入 rù to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") syn 漫画 漫畫 màn huà caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga syn 小日本 xiǎo rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap 金子 jīn zǐ Kaneko (Japanese surname) syn 爱普生 愛普生 ài pǔ shēng Epson, Japanese electronics company 声优 聲優 shēng yōu voice actor (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 声優 "seiyū") 村上 cūn shàng Murakami (Japanese surname) 佐藤 zuǒ téng Satō (Japanese surname) 西村 xī cūn Nishimura (Japanese surname) 谷口 gǔ kǒu Taniguchi (Japanese surname) 大野 dà yě Ōno (Japanese surname and place name) 工藤 gōng téng Kudō (Japanese surname) 小川 xiǎo chuān Ogawa (Japanese surname) 残念 殘念 cán niàn (coll.) to regret / what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen") 野村 yě cūn Nomura (Japanese surname) 女体盛 女體盛 nǚ tǐ chéng nyotaimori or "body sushi", Japanese practice of serving sushi on the body of a naked woman 省 shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) syn 柳杉 liǔ shān Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) syn 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 麿 xx (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro 辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji 日本人 rì běn rén Japanese person or people 日语 日語 rì yǔ Japanese language 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 佳能 jiā néng Canon (Japanese company) 丰田 豐田 fēng tián Toyota or Toyoda (name) / Toyota, Japanese car make 东芝 東芝 dōng zhī Toshiba, Japanese electronics company 本田 běn tián Honda (Japanese name) 日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 日元 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2] 富士 fù shì Fuji (Japanese company) 抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 樱花 櫻花 yīng huā oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry 物语 物語 wù yǔ monogatari / epic narrative (Japanese literary form) 雅阁 雅閣 yǎ gé Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model) 小泉 xiǎo quán Koizumi (name) / KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006 山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn 日产 日產 rì chǎn Nissan, Japanese car make / also transliterated 尼桑[Ni2 sang1] 大发 大發 dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company 蔷薇 薔薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) syn 写真集 寫真集 xiě zhēn jí photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model 奥林巴斯 奧林巴斯 ào lín bā sī Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 三洋 sān yáng Sanyō, Japanese electronics company 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 日圆 日圓 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4] 日货 日貨 rì huò Japanese goods 铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname) 小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname) 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 株式会社 株式會社 zhū shì huì shè Japanese limited company / corporation / public company / Ltd / p.l.c. / Corp / Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha 二十一条 二十一條 èr shí yī tiáo the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915 日式 rì shì Japanese style 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 娜娜 nà nà Nana (name) / Nana (1880 novel by Émile Zola) / Nana (Japanese manga series) 本子 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition syn 八路军 八路軍 bā lù jūn Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) syn 理光 lǐ guāng Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company 和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name) 自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn 士官 shì guān warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 资生堂 資生堂 zī shēng táng Shiseidō (Japanese cosmetics company) 高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname) 艺伎 藝伎 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝妓|艺妓[yi4 ji4] 中日关系 中日關係 zhōng rì guān xì Sino-Japanese relations 日方 rì fāng the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc) 乌龙 烏龍 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon 田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname) 新干线 新幹線 xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) 铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) 连珠 連珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row syn 千叶 千葉 qiān yè Chiba (Japanese surname and place name) 倭寇 wō kòu Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) 尼桑 ní sāng Nissan, Japanese car make 山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname) 漫画家 漫畫家 màn huà jiā cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) 日本鬼子 rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) 蜡笔小新 蠟筆小新 là bǐ xiǎo xīn Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China 光复 光復 guāng fù to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 syn 五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang 新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) 宾得 賓得 bīn dé Pentax, Japanese optics company 井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") 伊藤 yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2]) 芭蕉 bā jiāo Japanese banana (Musa basjoo) 七龙珠 七龍珠 qī lóng zhū Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series 自民党 自民黨 zì mín dǎng Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party) 战国时代 戰國時代 zhàn guó shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century) 明治 míng zhì Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor 山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname) 三井 sān jǐng Mitsui (Japanese company) 茶道 chá dào Japanese tea ceremony / sado syn 中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname) 