15. Glossary

asuterisuku (アステリスク): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
ateji (当字): 4.2.1. What are the origins of the kanji for sushi?
aza (字): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
banchi (番地): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
bousen (棒線): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
bouten (傍点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
bureesu (ブレース): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
bushi (武士): 10.3. How do Japanese names work?
bushu (部首): 4.2.9. How do I look up a kanji in a dictionary?
chan (ちゃん): 6.2. What are the origins of the san suffix for names?
chou (町): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
chouchin moji (提灯文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
chouon (長音): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
daiji (大字): 13.7.2. Bank numbers
daitenshotai (大篆書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
dakuten (濁点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
dou (道): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
dou no jiten (同の字点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
edomoji (江戸文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
eiga moji (映画文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
eishotai (映書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
en (円): 12.2. Where does the word `yen' come from?
fu (府): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
fujisan (富士山): 6.1. What is the name of Mount Fuji?
furigana (振仮名): 4.3.3. What is furigana?
fusou (扶桑): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
gaijin (外人): 7.2. Is gaijin a derogatory term?
gairaigo (外来語): 4.2.5. Why do some words taken from foreign languages have kanji?
gakumei (学名): 4.3.2. How are animal and plant names written in Japanese?
gikun (義訓): 4.2.5. Why do some words taken from foreign languages have kanji?
gojuuon (五十音): 4.1.4. What is the origin of the gojuuon kana ordering?
goon (呉音): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
goshikkutai (ゴシック体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
gun (郡): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
gyoushotai (行書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
gyume (ギュメ): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
hanafuda (花札): 6.7. What is the origin of yakuza?
handaku (半濁): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
handakuten (半濁点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
hanko (判子): 12.1. How do I write an English word in Japanese?
hanpukukigou (反復記号): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
hatsuonkigou (発音記号): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
hebon (ヘボン): 4.3.5. What are the systems of romanization of Japanese?
hi no moto (日の本): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
higemoji (髭文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
hiragana (平仮名): 4.1. Hiragana and katakana
hiraganagaeshi (ひらがながえし): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
hoshijirushi (星印): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
hotchikisu (ホッチキス): 6.10. What is the origin of the name hotchikisu meaning "stapler"?
hou (邦): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
houga (邦画): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
hougaku (邦楽): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
hyoujungo (標準語): 8.1. What are the differences between kana writing and real pronunciation?
ioriten (庵点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
iroha (いろは): 4.1.5. How does the i-ro-ha ordering go?
jidoushi (自動詞): 5.1.4. What 's the difference between hajimeru and hajimaru?
jikun (字訓): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
jinmeiyou (人名用): 4.2.2. How many kanji are there?
jisuma-ku (ジスマーク): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
josuushi (助数詞): 13.7.3. What is the counter for ...?
jouji (畳字): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
jouyou kanji (常用漢字): 4.2.2. How many kanji are there?
juubako yomi (重箱読み): 4.2.7. Can a word have mixed on and kun readings?
kagi (鉤): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
kagikakko (鉤括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
kagomoji (篭文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
kahen (カ変): 5.1.1. What verbs are irregular?
kaibun (回文・廻文): 13.4. Do you know any Japanese palindromes?
kaigyousoushotai (楷行草書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
kaishotai (楷書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
kakko (括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
kaku (画): 4.2.9. How do I look up a kanji in a dictionary?
kakuji (角字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
kan'on (漢音): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
kan'youon (慣用音): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
kanji (漢字): 4.2. Kanji (漢字)
kanteiryuu (勘亭流): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
katakana (片仮名): 4.1. Hiragana and katakana
katakanagaeshi (かたかながえし): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
ken (県): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
kikkou (亀甲): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
kinbuntai (金文体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
kointai (古印体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
kokuji (国字, literally "national characters"): 4.2.4. Which kanji were created in Japan?
komejirushi (米印): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
koreishotai (古隷書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
koukotsushotai (甲骨文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
ku (区): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
kun'yomi (訓読み): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
kunojiten (くの字点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
kunrei (訓令): 4.3.5. What are the systems of romanization of Japanese?
kuten (句点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
kutouten (句読点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
kyoukashotai (教科書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
kyousou (狂草): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
man'yougana (万葉仮名): 4.3.11. What is man'yougana?
man'youshuu (万葉集): 4.3.11. What is man'yougana?
maru (丸): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
marugakko (丸括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
marugoshikkutai (丸ゴシック体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
minchoutai (明朝体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
mingeimoji (民芸文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
mouhitsushotai (毛筆書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
mubanchi (無番地): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
myouji (苗字・名字): 10.3. How do Japanese names work?
nakaguro (中黒): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nakakakko (中括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nakaten (中点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
namae (名前): 10.3. How do Japanese names work?
namikakko (波括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nanori (名乗り): 10.2. How can I read a Japanese name?
nichi (日): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
nigori (濁り): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nihon (日本): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
nihon kougyou kikaku (日本工業規格): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nihon-shiki (日本式): 4.3.5. What are the systems of romanization of Japanese?
nijuugyume (二重ギュメ): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nijuukagikakko (二重鉤括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nijuuyamagata (二重山がた): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nijuuyamakakko (二重山括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nippon (日本): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
noma (ノマ): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nonoten (ノノ点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
nyoro (にょろ): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
odoriji (踊り字): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
on'yomi (音読み): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
paaren (パーレン): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
popshotai (ポップ書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
potsu (ぽつ): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
rakkan (落款): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
reisho (隷書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
rekishiteki kanadukai (歴史的仮名遣い): 4.1.2. Is there a kana symbol for ye or yi?
ren'youkei (連用形): 9.1. What is the yagaru verb ending?
rubi (ルビ): 4.3.3. What is furigana?
rubii (ルビー): 4.3.3. What is furigana?
sahen (サ変): 5.1.1. What verbs are irregular?
sama (様): 6.2. What are the origins of the san suffix for names?
sekihitai (石碑体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
shi (市): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
shimbunshotai (新聞書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
shime (しめ): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
shinema shotai (シネマ書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
shingyoushotai (新行書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
sho (書): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
shodou (書道): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
shoujomoji (少女文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
shoutenshotai (小篆書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
sokuon (促音): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
souchoutai (宋朝体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
souon (宋音): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
sourubi (総ルビ): 4.3.3. What is furigana?
sousho (草書): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
soutai (宋体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
sukuriin moji (スクリーン文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
sumitsukikakko (すみつきかっこ ): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
sumou moji (相撲文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
suudoku (数独): 6.9. What is the origin of the name of the number puzzle "sudoku"?
tadoushi (他動詞): 5.1.4. What 's the difference between hajimeru and hajimaru?
tategaki (縦書き): 4.3.9. Can Japanese be written right to left?
tensen (点線): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
tenshotai (篆書体・てん書体): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
to (都): 13.3. How does the Japanese addressing system work?
touon (唐音): 4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
touten (読点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
touyou kanji (当用漢字): 4.2.3. What is the difference between touyou kanji and jouyou kanji?
uroko (うろこ): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
wa (倭): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
wa (和): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
waapuro (word processor): 4.3.5. What are the systems of romanization of Japanese?
wakiten (脇点): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
wamei (和名): 4.3.2. How are animal and plant names written in Japanese?
wasei (和製): 12.4. What are these pseudo English words like salaryman?
wasei eigo (和製英語): 12.4. What are these pseudo English words like salaryman?
wen (ゑん): 12.2. Where does the word `yen' come from?
yagaru (やがる): 9.1. What is the yagaru verb ending?
yakumono (約物): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
yamakakko (山括弧): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
yamatai (邪馬台): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
yamato (大和): 6.5. What are the names of Japan?
yamato kotoba (大和言葉): 7.6. What is yamato kotoba?
yokogaki (横書き): 4.3.9. Can Japanese be written right to left?
yosemoji (寄席文字): 4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
yutou yomi (湯桶読み): 4.2.7. Can a word have mixed on and kun readings?
yuubin (郵便): 4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?

TO DO #57: priority: low: Link the Japanese words to lookup via Jim Breen's and other electronic dictionaries.

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