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Patricia P. (United States of America)
wakame
netsuke
matsutake
kanban
soba
kendo
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  1. arame
    an edible seaweed with a mild flavor
  2. banzai
    a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph
  3. calabura
    a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
  4. futon
    mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting
  5. geisha
    a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
  6. geta
    footwear usually with wooden soles
  7. ginger
    plant with thick aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
  8. haiku
    an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
  9. hibachi
    a portable heater that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking
  10. honcho
    a manager or person who is in charge
  11. kamikaze
    a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
  12. karaoke
    singing popular songs accompanied by a recording
  13. karate
    a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat
  14. kibe
    ulcerated chilblain on the heel
  15. koan
    a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution
  16. kudzu
    a type of fast-growing vine
  17. mikado
    the emperor of Japan
  18. miso
    a fermented soybean paste used in Japanese food
  19. ninja
    a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu
  20. Nisei
    a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
  21. origami
    the art of folding paper
  22. samurai
    feudal Japanese military aristocracy
  23. sashimi
    very thinly sliced raw fish
  24. satori
    (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment
  25. sayonara
    a farewell remark
  26. shogun
    a hereditary military dictator of Japan
  27. sukiyaki
    a hot pot dish with beef, vegetables, tofu, and broth
  28. sumo
    a Japanese form of wrestling
  29. sushi
    cold rice and vinegar topped or rolled with raw fish
  30. teriyaki
    meat or seafood marinated in soy sauce and grilled or broiled
  31. tofu
    a soft, white, cheeselike food made from soybeans
  32. tsunami
    a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave
  33. tycoon
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  34. wasabi
    A Japanese plant with a thick green root
  35. wok
    a frying pan with a convex bottom; used in Chinese cooking
Created on Thu Jun 04 10:05:34 EDT 2009 (updated Wed Feb 02 01:20:26 EST 2011)

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