JAPANESE
WORDS
AIKIDO - A Japanese martial art
BONSAI - The art of growing dwarfed trees;
dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub
GEISHA - A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation, singing and dancing
HAIKU - A short Japanese poem with 17 syllables
HARA-KIRI - Ritual suicide by cutting open the
stomach with a sword
IKEBANA - The art of formal flower arrangements
JUJITSU - A method
of unarmed self-defence
KAMIKAZE - A suicide pilot
or plane of the Second World War
KENDO - Fencing
with bamboo swords
KIMONO - A traditional Japanese dress
MIKADO - A
Japanese emperor
SAMURAI - A warrior belonging to the military aristrocracy of feudal
Japan
SAYONARA
- Goodbye
SHINTO - A Japanese religion
SHOGUN - Military rulers
of Japan under the Japanese emperor
SOGO
SHOSHA - A large diverse Japanese company
SUMO - An
elaborate ritualised form of wrestling
ZAIBATSU - Large Japanese industrial combine usually controlled by
a single family or a few families
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