), compare 濯ぐ (susugu, “to rinse”).

… 天川原尓出立而潔身而麻之乎高山乃石穂乃上尓伊座都類香物

...ama no kawara ni ide-tachite misogite mashi o takayama no iwao no ue ni imasetsuru ka mo

...to purify myself and pray on the Heavenly River's shore[, ah, that] I must leave him lying among the rocks of that lofty hill!

(Shinto, archaic) to perform misogi (purification ritual, ablution)


ヤムルカ

[ja̠mɯ̟ɾɯ̟ka̠]

Borrowing from Yiddish יאַרמלקע (yarmlke), possibly by way of English yarmulke.

a yarmulke: a skullcap worn by religious Jewish males


ゴーレム

[ɡo̞ːɾe̞mɯ̟]

Borrowed from English golem, from Hebrew גולם \ גֹּלֶם (gólem).

bor

גולם \ גֹּלֶם

1999 March 18, “ウォー・アース [War Earth]”, in Starter(スターター) Box(ボックス), Konami:

A golem assembled from rocks. It petrifies and destroys its opponents.

岩石が集まってできたゴーレム。相手を石化して破壊する。

Ganseki ga atsumatte dekita gōremu. Aite o sekika shite hakai suru.


一拍

(music) one beat, the note length or value specified by a time signature


助監督

助監督 (canonical)
jokantoku (romanization)

助 (jo-, “assistant”) + 監督 (kantoku, “director”)


副監督

副監督 (canonical)
fukukantoku (romanization)

副 (fuku-, “assistant”) + 監督 (kantoku, “director”)


百均

ja-noun

百(ひゃっ)均(きん) • (hyakkin) ^(←ひやくきん (fyakukin)?)

百均 (canonical)
hyakkin (romanization)
fyakukin (romanization)
ひやくきん (hiragana historical)

[ça̠k̚ʲkʲĩɴ]

Shortening of 百(ひゃく)円(えん)均(きん)一(いつ) (hyakuen kin'itsu).

ja-r

ひゃく%えん% きん%いつ

100-yen shop, a common type of Japanese shop similar to dollar store or pound shop, where everything is sold at 100 yen.


抒情詩

ja-noun

抒(じょ)情(じょう)詩(し) • (jojōshi) ^(←じよじやうし (zyozyausi)?)

抒情詩 (canonical)
jojōshi (romanization)
zyozyausi (romanization)
じよじやうし (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑo̞ʑo̞ːɕi]

From 抒情 (jojō, “lyricism”) + 詩 (shi, “poetry; poem”).


キャラソン

[kʲa̠ɾa̠sõ̞ɴ]

キャラクターソング キャラクターソング#Japanese


鎮魂

ja-noun

鎮魂(たましずめ) • (tamashizume) ^(←たましづめ (tamasidume)?)

鎮魂 (canonical)
tamashizume (romanization)
tamasidume (romanization)
たましづめ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 魂 (tama, “soul”) + 鎮め (shizume, “calming, pacifying, appeasing”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 鎮(しず)める (shizumeru, “to calm, to pacify, to appease”).).
The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.

compound

(Shinto) short for 鎮魂の祭 (tamashizume no matsuri, “festival for the pacification of the souls of the dead”) or 鎮魂の式 (tamashizume no shiki, “ritual for the pacification of the souls of the dead”): a mass


鎮魂

ja-noun

鎮魂(みたましずめ) • (mitamashizume) ^(←みたましづめ (mitamasidume)?)

鎮魂 (canonical)
mitamashizume (romanization)
mitamasidume (romanization)
みたましづめ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 御霊 (mitama, “soul”) + 鎮め (shizume, “calming, pacifying, appeasing”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 鎮(しず)める (shizumeru, “to calm, to pacify, to appease”).).
The spelling is from Middle Chinese, from the chinkon reading above.
This reading with the mi- prefix appears to be less common than tamashizume above.

compound

(Shinto, archaic) (see tamashizume above)


テレビゲーム

[te̞ɾe̞bʲi ɡe̞ːmɯ̟]

From テレビ (terebi, “TV”) + ゲーム (gēmu, “game”).

(video games) a video game played on a home console


タイムトラベル

(science fiction) time travel (Requires a device like a time machine and that the traveler is status quo.)


時間旅行

時間旅行 (canonical)
jikan ryokō (romanization)

Calque of English time travel, equivalent to 時間(じかん) (jikan, “time”) + 旅行(りょこう) (ryokō, “travel”).

ja-compound

タイムトラベル タイムトラベル#Japanese

(science fiction) Synonym of タイムトラベル (taimu toraberu, “time travel”)


タイムスリップ

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

pseudo-loan

タイムトラベル タイムトラベル#Japanese

(science fiction) Synonym of タイムトラベル (taimu toraberu, “time travel”); Especially, Traveling in time without using a device such as a time machine.


タイムトリップ

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

1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “帰リ道その２ [The Way Home 2]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 260:

I’m not really panicking right now. Of course this is the first time I’ve been in this situation, but this sort of thing happens in TV and comics all the time, and it’s called a time slip or time trip or something.

ぼくは、別にあわててはいなかった。もちろん初めての経験だったけど、ＴＶやまんがではよく起きることだし、タイムスリップや、タイムトリップとかいう言葉も知っていた。

Boku wa, betsu ni awatete wa inakatta. Mochiron hajimete no keiken datta kedo, terebi ya manga de wa yoku okiru koto dashi, taimu surippu ya, taimu torippu to ka iu kotoba mo shitteita.

タイムトラベル タイムトラベル#Japanese


くるわ

kuruwa (romanization)
kurwa (romanization)
くるわ (hiragana historical)

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Edo period
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten

[kɯ̟ɾɯ̟β̞a̠]

Compound of くる (kuru, “going around”, consider adverbs くるくる (kurukuru), くるり (kururi, “spinningly; turningly”), verb 繰る (kuru, “to spin, to wind (a thread); to turn (a page)”)) + わ (wa, “loop? enclosure?”, the same element appearing in other words in kanji as 曲・回 (“sharp bend, loop, or bight, as in a river or coastline”), and as 輪・環 (“a ring, a loop; a hoop (as for a barrel); a circle, a round; a wheel”)), referring to a wall, palisade, moat (often dry), or natural waterway surrounding a castle or other fortification.
First appears in the late 1500s in reference to such a wall or moat. Later used to refer to the area bounded by such a feature, and then used periphrastically to refer to a red-light district, which was usually divided from the rest of a town by such a wall or fence.

郭通い

frequently visiting a red-light district

郭言葉

the argot of the red-light district during the Edo period

郭沙汰

the rumor and stories of the red-light district

郭三界

the area or neighborhood of a red-light district

郭住まい

residing in a red-light district; the lifestyle of a prostitute

郭勤め

working in a red-light district; someone working in a red-light district, more specifically as a prostitute

郭模様

the fashionable patterns of clothing popular in the red-light district

郭様

the manners and customs of the red-light district

(poetry, haiku) in 俳諧 (haikai, “vulgar haiku”), the general realm of subject matter used for the opening line


定旋律

定旋律 (canonical)
teisenritsu (romanization)

[te̞ːsẽ̞n̺ɾʲit͡sɨ]

定 (tei, “fixed”) + 旋律 (senritsu, “melody”), Calque of Latin cantus firmus.


魔女狩り

ja-noun

魔(ま)女(じょ)狩(が)り • (majogari) ^(←まぢよがり (madyogari)?)

魔女狩り (canonical)
majogari (romanization)
madyogari (romanization)
まぢよがり (hiragana historical)

[ma̠ʑo̞ɡa̠ɾʲi]

From 魔女 (majo, “witch”) + 狩り (kari, “hunt; hunting”, from the stem of 狩る (karu, “to hunt”)).

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from the stem of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">狩る</i> (karu, “to hunt”)

1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “アン子(こ) 大(おお)いに怒(いか)る （赤(あか)毛(げ)のアン子(こ) 改(かい)題(だい)） [When Anko Really Gets Mad (originally titled Redheaded Anko)]”, 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 71:

Some of your ancestors were also burned at the stake during a witch-hunt that happened some time in the Middle Ages. That’s why your mother’s family did everything they could to hide their magical abilities from the masses. They don’t do witch-hunts nowadays…, but still, make sure never to use this power again. I don’t think things like magic would ever do you any good, Anko.

中世におこなわれた魔女狩りでは、火あぶりにされたご先祖もいる。そんなわけで、かあさんの一族はその魔力を世間の目からひたかくしにしてすごしてきたんだ。今は、もう魔女狩りなんてないが…、でも、その力は使わないでくれないか。魔法なんか、けっしてアン子を幸せにしてくれないと思うから。

Chūsei ni okonawareta majogari de wa, hiaburi ni sareta gosenzo mo iru. Sonna wake de, kā-san no ichizoku wa sono maryoku o seken no me kara hitakakushi ni shite sugoshitekitan da. Ima wa, mō majogari nan te nai ga…, demo, sono chikara wa tsukawanaide kurenai ka. Mahō nanka, kesshite Anko o shiawase ni shite kurenai to omou kara.


スラー

ja-noun

スラー • (surā)


バズる

ja-verb

バズる • (bazuru) godan (stem バズり (bazuri), past バズった (bazutta))

bazuru (romanization)
バズり (stem)
バズった (past)
バズら
bazura
バズり
bazuri
バズる
bazuru
バズれ
bazure
バズられる (passive)
bazurareru (passive)
バズらせる (causative)
バズらす (causative)
bazuraseru (causative)
bazurasu (causative)
バズれる (potential)
bazureru (potential)
バズろう (volitional)
bazurō (volitional)
バズらない (negative)
bazuranai (negative)
バズらず (continuative negative)
bazurazu (continuative negative)
バズります (formal)
bazurimasu (formal)
バズった (perfective)
bazutta (perfective)
バズって (conjunctive)
bazutte (conjunctive)
バズれば (conditional hypothetical)
bazureba (conditional hypothetical)

バズ (bazu, derived from English buzz) + る (-ru).

(Internet slang, social media, neologism) to create a stir; to become a center of attention; go viral


羅生門

ja-pos

羅(ら)生(しょう)門(もん) or 羅生門(らせいもん) • (Rashōmon or Raseimon)

羅生門 (canonical)
羅生門 (canonical)
Rashōmon (romanization)
Raseimon (romanization)

[ɾa̠ɕo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

[ɾa̠se̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

羅生門葛

羅生門葛 ラショウモンカズラ

Alternative form of 羅城門 (“Rajōmon gate”)


ハピコア

ハッピーハードコア ハッピーハードコア#Japanese

Short for ハッピーハードコア (happī hādokoa, “happy hardcore”); happycore


ハッピーハードコア

ja-noun

ハッピーハードコア • (happī hādokoa)


ハピハコ

ハッピーハードコア ハッピーハードコア#Japanese

Short for ハッピーハードコア (happī hādokoa, “happy hardcore”).


尻子玉

尻子玉 (canonical)
shirikodama (romanization)

(mythology) a ball lodged in the anus, said to be sought by kappas


打令

taryong (traditional Korean music genre)


鍵盤ハーモニカ

鍵盤ハーモニカ (canonical)
kenban hāmonika (romanization)

From 鍵盤 (kenban, “keyboard”) + ハーモニカ (hāmonika, “harmonica”).


カノン

(weaponry) Synonym of カノン砲 (kanon-hō, “cannon”)


早慶

早慶 (canonical)
Sōkei (romanization)
Saukei (romanization)
さうけい (hiragana historical)

Blend of 早稲田 (Waseda) + 慶應 (Keiō), from the first kanji of the names of the two universities both read with on'yomi.

Waseda University and/vs. Keio University


テモテ

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος (Timótheos). The route of borrowing and the reason for the phonetic transition to Temote is unclear.

テモテへの手紙一

テモテへの手紙二


インスタ

安倍晋三首相がインスタ始める

インスタグラム インスタグラム#Japanese

Short for インスタグラム (Insutaguramu, “Instagram”); Insta


インスタ映え

インスタ映え (canonical)
Insutabae (romanization)

From インスタ (Insuta, “Instagram”) + 映え (hae, “photogenicity”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 映(は)える (haeru)). The hae changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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インスタ映えのコツ

(neologism) an image or scene suitable for Instagram, an Instagrammable picture


インスタ映え

インスタ映えする (canonical)
Insutabae suru (romanization)
インスタ映えし (stem)
インスタ映えした (past)
インスタ映えし
インスタばえし
insutabae shi
インスタ映えする
インスタばえする
insutabae suru
インスタ映えすれ
インスタばえすれ
insutabae sure
インスタ映えせよ (imperative literary)
インスタ映えしろ (colloquial imperative)
インスタばえせよ (imperative literary)
インスタばえしろ (colloquial imperative)
insutabae seyo (imperative literary)
insutabae shiro (colloquial imperative)
インスタ映えされる (passive)
インスタばえされる (passive)
insutabae sareru (passive)
インスタ映えさせる (causative)
インスタ映えさす (causative)
インスタばえさせる (causative)
インスタばえさす (causative)
insutabae saseru (causative)
insutabae sasu (causative)
インスタ映えできる (potential)
インスタばえできる (potential)
insutabae dekiru (potential)
インスタ映えしよう (volitional)
インスタばえしよう (volitional)
insutabae shiyō (volitional)
インスタ映えしない (negative)
インスタばえしない (negative)
insutabae shinai (negative)
インスタ映えせず (continuative negative)
インスタばえせず (continuative negative)
insutabae sezu (continuative negative)
インスタ映えします (formal)
インスタばえします (formal)
insutabae shimasu (formal)
インスタ映えした (perfective)
インスタばえした (perfective)
insutabae shita (perfective)
インスタ映えして (conjunctive)
インスタばえして (conjunctive)
insutabae shite (conjunctive)
インスタ映えすれば (conditional hypothetical)
インスタばえすれば (conditional hypothetical)
insutabae sureba (conditional hypothetical)

ja-r

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”)

インスタ映えする食べ物

(neologism) to be photogenic, to look good on Instagram


召喚獣

ja-noun

召(しょう)喚(かん)獣(じゅう) • (shōkanjū)

[ɕo̞ːkã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨː]

From 召喚 (“to summon”) + 獣 (-jū, “beast”).

(fiction, fantasy) beast that has been summoned from somewhere else


リツイート

リツイートする (canonical)
ritsuīto suru (romanization)
リツイートし (stem)
リツイートした (past)
リツイートし
ritsuīto shi
リツイートする
ritsuīto suru
リツイートすれ
ritsuīto sure
リツイートせよ (imperative literary)
リツイートしろ (colloquial imperative)
ritsuīto seyo (imperative literary)
ritsuīto shiro (colloquial imperative)
リツイートされる (passive)
ritsuīto sareru (passive)
リツイートさせる (causative)
リツイートさす (causative)
ritsuīto saseru (causative)
ritsuīto sasu (causative)
リツイートできる (potential)
ritsuīto dekiru (potential)
リツイートしよう (volitional)
ritsuīto shiyō (volitional)
リツイートしない (negative)
ritsuīto shinai (negative)
リツイートせず (continuative negative)
ritsuīto sezu (continuative negative)
リツイートします (formal)
ritsuīto shimasu (formal)
リツイートした (perfective)
ritsuīto shita (perfective)
リツイートして (conjunctive)
ritsuīto shite (conjunctive)
リツイートすれば (conditional hypothetical)
ritsuīto sureba (conditional hypothetical)


四大奇書

四大奇書 (canonical)
Shidaikisho (romanization)


格ゲー

[ka̠kɯ̟ɡe̞ː]

格闘ゲーム 格闘ゲーム#Japanese

Short for 格闘ゲーム (kakutō gēmu): fighting game (genre of video game)


泣きゲー

video game (chiefly story-based games like galge, eroge, etc.) that causes players to cry


抜きゲー

Chinese: 拔作

[nɯ̟kʲiɡe̞ː]

From 抜(ぬ)く (nuku, “to jerk off”) + ゲーム (gēmu, “game”).

explicitly pornographic video game created for the sole purpose of masturbation


SLG

SLG (canonical)
esu-eru-jī (romanization)

[e̞sɨe̞ɾɯ̟ʑiː]

シミュレーションゲーム シミュレーションゲーム#Japanese

Initialism of シミュレーションゲーム (shimyurēshon gēmu).


堪能

(Buddhism, dated) patience, perseverance


吹奏楽

吹奏楽 (canonical)
suisōgaku (romanization)


アル

Mimicing erhua ("~兒") in northern Chinese dialects. Or, from kyōwa-go (協和語).

いつも めずらしい カセキ けんきゅう してる アルよ！

Itsumo mezurashii kaseki kenkyū shiteru aru yo!

(fiction) Stereotypical sentence-final particle used by Chinese.


リプ

(Internet slang) Short for リプライ (ripurai, “reply”).


クソリプ

From クソ (kuso, “shit”) + リプ (ripu, “reply”).

(Internet slang, neologism) shitty (nonsense, unwarranted, etc.) reply to a tweet; Twitter shitpost


ケモ耳

ケモ耳 (canonical)
ケモ耳 (canonical)
kemomimi (romanization)


舎利弗

舎利弗 (canonical)
Sharihotsu (romanization)

From Middle Chinese 舍利弗 (MC syaeX|syaeH lijH pjut), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit शारिपुत्र (Śāriputra).

(Buddhism) Śāriputra, one of the disciples of Gautama Buddha


舎利子

From Middle Chinese 舍利子 (MC syaeX|syaeH lijH tsiX).
Literally “Śāri's son”, or erroneously, “Master Śāri”.

舎利子。色不異空。空不異色。色即是空。空即是色。受想行識亦復如是。舎利子。是諸法空相。不生不滅。不垢不浄。不増不減。

7th century, Shorter Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya Sutra (translation by Xuanzang)

“Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness; emptiness no other than form[,] form is exactly emptiness; emptiness exactly form. The same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses, consciousness. Shariputra, all things are marked by emptiness: not born, not destroyed, not tainted, not pure, without gain, without loss.”

Sharishi, shiki fu i kū, kū fu i shiki, shiki soku ze kū, kū soku ze shiki. Ju sō gyō shiki, yaku bu nyoze. Sharishi, ze shohō kūsō, fu shō fu metsu, fu ku fu jō, fu zō fu gen.

(Buddhism) Synonym of 舎利弗 (Sharihotsu): Śāriputra, one of the disciples of Gautama Buddha


天眼通

天(てん)眼(げん)通(つう) or 天(てん)眼(がん)通(つう) • (tengentsū or tengantsū)

天眼通 (canonical)
天眼通 (canonical)
tengentsū (romanization)
tengantsū (romanization)

[tẽ̞ŋɡã̠nt͡sɨː]

[tẽ̞ŋɡẽ̞nt͡sɨː]

From 天眼(てんげん) (tengen, “heavenly eye”) + 通(つう) (tsū, “power”).

ja-compound

(Buddhism) clairvoyance, one of the 六神通 (rokujinzū, “six abhijñā (“higher power”)”)


題知らず

題知らず (canonical)
dai shirazu (romanization)

Literally “topic unknown”.
Some scholars actually translate this as “circumstances unknown”.

(poetry) a 詞書 (kotobagaki, “explanatory note”) stating that the topic, theme, or occasion of a selected waka poem is unknown; also, the poem with the unknown topic, theme, or occasion


オリキャラ

[o̞ɾʲikʲa̠ɾa̠]

オリジナルキャラクター オリジナルキャラクター#Japanese

Short for オリジナルキャラクター (orijinaru kyarakutā): original character (a fan-created character in a fanwork)


牧笛

(music) a whistle, a flute use to by shepherds to signal the animals


ピント

→ Korean: 핀트 (pinteu)

From Dutch brandpunt. Originally borrowed as ブランドピュント (burandopyunto) as listed in the 1861 edition of 写真鏡図説 (Shashinkyō Zusetsu, “The Illustrated Camera”) by Yanagawa Shunsan (1832–1870), and later shortened to just ピント (pinto).
* /burandopjunto/ → */pjunto/ → /pinto/

ピントを合わせる


ピンぼけ

ja-adj

ピンぼけ or ピンボケ • (pinboke) -na (adnominal ピンぼけな (pinboke na), adverbial ピンぼけに (pinboke ni))

ピンぼけ (canonical)
ピンボケ (canonical)
pinboke (romanization)
ピンぼけな (adnominal)
ピンぼけに (adverbial)

From ピント (pinto, “focus”), from Dutch brandpunt, plus 暈(ぼ)ける (bokeru, “fade; blur”).

ピンぼけな写真


千里馬

ja-noun

千(ちょん)里(り)馬(ま) or 千里馬(チョンリマ) or 千(ちょる)里(り)馬(ま) or 千里馬(チョルリマ) • (chonrima or chorurima)

千里馬 (canonical)
千里馬 (canonical)
千里馬 (canonical)
千里馬 (canonical)
chonrima (romanization)
chorurima (romanization)

[t͡ɕõ̞n̺ɾʲima̠]

[t͡ɕo̞ɾɯ̟ɾʲima̠]


猫娘

猫娘 (canonical)
猫娘 (canonical)
nekomusume (romanization)

2010 January 5, “Kaiteki raifu: Yamashiro, Ōboke yōkai mura [Mysterious life: Yamajiro, Oboke monster village]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, Tokushima regional edition, page 23:

The drums thunder fiercely, but at center stage a cute konaki jiji [ghost grandpa] sings. Dressed as a catgirl with a red ribbon, Yasuko Nonomiya (38, Yamashiro ward, Miyoshi city) provides lead vocals for the ghostly band.

ドラムも恐ろしげに響くが、ステージ中央では可愛らしい児啼爺も歌う。赤いリボンの猫娘に扮した野宮やすこさん（３８）＝三好市山城町上名＝がメーンボーカルを務める妖怪バンド。

Doramu mo osoroshige ni hibiku ga, sutēji chūō de wa kawairashī konaki jijī mo utau. Akai ribon no nekomusume ni fun shita Nonomiya Yasuko-san (３８) - Miyoshi-shi Yamashiro-chō Kamimyō - ga mēn bōkaru o tsutomeru yōkai bando.

catgirl (a mythical or fictional girl or woman resembling a cat)


セル

ja:セル ja:セルアニメ ja:セル画

Either directly from English cel, or a clipping of セルロイド (seruroido, “celluloid”).

clipping

1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ある日…… [One Day……]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第四章, page 818:

I had my son construct miniature sets, took pictures, and filmed it by overlaying animation cels.

息子にミニチュアセットを作らせまして写真に撮り それにセルを重ねて撮影したものです

Musuko ni minichua setto o tsukurasemashite shashin ni tori Sore ni seru o kasanete satsuei shita mono desu


タイムシート

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

2017 February 21, “□ OpenToonz インターフェース ① パネル [□ OpenToonz Interface ① Panels]”, in OpenToonz スタートアップマニュアル 導入編 [OpenToonz Startup Manual: Introduction] (fiction), page 4:

This is the interface for the timesheet (a timesheet is called "exposure sheet" or "X-sheet" in English).

タイムシートのインタフェースです（タイムシートは英語でExposure Sheet ＝ Xsheetと呼びます）。

Exposure エクスポージャー

Taimushīto no intafēsu desu (taimushīto wa Eigo de ekusupōjā shīto - ekkusu-shīto to yobimasu).

(animation) an exposure sheet; an X-sheet


現像液

ja-noun

現(げん)像(ぞう)液(えき) • (genzōeki) ^(←げんざうえき (genzaueki)?)

現像液 (canonical)
genzōeki (romanization)
genzaueki (romanization)
げんざうえき (hiragana historical)

From 現像(げんぞう) (genzō, “developing”) + 液(えき) (-eki, “fluid”).

ja-compound

(photography) developer (liquid used in chemical film processing)


ソフトカバー

ペーパーバック ペーパーバック#Japanese

Synonym of ペーパーバック (pēpābakku, “paperback”); a softcover


ハードカバー

ja-noun

ハードカバー • (hādokabā)


ペーパーバック

ペーパーバック • (pēpābakku)


裏垢

Chinese:

⇒ Mandarin: 裏號／里号

From 裏(うら) (ura, “other side”) + 垢(あか) (aka, “account”).

ja-compound

2017, “イマドキの子(こ) (Imadoki no ko) [The Kids Nowadays]”, in の子(こ) (Noko) (lyrics), 幼(おさな)さを入院(にゅういん)させて (Osanasa o nyūin sasete), performed by 神聖(しんせい)かまってちゃん (Shinsei kamattechan) [Shinsei Kamattechan]:

A large flower, eating resentment and pain
I'll make it bloom into my other account

大きな花 怨みつらみを食べている
裏垢に咲かしてしまうよあたしは

ōkina hana urami tsurami o tabeteiru
 uraaka ni sakashite shimau yo atashi wa

(Internet slang) secret personal account (on social media, especially Twitter and Instagram (finsta), as opposed to one's openly used account)


フォロバ

Shortening within Japanese of English follow back.

(Internet slang) following back in return


レビュー

ja-noun

レビュー • (rebyū)


オベリスク

[o̞be̞ɾʲisɨ̥kɯ̟]

Either from French obélisque or from English obelisk.

(architecture) an obelisk (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Daijisen
Kōjien
Shinmura Izuru
ja:オベリスク
ja:松村明


鉄オタ

From 鉄道 (tetsudō, “railway”) + オタク (otaku).


アシスタントディレクター

アシスタント ディレクター

アシスタントディレクター

[a̠ɕisɨ̥tã̠nto̞ dʲiɾe̞kɯ̟̊ta̠ː]

(film, television, radio) an assistant director


動画マン

動画マン (canonical)
dōga man (romanization)

From 動画 (dōga, “in-between frame”) + マン (“man”).

af

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


ボーディングスクール

ja-noun

ボーディングスクール • (bōdingu sukūru)

[bo̞ːdʲĩŋɡɯ̟ sɨ̥kɯ̟ːɾɯ̟]

ja:ボーディングスクール


シミュレーションゲーム

シミュレーション ゲーム

[ɕimʲɨɾe̞ːɕo̞ŋ ɡe̞ːmɯ̟]

Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:シミュレーションゲーム


コリント式

コリント式 (canonical)
Korinto-shiki (romanization)

From コリント (Korinto, “Corinth”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).


ドーリア式

ドーリア式 (canonical)
Dōria-shiki (romanization)

From ドーリア (Dōria, “Doria”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).


イオニア式

イオニア式 (canonical)
Ionia-shiki (romanization)

From イオニア (“Ionia”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).


ドリス式

ドリス式 (canonical)
Dorisu-shiki (romanization)

From ドリス (Dorisu, “Doris”) + 式 (-shiki, “style”).

ドーリア式 ドーリア式#Japanese

(architecture) Synonym of ドーリア式 (Dōria-shiki, “Doric order”)


ライブアルバム

RADWIMPS初のライブアルバム

RADWIMPS ラッドウィンプス


禰宜

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of Old Japanese verb 労ぐ (negu, “to pray for blessings or protection”).
The kanji spelling is an example of phonetic ateji (当て字).

(Shinto) a Shinto priest, especially one serving under a 神主 (kannushi, “chief priest”), who is above the other priests in a Shinto shrine


読み下し文

読み下し文 (canonical)
yomikudashi-bun (romanization)

the result of rendering Classical Chinese text into Japanese using kanbun kundoku


ブードゥー教

ja-noun

ブードゥー教(きょう) • (būdūkyō)

ブードゥー教 (canonical)
būdūkyō (romanization)

(religion) the belief or practice of voodoo


薩埵

From Middle Chinese 薩埵 (MC sat twaX), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattva, “being, existence”) or Pali satta (“being”).

bor

(Buddhism) sentient beings, all living things; by extension, the world

(Buddhism) Short for 菩提薩埵 (bodai-satta): bodhisattva


薩埵

(Buddhism) Short for 菩薩王子 (Satta-ōji): name of a past reincarnation of the Gautama Buddha

菩薩王子

(Buddhism) Short for 金剛菩薩 (Kongōsatta): Vajrasattva


数寄屋造り

数寄屋造り (canonical)
sukiya-zukuri (romanization)

From 数寄屋(すきや) (sukiya, “tea-ceremony arbor”) + 造(つく)り (tsukuri, “making, producing, manufacturing”). The tsukuri reading for 造り changes to zukuri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

ja-compound

(architecture) a type of Japanese domestic architectural style adopted from the earlier zukuri styles. Based on the celebration of tea rooms, it is a common style for domestic homes in Japan today.


罣礙

ja-noun

罣(け)礙(げ) or 罣礙(けいげ) or 罣礙(けいげい) • (kege or keige or keigei)

罣礙 (canonical)
罣礙 (canonical)
罣礙 (canonical)
kege (romanization)
keige (romanization)
keigei (romanization)
けいげい (hiragana)

From Middle Chinese 掛礙 (MC kweaH ngojH), translation of Sanskrit आवरण (āvaraṇa, “covering; hiding; obscuring; obstructing”) or चित्तावरण (cittāvaraṇa, literally “thought-covering”).
Due to varying speeds of chanting sutras, particularly the Heart Sutra where this term is attested, the ke or both ke and ge may be long-pronounced, as seen in the alternative readings.

der

(Buddhism) a hindrance, obstacle, obstruction


ゲーム機

From ゲーム (gēmu, “video game”) + 機(き) (ki, “machine”). Compare Korean 게임기 (geimgi).

ja-compound

家庭用ゲーム機


高精細度テレビジョン

ja-noun

こうせいさいど テレビジョン

高(こう)精(せい)細(さい)度(ど)テレビジョン • (kōseisaido terebijon)

高精細度テレビジョン (canonical)
kōseisaido terebijon (romanization)

こーせーさいどテレビジョン

From 高精細度 (kōseisaido, “high definition”) + テレビジョン (terebijon, “television”).

af

high-definition television
high-definition television

(television) high-definition television; HDTV


高精細度テレビ

ja-noun

高(こう)精(せい)細(さい)度(ど)テレビ • (kōseisaido terebi)

高精細度テレビ (canonical)
kōseisaido terebi (romanization)

From 高精細度 (kōseisaido, “high definition”) + テレビ (terebi, “TV”).

af

高精細度テレビジョン 高精細度テレビジョン#Japanese

(television) Clipping of 高精細度テレビジョン (kōseisaido terebijon, “high-definition television; HDTV”).


高品位テレビジョン

ja-noun

こうひんい テレビジョン

高(こう)品(ひん)位(い)テレビジョン • (kōhin'i terebijon)

高品位テレビジョン (canonical)
kōhin'i terebijon (romanization)

[ko̞ːçĩɰ̃i te̞ɾe̞bʲiʑõ̞ɴ]

From 高品位 (kōhin'i, “high grade”) + テレビジョン (terebijon, “television”).

af

高精細度テレビジョン 高精細度テレビジョン#Japanese

(television) Synonym of 高精細度テレビジョン (kōseisaido terebijon, “high-definition television; HDTV”)


高品位テレビ

高品位テレビ (canonical)
kōhin'i terebi (romanization)

[ko̞ːçĩɰ̃i te̞ɾe̞bʲi]

From 高品位 (kōhin'i, “high grade”) + テレビ (terebi, “TV”).

高品位テレビジョン 高品位テレビジョン#Japanese

(television) Clipping of 高品位テレビジョン (kōhin'i terebijon, “high-definition television; HDTV”).


シンセ

Clipping of シンセサイザー (shinsesaizā, “synthesizer”).

シンセの音

シンセサイザー シンセサイザー#Japanese

(music) clipping of シンセサイザー (shinsesaizā): synth, synthesizer


パルテノン

[pa̠ɾɯ̟te̞nõ̞ɴ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Παρθενών (Parthenṓn)

lbor

パルテノン神殿


大元帥明王

ja-pos

だいげんすい みょうおう

大(だい)元(げん)帥(すい)明(みょう)王(おう) or 大(だい)元帥(げん)明(みょう)王(おう) • (Daigensui Myōō or Daigenmyōō)

大元帥明王 (canonical)
大元帥明王 (canonical)
Daigensui Myōō (romanization)
Daigenmyōō (romanization)


リヴァプール

ja:リヴァプール (曖昧さ回避)


欽定訳聖書

欽(きん)定(てい)訳(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ) • (Kinteiyaku Seisho)

欽定訳聖書 (canonical)
Kinteiyaku Seisho (romanization)

[kʲĩnte̞ːja̠kɯ̟̊ se̞ːɕo̞]

Calque of British English Authorized Version


旧教

ja-noun

旧(きゅう)教(きょう) • (Kyūkyō) ^(←きうけう (kiukeu)?)

旧教 (canonical)
Kyūkyō (romanization)
kiukeu (romanization)
きうけう (hiragana historical)

From 旧 (kyū-, “paleo-”) + 教 (-kyō, “religion”).

con

カトリシズム カトリシズム#Japanese

Synonym of カトリシズム (Katorishizumu, “Catholicism”)


乾物屋

乾物屋 (canonical)
kanbutsuya (romanization)


ヌルゲー

From 温い (nurui, “lukewarm”) + ゲーム (gēmu, “video game”).

(slang, derogatory) video game that is excessively easy; casual game


長靴をはいた猫

ja-pos

^ながぐつ を ^はいた ^ねこ

長(なが)靴(ぐつ)をはいた猫(ねこ) • (Nagagutsu o Haita Neko)

長靴をはいた猫 (canonical)
Nagagutsu o Haita Neko (romanization)


インテリアデザイン

ja:インテリアデザイン


グラフィックデザイン

[ɡɯ̟ɾa̠ɸʲik̚kɯ̟ de̞za̠ĩɴ]

ja:グラフィックデザイン


グラフィックデザイナー

ja-noun

グラフィック デザイナー

[ɡɯ̟ɾa̠ɸʲik̚kɯ̟ de̞za̠ina̠ː]

ja:グラフィックデザイナー


同人雑誌

同人雑誌 (canonical)
dōjin zasshi (romanization)

From 同人 (dōjin, “like-minded people; cohorts”) + 雑誌 (zasshi, “magazine”).

af

indie self-published booklet; fan magazine; fanzine


般若波羅蜜

ja-noun

般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みつ) • (hannya haramitsu)

般若波羅蜜 (canonical)
hannya haramitsu (romanization)

[hã̠ɲ̟ːa̠ ha̠ɾa̠mʲit͡sɨ]

From Middle Chinese 般若波羅蜜 (MC paen nyaeX pa la mjit), itself being Kumārajīva's transliteration of Sanskrit प्रज्ञापारमिता (prajñāpāramitā); equivalent to 般若 (hannya, “wisdom”) + 波羅蜜 (haramitsu, “completeness, perfection”).
Compare 般若波羅蜜多 (hannya haramitta), Xuanzang's later transliteration of the same Buddhist term.

bor

प्रज्ञापारमिता

(Buddhism) prajnaparamita (perfection of wisdom, one of the six or ten transcendental virtues in Mahayana Buddhism)


プロメーテウス

[pɯ̟ɾo̞me̞ːte̞ɯ̟sɨ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús)


ロールプレイングゲーム

ja-noun

ロール-プレイング ゲーム

ja:コンピュータRPG ja:ロールプレイングゲーム


アウローラ

ja-pos

アウローラ • (Aurōra)

[a̠ɯ̟ɾo̞ːɾa̠]


エーオース

エーオース • (Ēōsu)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs)


妙法蓮華経

ja-pos

みょうほう れんげ きょう

^めうほふ ^れんげ ^きやう

妙(みょう)法(ほう)蓮(れん)華(げ)経(きょう) • (Myōhō Renge Kyō) ^(←めうほふれんげきやう (Meufofu Renge Kyau)?)

妙法蓮華経 (canonical)
Myōhō Renge Kyō (romanization)
Meufofu Renge Kyau (romanization)
めうほふれんげきやう (hiragana historical)

Calque of Sanskrit सद्धर्म पुण्डरीक सूत्र (Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra).
Equivalent to a compound of 妙法 (myōhō, “teachings of the Buddha”, literally “wondrous law”) + 蓮華 (renge, “lotus flower”) + 経 (kyō, “sutra”).

calque

सद्धर्म पुण्डरीक सूत्र

com

(Buddhism) the Lotus Sutra of the Supreme Dharma


グングニル

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Gungnir


ガルム

極星獣ガルム


三十六計

ja-pos

三(さん)十(じゅう)六(ろっ)計(けい) • (Sanjūrokkei) ^(←さんじふろくけい (Sanzifurokukei)?)

三十六計 (canonical)
Sanjūrokkei (romanization)
Sanzifurokukei (romanization)
さんじふろくけい (hiragana historical)

[sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨːɾo̞k̚ke̞ː]


アタリ

extremely rough draft of a drawing (faces without features, etc.)


五線

五線譜


超感覚的知覚

ja-noun

ちょうかんかくてき ちかく

超(ちょう)感(かん)覚(かく)的(てき)知(ち)覚(かく) • (chōkankakuteki chikaku)

超感覚的知覚 (canonical)
chōkankakuteki chikaku (romanization)

[t͡ɕo̞ːkã̠ŋka̠kɯ̟te̞kʲi t͡ɕika̠kɯ̟]

Calque of English extrasensory perception, equivalent to 超 (chō-, “super-”) + 感覚的 (kankakuteki, “sensory”) + 知覚 (chikaku, “perception”)

af

extrasensory perception
extrasensory perception


讃仏偈

讃仏偈 (canonical)
Sanbutsu-ge (romanization)

[sã̠mbɯ̟t͡sɨɡe̞]

From 讃仏 (sanbutsu, “praising the Buddha”) + 偈 (ge, “gatha”).

com

光顔巍巍 威神無極 如是焰明 無与等者 日月摩尼 殊光焰耀 皆悉隠蔽 猶若聚墨 [...]

kō gen gigi, i jin mugoku, nyoze en myō, mu yo tō sha, nichigatsu mani, shu kō en-nyō, kai shitsu onpei, yū nyaku ju moku...

(Buddhism) a poetic verse praising the Buddha found in the Infinite Life Sutra:


いちおし

いちおし (canonical)
イチオシ (canonical)
ichioshi (romanization)

that which one highly recommends above all others; (idol fandom) ultimate bias


ペトロ

シモン・ペトロ


こもりうた

ja-noun

こもりうた • (komoriuta) ^(←こもりうた (komoriuta)?)

komoriuta (romanization)
こもりうた (hiragana historical)

2010 April 26, mothy [mothy] (lyrics and music), “ハートビート・クロックタワー [Heartbeat Clocktower]”:

In that time when it was left behind, it began to ring out
 The clockwork lullaby

Wasure sarareta sono toki ni nari hajimeta
 Zenmai-jikake no komoriuta

忘れ去られたその時に鳴り始めた
 ぜんまい仕掛けの子守唄


色即是空

ja-pos

色(しき)即(そく)是(ぜ)空(くう) • (shiki soku ze kū)

色即是空 (canonical)
shiki soku ze kū (romanization)

From the 般若心経 (Hannya Shingyō, “Heart Sutra”).
From Middle Chinese 色即是空 (MC srik tsik dzyeX khuwng), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit यद् रूपं सा शून्यता (yad rūpaṃ sā śūnyatā, literally “form is indeed emptiness”).

der

यद् रूपं सा शून्यता

(Buddhism) the fundamental doctrine that all things in this world that have a connection or reason has no intrinsic essence


空即是色

ja-pos

空(くう)即(そく)是(ぜ)色(しき) • (kū soku ze shiki)

空即是色 (canonical)
kū soku ze shiki (romanization)

Attested in the Heart Sutra.
From Middle Chinese 空即是色 (MC khuwng tsik dzyeX srik), itself being Kumārajīva's translation from Sanskrit या शून्यता तद् रूपम् (yā śūnyatā tad rūpam, literally “emptiness is only form”).

der

या शून्यता तद् रूपम्

(Buddhism) fundamental doctrine that all things in this world are empty in essence, and through that existence, all phenomenon is real in form


イマーム

ja-noun

イマーム • (imāmu)


節点

Borrowing from Chinese 節點 /节点 (jiédiǎn).

(architecture) a joint (point where two components join in, for example, a framework)


シューゲイザー

シューゲイザー • (shūgeizā)

[ɕɨːɡe̞ːza̠ː]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from shoegazer


夜摩

Transliteration of Sanskrit यम (yamá). Doublet of 閻魔 (Enma).

千代 空の、空の、大空の、夜摩の国といふところに、ぢぢ様も、父様も、また死んだ其方の妹も

1909, Kinoshita Mokutaro, “Nanban ji monzen” (On the front of the Christian church)

A thousand years, the sky, the sky, the big sky, in the realm of Yama, dear Grandfather, and Father, and Sister who died and passed that way

Sendai sora no, sora no, ōzora no, Yama no kuni to ifu tokoro ni, jijisama mo, chichisama mo, mata shinda sonata no imo mo

(Buddhism) Short for 夜摩天 (Yamaten): Yama, the Buddhist ruler of 奈落 (Naraku, “Naraka, hell”)


イタロディスコ

Borrowed from Italian Italo disco or English Italo disco.


J-POP

J-POP (canonical)
jē-poppu (romanization)

[d͡ʑe̞ːpo̞p̚pɯ̟]


印刷所

印刷所 (canonical)
insatsu sho (romanization)

a printing office, a print shop, a place where printing is done


鍵垢

From 鍵(かぎ) (kagi, “lock”) + 垢(あか) (aka, “account”).

ja-compound

(Internet slang) protected account (on social media, especially Twitter and Instagram)


追っかけ

Alteration of 追(お)い掛(か)け (oikake), from 追(お)い掛(か)ける (oikakeru, “to chase after”).

ja-r

(music) echo song (delayed backing vocal of the same phrase)


スケッチブック

[sɨ̥ke̞t̚t͡ɕibɯ̟k̚kɯ̟]


グリッサンド

[ɡɯ̟ɾʲisːã̠ndo̞]


オブリガート

[o̞bɯ̟ɾʲiɡa̠ːto̞]


ラブソング

[ɾa̠bɯ̟ sõ̞ŋɡɯ̟]


アンサンブル

[ã̠ɰ̃sã̠mbɯ̟ɾɯ̟]


ジャムセッション

[d͡ʑa̠mɯ̟ se̞ɕːõ̞ɴ]


音大

Clipping of 音楽大学 (ongaku daigaku, “music college”).


ヌルゲーマー

ja-noun

ヌルゲーマー • (nurugēmā)

[nɯ̟ɾɯ̟ɡe̞ːma̠ː]

Blend of ヌルゲー (nurugē) + ゲーマー (gēmā, “gamer”).

blend

(slang, derogatory) person who always plays video games that are excessively easy; casual


ツイッタラー

Formed in Japanese as ツイッター (Tsuittā, “Twitter”) + er (er), or borrowed from English twitterer.

(Internet) Twitter user, Twitter blogger, tweeter, twitterer, tweep (slang)


LDK

LDK (canonical)
eru-dī-kē (romanization)

[e̞ɾɯ̟ dʲiː ke̞ː]

Initialism from English living room plus ダイニングキッチン (dainingu kitchin), which is in turn Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from dining + kitchen.

pseudo-loan

3 LDKのマンション

a condominium with three bedrooms, a living room and eat-in kitchen

(real estate) A house, apartment, etc. with a living room and either an eat-in kitchen or (less commonly) a kitchen and a dining room.


集韻

ja-pos

集(しゅう)韻(いん) • (Shūin) ^(←しふゐん (Sifwin)?)

集韻 (canonical)
Shūin (romanization)
Sifwin (romanization)
しふゐん (hiragana historical)


聖句

Probably from Middle Chinese 聖句 (MC syengH kjuH, literally “holy, sacred + sentences, phrases”).

ltc-l

(Christianity) Scripture, a passage of Scripture


おめかし

From お (o-) + めかし (mekashi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb めかす.).


ストゥーパ

ja-noun

ストゥーパ • (sutūpa)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa). Doublet of classical 卒塔婆(そとうば) (sotōba).


ニオベー

ja-pos

ニオベー • (Niobē)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Νιόβη (Nióbē)


タンタロス

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos)


多聞

多 (“poly-; multi-”) + 聞 (“to hear; to learn”)

pre

(architecture) a long building built along the top of the stony wall of a Japanese castle


ミダース

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μίδας (Mídas)


鸕鷀草葺不合尊

ja-pos

^うがやふきあえず の ^みこと

^うがやふきあへず の ^みこと

鸕鷀草葺不合尊(うがやふきあえずのみこと) • (Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto) ^(←うがやふきあへずのみこと (Ugayafukiafezu no Mikoto)?)

鸕鷀草葺不合尊 (canonical)
Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto (romanization)
Ugayafukiafezu no Mikoto (romanization)
うがやふきあへずのみこと (hiragana historical)

From Old Japanese.
Short-form of 天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命 (Amatsuhiko Hikonagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto), attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) Ugayafukiaezu, the son of Hikohohodemi no Mikoto and Toyotamabime, and the father of Emperor Jimmu


天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

^あまつひこ ^ひこなぎさたけ ^うがやふきあえず の ^みこと

^あまつひこ ^ひこなぎさたけ ^うがやふきあへず の ^みこと

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命(あまつひこひこなぎさたけうがやふきあえずのみこと) • (Amatsuhiko Hikonagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto) ^(←あまつひこひこなぎさたけうがやふきあへずのみこと (Amatufiko Fikonagisatake Ugayafukiafezu no Mikoto)?)

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命 (canonical)
あまつひこひこなぎさたけうがやふきあへずのみこと (hiragana historical)

[a̠ma̠t͡sɨçiko̞ çiko̞na̠ɡʲisa̠ta̠ke̞ ɯ̟ɡa̠ja̠ɸɯ̟kʲia̠e̞zɨ no̞ mʲiko̞to̞]

Attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
The name of the kami is derived from:
* 天 (ama, “heaven, sky”, combining form) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 彦 (hiko, “boy”, euphemism; here spelled 日高)
* 彦 (hiko, here spelled 日子) + 渚 (nagisa, “water's edge”, spelled with 波) + 丈 (take, “length; all”, spelled with 限建)
* 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) + 茅葺き (kayafuki, “thatched roof”, with rendaku (連濁) shift; spelled with 葺草葺) + 合えず (aezu, “not completing”), negative 已然形 (izenkei, “realis form”) of 合う (au, “to unite → to finish”, spelled with 不合)
* 命, 尊 (mikoto) is a sacred title suffixed to Shinto deities.
The irregular kanji spellings are a combination of ateji (当て字) and jukujikun (熟字訓).
The name of the deity would likely mean the “son of the god come from heaven, born before the hut at the water's edge had been completely thatched with cormorant feathers”.

sortkey

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

あまつひこひこなきさたけうかやふきあえすのみこと

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

あまつひこひこなきさたけうかやふきあえすのみこと

天津日高日子波限建鵜葺草葺不合命

あまつひこひこなきさたけうかやふきあえすのみこと


ロードアイランド

ja:ロードアイランド (曖昧さ回避)


バリア

(chemistry, physics, science fiction) barrier


ユースティティア

ja-pos

ユースティティア • (Yūsutitia)


ディケー

ディケー • (Dikē)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δίκη (Díkē)


電波ソング

電波ソング (canonical)
denpa songu (romanization)

→ English: denpa song

[dẽ̞mpa̠ sõ̞ŋɡɯ̟]

denpa song, a Japanese genre of catchy electronic music featuring cute vocals and nonsensical or unusual lyrics.


キマイラ

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira).


守護天使

守護天使 (canonical)
shugo tenshi (romanization)

From 守護 (shugo, “protection”) + 天使 (tenshi, “angel”).

af

1996 June 15 [1995 October 10], Narita, Minako, “SCENE(シーン).１(いち) ミカエルという名(な)の生(い)き物(もの) [Scene 1: A Living Namesake of Archangel Michael]”, in NATURAL(ナチュラル), 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 100:

Michael
The name of an angel in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He is regarded as the Guardian Angel of Israel as per the Old Testament, and he is said to have commanded the forces against Satan as per the New Testament
As such, he is commonly depicted as an armed young man

ミカエル（Ｍｉｃｈａｅｌ）
ユダヤ教・キリスト教・イスラム教の天使の名。旧約聖書ではイスラエルの守護天使とされ、新約聖書ではサタンとの闘いを指揮する
その役割から武装した青年の姿をとって描かれることが多い

Mikaeru (Ｍｉｃｈａｅｌ)
Yudaya-kyō Kirisuto-kyō Isuramu-kyō no tenshi no na. Kyūyaku Seisho de wa Isuraeru no Shugo Tenshi to sare, Shin'yaku Seisho de wa Satan to no tatakai o shikisuru
Sono yakuwari kara busō shita seinen no sugata o totte negakareru koto ga ōi


大宝

(Buddhism, figurative) Mahayana Buddhist law

(Buddhism, figurative) homa-mandala, a fire altar used in esoteric ritual


超高層ビル

ja-noun

超(ちょう)高(こう)層(そう)ビル • (chōkōsōbiru)

超高層ビル (canonical)
chōkōsōbiru (romanization)


シティポップ

city pop, a Japanese genre of pop music from the 1970s–80s


トロット

From Korean 트로트 (teuroteu), with phonetics from English trot.

trot, a 20th century genre of Korean pop music


鍵をかける

ja-verb

鍵(かぎ)をかける • (kagi o kakeru) ichidan (stem 鍵(かぎ)をかけ (kagi o kake), past 鍵(かぎ)をかけた (kagi o kaketa))

鍵をかける (canonical)
kagi o kakeru (romanization)
鍵をかけ (stem)
鍵をかけた (past)
鍵をかけ
かぎをかけ
kagi o kake
鍵をかける
かぎをかける
kagi o kakeru
鍵をかけれ
かぎをかけれ
kagi o kakere
鍵をかけよ (imperative literary)
鍵をかけろ (colloquial imperative)
かぎをかけよ (imperative literary)
かぎをかけろ (colloquial imperative)
kagi o kakeyo (imperative literary)
kagi o kakero (colloquial imperative)
鍵をかけられる (passive)
かぎをかけられる (passive)
kagi o kakerareru (passive)
鍵をかけさせる (causative)
鍵をかけさす (causative)
かぎをかけさせる (causative)
かぎをかけさす (causative)
kagi o kakesaseru (causative)
kagi o kakesasu (causative)
鍵をかけられる (potential)
鍵をかけれる (colloquial potential)
かぎをかけられる (potential)
かぎをかけれる (colloquial potential)
kagi o kakerareru (potential)
kagi o kakereru (colloquial potential)
鍵をかけよう (volitional)
かぎをかけよう (volitional)
kagi o kakeyō (volitional)
鍵をかけない (negative)
鍵をかけぬ (negative)
鍵をかけん (negative)
かぎをかけない (negative)
かぎをかけぬ (negative)
かぎをかけん (negative)
kagi o kakenai (negative)
kagi o kakenu (negative)
kagi o kaken (negative)
鍵をかけず (continuative negative)
かぎをかけず (continuative negative)
kagi o kakezu (continuative negative)
鍵をかけます (formal)
かぎをかけます (formal)
kagi o kakemasu (formal)
鍵をかけた (perfective)
かぎをかけた (perfective)
kagi o kaketa (perfective)
鍵をかけて (conjunctive)
かぎをかけて (conjunctive)
kagi o kakete (conjunctive)
鍵をかければ (conditional hypothetical)
かぎをかければ (conditional hypothetical)
kagi o kakereba (conditional hypothetical)

私の投稿が炎上したので鍵をかけた。

Watashi no tōkō ga enjō shita node kagi o kaketa.

Since my post have been flamed, I changed privacy setting to friends.

(Internet slang) (of a SNS account) to change privacy setting to limited people and posts and/or profiles can be seen by limited people.


阿鼻地獄

阿鼻地獄 (canonical)
abijigoku (romanization)

(Buddhism) Avīci (the lowest level of the “hell” realm)


ナタン

ja:ナタン (預言者)


乙女ゲー

乙女ゲーム 乙女ゲーム#Japanese

Short for 乙女ゲーム (otome gēmu, “otome game”).


乙女ゲーム

乙女ゲーム (canonical)
otome gēmu (romanization)

Compound of 乙女(おとめ) (otome, “young girl; maiden”) + ゲーム (gēmu, “video game”).


ゲームソフト

[ɡe̞ːmɯ̟ so̞ɸɯ̟to̞]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from game + soft, equivalent to ゲーム (gēmu, “video game”) + ソフト (sofuto, “software”).

ja-compound

video game software (the program of a video game)


八佾の舞

ja-noun

八佾(やつら)の舞(まい) • (yatsura no mai) ^(←やつらのまひ (yaturanomafi)?)

八佾の舞 (canonical)
yatsura no mai (romanization)
yaturanomafi (romanization)
やつらのまひ (hiragana historical)

Attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).
Derived from 八(や)つ (yatsu, eight) + 等(ら) (-ra, pluralizing suffix) + 舞(まい) (mai, dancing).
The 八佾 spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese.

ja-compound

(historical, dance) bayi: an ancient Chinese dance, originally presented to emperors during sacrificial rites, performed by 64 people (in 8 groups of 8) accompanied to 雅(が)楽(がく) (gagaku, “yayue”) music


裏拍

Compound of 裏(うら) (ura, “opposite, rear”) + 拍(はく) (haku, “beat”).

(music) syncopated beat, an accented part of a rhythm marked by syncopation


江戸文字

江戸文字 (canonical)
Edo moji (romanization)

From 江戸(えど) (Edo, “Edo”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “characters”).

(calligraphy and typography) "Edo characters", distinctive calligraphic (and later, typographic) styles that were born in the Edo period


運筆

the way in which a calligrapher moves the brush


康熙字典

ja-pos

康(こう)熙(き)字(じ)典(てん) • (Kōkijiten) ^(←かうきじてん (Kaukiziten)?)

康熙字典 (canonical)
Kōkijiten (romanization)
Kaukiziten (romanization)
かうきじてん (hiragana historical)

the Kangxi Dictionary (dictionary and cross reference of Chinese characters, first published in 1716 at the behest of the Kangxi emperor, and used to the present day).


劇場版

劇場版 (canonical)
gekijōban (romanization)

From 劇(げき)場(じょう) (gekijō, “theater”) + 版(ばん) (ban, “version”).

ja-compound

劇場版 鋼の錬金術師 シャンバラを征く者

Gekijōban Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Shanbara o Yuku mono

Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

movie version (adaptation); "… the movie"


主祷文

ja-pos

主(しゅ)祷(とう)文(ぶん) • (Shutōbun) ^(←しゆたうぶん (Syutaubun)?)

主祷文 (canonical)
Shutōbun (romanization)
Syutaubun (romanization)
しゆたうぶん (hiragana historical)

[ɕɨto̞ːbɯ̟̃ɴ]


石持

石持 (canonical)
石持 (canonical)
ishimochi (romanization)

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 持(も)ち (mochi, “possession, ownership”). Literally, “having stones”, referring to the prominently large otoliths in the croakers' skulls.

ja-com

(architecture) a crosspiece supporting a stone roof


じゃかじゃか

ja-pos

じゃかじゃか or ジャカジャカ • (jakajaka)

じゃかじゃか (canonical)
ジャカジャカ (canonical)
jakajaka (romanization)

アコギでじゃかじゃかやる

Onomatopoeia for noisily playing an instrument.


バルス祭り

バルス祭り (canonical)
barusu matsuri (romanization)

"balse festival": the mass tweeting of "balse!" that takes place when Castle in the Sky is broadcast on television

Castle in the Sky#Popular culture
ja:飛行石#滅びの呪文「バルス」によるインターネット上の現象


竈神

竈神 (canonical)
kamadogami (romanization)


アルカイックスマイル

[a̠ɾɯ̟ka̠ik̚kɯ̟ sɨma̠iɾɯ̟]

From French archaïque + English smile, or English archaic smile.


金烏

zh-l

金烏／金乌 (jīnwū)

(Chinese mythology) a golden crow, one of the embodiments of the ten suns, nine of whom were shot down by the hero Hou Yi


タイムマシン

Borrowed from English time machine.
By surface analysis, タイム (taimu, “time”) + マシン (mashin, “machine”).


ニルバーナ

[ɲ̟iɾɯ̟ba̠ːna̠]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa).


普化宗

Named after Puhua (普化 (pǔhuà)), known in Japanese as Fuke.


インストゥルメンタル

[ĩɰ̃sɨtɯ̟ɾɯ̟mẽ̞nta̠ɾɯ̟]

Appears to be metathesis of English instrumental.


ラビ

From Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “rabbi”, literally “my master”).


トゥルーエンド

ja-noun

トゥルーエンド • (turū endo)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from true + end.

pseudo-loan

(gaming) "true" ending of a storyline with multiple endings (as decided by the game's creator), which is usually the most idyllic and ideal


翰林院

ja-pos

翰(かん)林(りん)院(いん) • (Kanrin'in) ^(←かんりんゐん (Kanrin'win)?)

翰林院 (canonical)
Kanrin'in (romanization)
Kanrin'win (romanization)
かんりんゐん (hiragana historical)

[kã̠n̺ɾʲĩɰ̃ĩɴ]


打ち込み

打ち込み (canonical)
uchikomi (romanization)

(music) pre-programming a track into a synthesizer (drum machine, etc.)


印税

印税 (canonical)
inzei (romanization)
いんぜい (hiragana historical)


如意宝珠

如意宝珠 (canonical)
Nyoi Hōju (romanization)

[ɲ̟o̞i ho̞ːʑɨ]

Translation of Sanskrit चिन्तामणि (cintāmaṇi).
From 如意 (nyoi, “as one's wishes”) + 宝珠 (hōju, “gem, jewel”).

com

(Buddhism, Hinduism) the Cintamani stone, a wish-fulfilling jewel


唵阿毘羅吽欠

ja-pos

おん あ-び-ら-うん-けん

唵(おん)阿(あ)毘(び)羅(ら)吽(うん)欠(けん) • (on a-bi-ra-un-ken)

唵阿毘羅吽欠 (canonical)
on a-bi-ra-un-ken (romanization)

[o̞ɰ̃ a̠bʲiɾa̠ɯ̟̃ŋkẽ̞ɴ]

Transliteration of Sanskrit ॐ अविरहूम्खम् (oṃ avirahūmkham).
Equivalent to a phrase compound of 唵(おん) (on, “om”) + 阿毘羅吽欠(あびらうんけん) (a-bi-ra-un-ken, “a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ”).

bor

ॐ अविरहूम्खम्

ja-compound

(Buddhism) oṃ a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ: an incantation directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahavairocana”)


哨吶

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 嗩吶 (MC nrjwet). It is unclear if the use of the 哨 character is from a variant spelling in Chinese, or from a spelling shift after borrowing.

(music) a suona: a double-reeded wooden horn


哨吶

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 嗩吶 (MC nrjwet). It is unclear if the use of the 哨 character is from a variant spelling in Chinese, or from a spelling shift after borrowing. The use of the nai reading for the second character may reflect the reading of component character 内 (nai).


黄檗

(Buddhism) Short for 黄檗宗 (“the Ōbaku sect”).


舞台劇

舞台劇 (canonical)
butaigeki (romanization)


阿毘羅吽欠

ja-pos

阿(あ)毘(び)羅(ら)吽(うん)欠(けん) • (a-bi-ra-un-ken)

阿毘羅吽欠 (canonical)
a-bi-ra-un-ken (romanization)

Transliteration of Sanskrit अविरहूम्खम् (avirahūmkham).

(Buddhism) a vi ra hūṃ khaṃ: a mantra or incantation directed to 大日如来 (Dainichi Nyorai, “Mahavairocana”), the five syllables representing the five elements in Japanese philosophy


究竟涅槃

ja-noun

究(く)竟(きょう)涅(ね)槃(はん) • (kukyō nehan) ^(←くきやうねはん (kukyau nefan)?)

究竟涅槃 (canonical)
kukyō nehan (romanization)
kukyau nefan (romanization)
くきやうねはん (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese 究竟涅槃 (MC kjuwH kjaengH net ban), itself a translation of Sanskrit निष्ठा निर्वाण (niṣṭhā nirvāṇa).
Equivalent to 究竟 (kukyō, “excellent, ideal”) + 涅槃 (nehan, “nirvana”).

der

निष्ठा निर्वाण


中つ国

中つ国 (canonical)
Nakatsukuni (romanization)


葦原の中つ国

ja-noun

あしはら の なかつくに

葦(あし)原(はら)の中(なか)つ国(くに) • (ashihara no nakatsukuni)

葦原の中つ国 (canonical)
ashihara no nakatsukuni (romanization)

Literally, “middle land/country of reed beds”.

lit

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the realm of mortals, i.e. Japan itself (as opposed to the realm of the gods and the realm of the dead)


けろけろ

けろけろ (canonical)
ケロケロ (canonical)
kerokero (romanization)

(onomatopoeia, music) with robotic auto-tune


ロードローラー

ja-noun

ロードローラー • (rōdorōrā)

[ɾo̞ːdo̞ɾo̞ːɾa̠ː]


ビーナス

(Roman mythology) Venus, the Roman goddess


ラボラトリー

[ɾa̠bo̞ɾa̠to̞ɾʲiː]

Synonym of 研究室 (kenkyūshitsu, “laboratory”)


ワンダーウーマン

ja-pos

ワンダーウーマン • (Wandā Ūman)

[β̞ã̠nda̠ː ɯ̟ːmã̠ɴ]


礼拝堂

ja-noun

礼(らい)拝(はい)堂(どう) • (raihaidō) ^(←らいはいだう (raifaidau)?)

礼拝堂 (canonical)
raihaidō (romanization)
raifaidau (romanization)
らいはいだう (hiragana historical)


礼拝堂

礼(れい)拝(はい)堂(どう) • (reihaidō) ^(←らいはいだう (raifaidau)?)

礼拝堂 (canonical)
reihaidō (romanization)
raifaidau (romanization)
らいはいだう (hiragana historical)


エレクトリックベース

[e̞ɾe̞kɯ̟̊to̞ɾʲik̚kɯ̟ be̞ːsɨ]

ja:エレクトリックベース


バスクラリネット

Perhaps from German Bassklarinette, or a calque of English bass clarinet which is equivalent to バス (basu, “bass”) + クラリネット (kurarinetto, “clarinet”).


バスドラム

Borrowed from English bass drum.
Also analyzable as バス (basu, “bass”) + ドラム (doramu, “drum”).


アップライトピアノ

ja:アップライトピアノ


ニーケー

ja-pos

ニーケー • (Nīkē)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē)


ウィクトーリア

[β̞ikɯ̟to̞ːɾʲia̠]


エピクレーシス

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίκλησις (epíklēsis).


テレポーテーション

ja-noun

テレポーテーション • (terepōtēshon)

[te̞ɾe̞po̞ːte̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]

2008 April 8, Gosho Aoyama, “FILE(ファイル).2(に) 瞬(しゅん)間(かん)移(い)動(どう) [File 2: Teleportation]”, in 名(めい)探(たん)偵(てい)コナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 61 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:

The situation has escalated!! After gliding in out of nowhere, Kaitō Kid said he was going to teleport!!

さあ大変な事になりました‼突然飛び出た怪盗キッドのテレポーテーション宣言‼

Sā taihen na koto ni narimashita‼ Totsuzen tobideta Kaitō Kiddo no terepōtēshon sengen‼

Synonym of 瞬間移動 (shunkan idō, “teleportation”)


アール・ヌーヴォー

アール・ヌーヴォー • (āru nūvō)

[a̠ːɾɯ̟ nɯ̟ːbo̞ː]

From French art nouveau (literally “new art”).

bor

ja:アール・ヌーヴォー


五倫

(Confucianism) five cardinal relationships


刷く

ja-verb

刷(は)く • (haku) godan (stem 刷(は)き (haki), past 刷(は)いた (haita))

刷く (canonical)
haku (romanization)
刷き (stem)
刷いた (past)
刷か
はか
haka
刷き
はき
haki
刷く
はく
haku
刷け
はけ
hake
刷かれる (passive)
はかれる (passive)
hakareru (passive)
刷かせる (causative)
刷かす (causative)
はかせる (causative)
はかす (causative)
hakaseru (causative)
hakasu (causative)
刷ける (potential)
はける (potential)
hakeru (potential)
刷こう (volitional)
はこう (volitional)
hakō (volitional)
刷かない (negative)
はかない (negative)
hakanai (negative)
刷かず (continuative negative)
はかず (continuative negative)
hakazu (continuative negative)
刷きます (formal)
はきます (formal)
hakimasu (formal)
刷いた (perfective)
はいた (perfective)
haita (perfective)
刷いて (conjunctive)
はいて (conjunctive)
haite (conjunctive)
刷けば (conditional hypothetical)
はけば (conditional hypothetical)
hakeba (conditional hypothetical)


ポーモーナ

ja-pos

ポーモーナ • (Pōmōna)


ヘレネー

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē)


漢書

[kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

(history) Book of Han (history of the Western Han dynasty finished in 111)


リズム・アンド・ブルース

[ɾʲizɨmɯ̟ ã̠ndo̞ bɯ̟ɾɯ̟ːsɨ]

ja:リズム・アンド・ブルース


イオーン

ja-pos

イオーン • (Iōn)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn)


文殊

Literary Chinese 文殊 (Wénshū), Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī)

文殊菩薩


ラプンツェル

[ɾa̠pɯ̟̃nt͡se̞ɾɯ̟]


ヘンゼルとグレーテル

ja-pos

^ヘンゼル と ^グレーテル

[hẽ̞nd͡ze̞ɾɯ̟ to̞ ɡɯ̟ɾe̞ːte̞ɾɯ̟]

Calque of German Hänsel und Gretel, equivalent to ヘンゼル (Henzeru, “Hansel”) + と (to, “and”) + グレーテル (Gurēteru, “Gretel”)

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ja:ヘンゼルとグレーテル


ヘンゼル

[hẽ̞nd͡ze̞ɾɯ̟]


グレーテル

[ɡɯ̟ɾe̞ːte̞ɾɯ̟]


エウローペー

ja-pos

エウローペー • (Eurōpē)

[e̞ɯ̟ɾo̞ːpe̞ː]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē). Doublet of ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa, “Europe”).


クレッシェンド

[kɯ̟ɾe̞ɕːẽ̞ndo̞]

From Italian crescendo. Doublet of クロワッサン (kurowassan, “croissant”).


祝融

(Chinese mythology) Zhurong (a Chinese god of fire and of the south)


デパコス

Short for デパートコスメ (depāto kosume, “department-store cosmetics”).


ポリッシュ

ネイルポリッシュ ネイルポリッシュ#Japanese

Short for ネイルポリッシュ (neiru porisshu, “nail polish”).


マニキュア液

マニキュア液 (canonical)
manikyua-eki (romanization)


ネイル

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from nail.

pseudo-loan

ネイルのプロ

ネイルのコツ


ベースコート

ja-noun

ベースコート • (bēsu kōto)


松風

(tea ceremony) the sound of the water at a rolling boil

a sweet made of baked wheat flour and sugar topped with sesame


松風

(Japanese fiction) Matsukaze, the eponymous character of the Noh play by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu


松風

松(しょう)風(ふう) • (shōfū)


音楽ゲーム

音楽ゲーム (canonical)
ongaku gēmu (romanization)

[õ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟ ɡe̞ːmɯ̟]

From 音楽(おんがく) (ongaku, “music”) + ゲーム (gēmu, “game”).

ja-compound

rhythm game, music game (genre of video game)


ためがき

tamegaki (romanization)
ためがき (hiragana historical)


魔尼

(Buddhism) Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel


お釈迦

御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 釈迦 (Shaka, “Sakyamuni; Gautama Buddha”)


火宅

ja-noun

火(か)宅(たく) • (kataku) ^(←くわたく (kwataku)?)

火宅 (canonical)
kataku (romanization)
kwataku (romanization)
くわたく (hiragana historical)

火宅無常

火宅無常 かたくむじょう


蛇皮線

→ English: jabisen

[d͡ʑa̠bʲisẽ̞ɴ]

From 蛇皮 (jabi, “snakeskin”) + 線 (sen, “string”).
First cited to a text from 1575.

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Synonym of 三線 (sanshin): an Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument that is the precursor to the shamisen

三味線

蛇味線 (jamisen, variant spelling of jabisen above)


ジルバ

zh-l

吉魯巴／吉鲁巴 (jílǔbā)

Chinese: 吉魯巴／吉鲁巴 (jílǔbā)

[d͡ʑiɾɯ̟ba̠]

Borrowed from American English jitterbug (formal transcription ジッターバグ (jittābagu)).


コーディネート

ja-noun

コーディネート • (kōdinēto)

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→ English: coord (“(lolita fashion) outfit”) (calque)

今日のコーデ

harmonizing one's clothing, accessories, furniture, etc.


コーディネート

コーディネートする (canonical)
kōdinēto suru (romanization)
コーディネートし (stem)
コーディネートした (past)
コーディネートし
kōdinēto shi
コーディネートする
kōdinēto suru
コーディネートすれ
kōdinēto sure
コーディネートせよ (imperative literary)
コーディネートしろ (colloquial imperative)
kōdinēto seyo (imperative literary)
kōdinēto shiro (colloquial imperative)
コーディネートされる (passive)
kōdinēto sareru (passive)
コーディネートさせる (causative)
コーディネートさす (causative)
kōdinēto saseru (causative)
kōdinēto sasu (causative)
コーディネートできる (potential)
kōdinēto dekiru (potential)
コーディネートしよう (volitional)
kōdinēto shiyō (volitional)
コーディネートしない (negative)
kōdinēto shinai (negative)
コーディネートせず (continuative negative)
kōdinēto sezu (continuative negative)
コーディネートします (formal)
kōdinēto shimasu (formal)
コーディネートした (perfective)
kōdinēto shita (perfective)
コーディネートして (conjunctive)
kōdinēto shite (conjunctive)
コーディネートすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kōdinēto sureba (conditional hypothetical)

to harmonize one's clothing, accessories, furniture, etc.


番組宣伝

番組宣伝 (canonical)
bangumi senden (romanization)

From 番組(ばんぐみ) (bangumi, “program”) + 宣伝(せんでん) (senden, “advertisement, publicity”).


うぽつ

Abbreviation of うp乙 (upu-otsu). Popular on Niconico Video since 2011 (https://originalnews.nico/346226), although it is from before then.

(Internet slang) Thank uploader for uploading the video.


苦行

苦行 (canonical)
kugyō (romanization)
kugyau (romanization)
くぎやう (hiragana historical)


苦行

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


勅撰和歌集

ja-noun

勅(ちょく)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (chokusen wakashū) ^(←ちよくせんわかしふ (tyokusen'wakasifu)?)

勅撰和歌集 (canonical)
chokusen wakashū (romanization)
tyokusen'wakasifu (romanization)
ちよくせんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

[t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟se̞ɰ̃ β̞a̠ka̠ɕɨː]

勅撰 (chokusen, “imperial compilation”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

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an anthology of poetry commissioned by order of an Emperor of Japan


古今和歌集

ja-pos

古(こ)今(きん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Kokin Wakashū) ^(←こきんわかしふ (Kokin Wakasifu)?)

古今和歌集 (canonical)
Kokin Wakashū (romanization)
Kokin Wakasifu (romanization)
こきんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

[ko̞kʲiɰ̃ β̞a̠ka̠ɕɨː]

From 古今 (kokin, “ancient and modern”) + 和歌 (waka, “classical Japanese poem”) + 集 (shū, “collection”).

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勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the first of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 905-914 CE

Ariwara no Motokata
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki


新勅撰和歌集

ja-pos

しんちょくせん わかしゅう

新(しん)勅(ちょく)撰(せん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shinchokusen Wakashū)

新勅撰和歌集 (canonical)
Shinchokusen Wakashū (romanization)

From 新 (shin-, “new”) + 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “poem collection by order of an emperor”).

prefix

the ninth imperial waka anthology, compiled in 1232-35


新古今和歌集

ja-pos

しん こきん わかしゅう

^しん ^こきん ^わかしふ

新(しん)古(こ)今(きん)和(わ)歌(か)集(しゅう) • (Shin Kokin Wakashū) ^(←しんこきんわかしふ (Sin Kokin Wakasifu)?)

新古今和歌集 (canonical)
Kokin Wakashū (Shin)
Sin Kokin Wakasifu (romanization)
しんこきんわかしふ (hiragana historical)

From 新 (shin-, “new”) + 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū, waka anthology compiled in 905 CE).
Literally the “New Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems”.

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waka anthology compiled in 905 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>

勅撰和歌集 勅撰和歌集#Japanese

the eighth of the 勅撰和歌集 (chokusen wakashū, “imperial waka anthologies”), compiled in 1201-05


小倉百人一首

ja-pos

おぐら ひゃくにん いっしゅ

^をぐら ^ひやくにん ^いつしゆ

小(お)倉(ぐら)百(ひゃく)人(にん)一(いっ)首(しゅ) • (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu) ^(←をぐらひやくにんいつしゆ (Wogura Fyakunin Itusyu)?)

小倉百人一首 (canonical)
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (romanization)
Wogura Fyakunin Itusyu (romanization)
をぐらひやくにんいつしゆ (hiragana historical)

From 小倉 (Ogura, a district in Kyoto) + 百人一首 (hyakunin isshu, “one hundred poems by one hundred poets anthology”).

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the famous of the “one hundred poems by one hundred poets” anthologies, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235, used in the basis of certain card games

Emperor Juntoku
Emperor Tenji
Gosen Wakashū
Princess Shikishi
Shokugosen Wakashū