日军 日軍 rì jūn Japanese army / Japanese troops 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 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 大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") 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 慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu") 国耻 國恥 guó chǐ national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria 周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution 桃太郎 táo tài láng Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale / (Tw) Japanese person 浜 bīn Japanese variant of 濱|滨[bin1] / used in Japanese place names such as Yokohama 橫浜|横浜[Heng2 bin1] with phonetic value hama syn 辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji 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 士官 shì guān warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 日语 日語 rì yǔ Japanese language 本子 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition syn 日元 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆[Ri4 yuan2] 娜娜 nà nà Nana (name) / Nana (1880 novel by Émile Zola) / Nana (Japanese manga series) 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname) 山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 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 丰田 豐田 fēng tián Toyota or Toyoda (name) / Toyota, Japanese car make 自卫队 自衛隊 zì wèi duì self-defense force / the Japanese armed forces syn 漫画家 漫畫家 màn huà jiā cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) 铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname) 清酒 qīng jiǔ sake (Japanese rice wine) syn 本田 běn tián Honda (Japanese name) 蔷薇 薔薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) syn 田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname) 艺妓 藝妓 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝伎|艺伎[yi4 ji4] syn 山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname) 井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") 山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname) 小泉 xiǎo quán Koizumi (name) / KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006 日文 rì wén Japanese (language) 富士 fù shì Fuji (Japanese company) 铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname) 昭和 zhāo hé Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2] 明治 míng zhì Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor 团子 糰子 tuán zi dango (Japanese dumpling) syn 和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name) 高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname) 谷子 穀子 gǔ zi millet / (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu") syn 松本 鬆本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name) 日本人 rì běn rén Japanese person or people 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]) 日方 rì fāng the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc) 渡边 渡邊 dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname) 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 支那 zhī nà phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory syn 吉田 jí tián Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name) 光复 光復 guāng fù to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 syn 皇军 皇軍 huáng jūn imperial army (esp. Japanese) 神道 shén dào Shinto (Japanese religion) syn 雅阁 雅閣 yǎ gé Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model) 三洋 sān yáng Sanyō, Japanese electronics company 新干线 新幹線 xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) 桥本 橋本 qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name) 东芝 東芝 dōng zhī Toshiba, Japanese electronics company 尼桑 ní sāng Nissan, Japanese car make 茶道 chá dào Japanese tea ceremony / sado syn 狂言 kuáng yán ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) syn 奥特曼 奧特曼 ào tè màn Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero 日产 日產 rì chǎn Nissan, Japanese car make / also transliterated 尼桑[Ni2 sang1] 日货 日貨 rì huò Japanese goods 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 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) 木村 mù cūn Kimura (Japanese surname) 桐油 tóng yóu tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer 乌龙 烏龍 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon 五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang 七龙珠 七龍珠 qī lóng zhū Dragon Ball, Japanese manga and anime series 旅顺 旅順 lǚ shùn Lüshun / Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning / called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905 住友 zhù yǒu Sumitomo, Japanese company 安贞 安貞 ān zhēn Antei (Japanese reign name, 1227-1229) 爬山虎 pá shān hǔ Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) syn 平野 píng yě Hirano (Japanese surname) 藤森 téng sēn Fujimori (Japanese surname) / Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000 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 山茱萸 shān zhū yú Japanese cornel (Cornus officinalis) syn 佳能 jiā néng Canon (Japanese company) 抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 物语 物語 wù yǔ monogatari / epic narrative (Japanese literary form) 大发 大發 dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company 小日本 xiǎo rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap 金子 jīn zǐ Kaneko (Japanese surname) syn 写真集 寫真集 xiě zhēn jí photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model 爱普生 愛普生 ài pǔ shēng Epson, Japanese electronics company 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 日圆 日圓 rì yuán Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 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 