OED words whose etymology is "Japanese"

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aucuba Bot. Japanese name. 1 A well-known hardy evergreen
bonze o Col. Yule prob. ad. Japanese bonz Chinese
bonze pear to represent the Japanese word directly.A term applied by Europeans
daimio . Japanese, f. Chinese dai great + mio, myo
dairi dayro. Japanese, f. Chinese dai great + ri within.
dan . Japanese. In Judo, a degree of proficiency; the holde
dojo . Japanese. a A room or hall in which judo is pr
geisha -as. Japanese. A Japanese girl whose profession is to en
Goanese , after Japanese, etc. A adj.
gobang Corruptly a. Japanese goban, said to be ad. Chinese k i pan
hara-kiri -curry. Japanese (colloquial and vulgar), f. hara belly + kiri
Huk inst + hapan Japanese (i.e. hukbó ng bayan laban sa hapon people s arm
Huk le s army against the Japanese). A guerrilla movement in the Philippines, o
itzebu -boo. Japanese: two words, itse, itche one, bû
Japan ih-pun (= Japanese Ni-pon), orient , f. jih (Ja
Japanesene . f. Japanese a. + -ness.
Japanesery . f. Japanese a. and sb. + -ery
Japanesey f. Japanese a. and sb. + -y1
jinricksha aw). a. Japanese jin-riki-sha (j = 3
johachidol ac.hachido, Japanese name for the village of Sang-pal-dong in Kilchu Co., Nort
kakemono . Japanese, f. kake- to hang + mono thing.
kaki . Japanese. The Chinese date plum or persimmon of Japan
Kakiemon iemon, a 17th-c. Japanese potter. A Japanese porcelain first made by K
kami . Japanese, =
ketchup om Chinese. The Japanese kitjap, alleged in some recent dicts., is an impossib
Kikuchi kuchi (b. 1902), Japanese physicist, who first observed the lines.
koto kotto. Japanese. A Japanese musical stringed instrument play
Kuroshiwo t a hyphen). Japanese, f. kuro black + shiwo tide.
manyogana th-cent. anthology of Japanese poetry + -gana combining form of kana
matsu . Japanese. A local name for several pine trees, espe
metake . Japanese. A tall slender Japanese bamboo, Pseudos
Mikado ikaddo. Japanese mi august + kado door: for the sense cf.
mitomycin not explained by the (Japanese) authors of the name) + -mycin.
mitsumata . Japanese. A deciduous shrub, Edgeworthia papyrife
mokum . a. Japanese moku-me. An alloy used in metal-wor
mon 1 Japanese. A family crest or badge. (Frequently used
mousmee Japanese musume. An unmarried Japanese girl;
netsuke Japanese. A small piece of ivory, wood, or other mate
obi . Japanese obi belt. A brightly coloured
protoanemo m. Coined in Japanese as purotoanemonin (Asahina & Fujita 1920, in
sake Japanese sake. A Japanese fermented liquor m
samisen misan. Japanese form of Chinese san-hsien (san three,
samurai murais. Japanese. 1 a In Japan during the conti
sen senni. Japanese. A Japanese copper or bronze coin (see quot.
shakudo . a. Japanese shaku do, ad. an older form of Chinese
shikimic shikimi Japanese anise (from which it was first isolated): see prec.
shimose ose (1859-1911), Japanese engineer. A form of lyddite made in Japan.
Shinto -oo. Japanese, f. Chinese shin tao way of the gods.
shogun Shogun is a Japanese sound-substitution for Chinese chiang chiin (
sika . ad. Japanese sika deer. A small red deer,
soy ouy. a. Japanese soy (also shoy), colloquial form of sho
soy yu oil. The Japanese form is also the source of Malay soi, Dutch
sudoite Sudo (b. 1911), Japanese mineralogist and crystallographer: see -ite1
tabi . Japanese. Also 9 tapie; (anglicized pl.)
Taka-diast mine (1854-1922), Japanese-born biochemist and industrialist + diastase.
Takayasu asu (1872-1938), Japanese ophthalmologist, who described the disease in 1908.
Terra Japo mod.L., =
wacadash s)h. a. Japanese wakizashi. A Japanese short sword.
yen . Japanese, ad. Chinese yüan round, round thing, cir