THE ANIME COMPANION 2
Entries from both The Anime Companion and
The Anime Companion 2 are Arranged by Category
selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2
| BUILDING/STRUCTURE/LANDMARK - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| • Akihabara Eki (Akihabara Station) Aoyama Reien Asakusa Jinja Budôkan depâto (department store) dôjô (training hall) • dozô (traditional storehouse) • Edojô (Edo castle) • Himejijô (Himeji castle) Hôryûji Ise Jingû (Ise Shrine) Izumo Taisha jiin (Buddhist temple) jinja (Shintô shrine) • Kabukiza Kaminarimon • Kaneiji Keio Puraza Hoteru (Keio Plaza Hotel) Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) kissaten (coffeehouse) Kiyomizudera kôban (police box) • Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan (National Science Museum) • kôsoku dôro (expressway) • Masakado-zuka (Masakado’s mound) • Masuya Meiji Jingû (Meiji shrine) My City • nagaya (row house) Nihonbashi • Odaiba Kaihin Kôen (Odaiba Seaside Park) rabu hoteru (love hotel) • Rainbow Bridge • Ryôgokubashi ryokan (Japanese inn) • Ryôunkaku |
Sensôji sentô (public bath) • Shinbashi Eki (Shinbashi Station) Shin Tôkyô Kokusai Kûkô (New Tokyo International Airport) • Shinjuku Eki (Shinjuku Station) shiro (castle) • Shuto Kôsoku Wangan Sen (Bayshore Expressway) • Studio ALTA Teikoku Daigaku (Imperial University) • Teikoku Hoteru (Imperial Hotel) • Togakushi Jinja Tôkyô Daigaku (Tokyo University) • Tokyo Dizunîrando (Tokyo Disneyland) Tôkyô Dômu Tôkyô Eki (Tokyo Station) • Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan (Tokyo National Museum) Tôkyô Kokusai Kûkô • Tokyo Shôken Torihikijo (Tokyo Stock Exchange) Tôkyô Tawa (Tokyo Tower) Tôkyô Tochôsha (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Offices) • Tsukiji Shijô (Tsukiji fish market) Tsûtenkaku (Osaka Tower) Ueno Dôbutsuen (Ueno Zoo) Ueno Eki (Ueno Train Station) Ueno Kôen (Ueno Park) • Uguisudani Eki (Uguisudani Station) • Wakô Clock Tower • Waseda Daigaku (Waseda University) • Yakushiji • Yamanote sen (Yamanote line) • Yokohama bei buriji (Yokohama Bay Bridge) |
| CLOTHING - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| burûma (gym shorts worn by girls) fundoshi (loincloth) geta (wooden sandals) hachimaki (headband) hakama (trousers) hana-kanzashi (hairpin) haori (jacket) happi (coat) inrô • kanjiki (snowshoes) kappôgi (cooking apron) |
kimono kushi (comb) mino (rainwear) obi (sash, belt) sailor fuku (sailor suit) sando-gasa (hat) tabi (split-toed sock) • tsuna (rope) tsunokakushi (headdress) yukata (lightweight kimono) zôri (thonged sandals) |
| CULTURE - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| aka to shiro (red and white) akushu suru (shaking hands) Akutagawa Shô Awa Odori bakemono (monster) bakeneko (monster cat) baku (dream eater) banzai cha-no-yu (tea ceremony) Crane Wife dogs and pregnant women drinks, pouring for another four things to fear in life gairaigo (loanword) • Gion Matsuri (Gion Festival) goryô (vengeful ghost) hanami (flower viewing) hatsumôde • hentai Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) • hôzuki ichi (Chinese-lantern plant market) • ikebana (flower arranging) • iroha • kabuki mono kana (syllabary) kanji (chinese character) • kekkaku (tuberculosis) Kintarô Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day) koinobori (carp streamer) kon’in (marriage) • kondomu (condom) Kurisumasu (Christmas) Man’yôshû matsuri to nenchû gyôji (festivals and annual events) |
Nebuta Matsuri (Nebuta Festival) nengajô (New Year’s card) ningyo (mermaid) • nomi-ya • nyû hâfu (she-male) ojigi(bow) okuribi (ritual bonfire) omiai oni (demon) • rezubian (lesbian) • Saiyûki (Journey to the West) • Sanka (a nomadic people) • Sapporo Yuki Matsuri (Sapporo Snow Festival) Sei Barentain no Shukujitsu (Valentine’s Day) • Seijin no Hi (Coming-of-Age Day) • sensô bungaku (war literature) Setsubun Shichi-go-san (7-5-3 Festival) • shichiya (naming a baby) shinzen kekkon (Shintô wedding) • soroban (abacus) • Suikoden (Outlaws of the Marsh) taiko (large drum) Tanabata tengu (mountain spirit) • tori no ichi (bird fair) • tsûshô • virgin road White Day • Yamato yobikô (cram school) • yômyô (male child’s name) • yûrei (ghost) • zômen (white square mask) |
| ENTERTAINMENT/GAME - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| aidoru (“idol” singer) • akabeko (bobbing ox toy) • Berusaiya no Bara (The Rose of Versailles) biwa • bugaku bunraku • charumera chindonya (music maker) dôjinshi (fanzine) • dojôsukui enka (popular song) enkai (party) firecrackers in the sky • gekkin (moon lute) go hagoita (paddle) hanabi (fireworks) hanafuda • izakaya (small tavern) jan-ken • kabuki kai-awase (shell-matching game) • kaiju (giant monster) • kami-shibai karaoke kendama (cup and ball toy) kingyo-sukui (goldfish dipping) • koma (spinning top) Komiketto • kosupure (costume play) koto kurogo (stagehand) |
mâjan (mah-jongg) manga (Japanese comic) • Märchen (magical folk tale) mokugyo • Nô • ohajiki okame onigokko (tag) • origami Osero (“Othello”) pachinko • pinku eiga (pink movie, sex films) • rajio taisô (radio calisthenics) saikoro (dice) • Sanmon Gosan no Kiri saru mawashi (monkey show) senkô-hanabi (sparkler) shakuhachi shamisen shiritori (word game) shôgi (Japanese “chess”) • shunga (erotic art) suika-wari (watermelon game) • sunakku (bar) Takarazuka Kagekidan (Takarazuka Opera Company) takeuma (bamboo horse or stilts) tako-age (kite flying) • terebi (television) uma-yaku uta karuta (poem card) • yagura (stage) • YAOI |
| FOOD AND DRINK - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| • akagai • amadai • ankô anmitsu • anpan bentô (box lunch for one person) bîru (beer) Boss Coffee Calpis cha (tea) chanpon chazuke • chikuwa (fish sausage) • chirinabe (hot pot dish) • Choco Flake choko (sake cup) chôshoku (breakfast) • chûka ryôri-ya (Chinese restaurant) daikon (radish) • dango (dumpling) • dashi (soup stock) • donabe (ceramic pot) donburi (food bowl) • edamame eiyô drink (nutritional supplement drink) ekiben (station) lunch fugu (puffer fish) • fugu-chiri • gobô (burdock) gohan (cooked rice) • Green Gum gyôza (potsticker) gyûdon (beef bowl) • gyûnabe (beef hot pot) • hanpen (fish paste cake) hashi (chopsticks) • hatahata (sandfish) haze (goby) • hirekatsu (fried pork filet) hisago (gourd) hiyamugi, sômen (noodles) ika (squid and cuttlefish) • ikura • IN Shirîzu • kaki (persimmon) kakigôri-ki (shaved ice) • kama meshi • kanten • karashi (mustard) • karê (curry) karê raisu (curry rice) kashiwa mochi • katsudon (pork cutlet donburi) • katsuobushi (dried bonito) kayu (rice porridge) • kezuribushi (shaved dried bonito) • kibidango • kinpira-gobô • konbu (kelp) konnyaku (devil’s tongue root) • konpeitô • korokke (croquette) • kusasotetsu (ostrich fern) • kushi-dango • kuzu mochi (arrowroot cake) kyûri (cucumber) manjû (bun, dumpling) masu (box measure) • men rui (noodles) mikan mismatched foods miso (soy bean paste) • miso-râmen misoshiru (miso soup) mochi (rice cake) • mugicha (barley tea) • nabemono (one pot meal) • nabeyaki-udon naruto nasu (eggplant) nattô • negi (spring onion) nigirimeshi (rice ball) |
• ninjin noodle slurping nori (seaweed, laver) oden • ohagi (equinox bean cake) • okara (tôfu lees) okonomiyaki • okosama-ranchi (child’s plate) • omuraisu (omelet rice) osechi-ryôri (New Year’s food) • panko (bread crumbs) • Pocari Sweat • Pocky râmen (noodles) • Ramune • renge (Chinese spoon) • renkon (lotus root) sakazuki (sake cup) sake • sakura mochi • sanma • sansai (mountain vegetables) • sanshô (Szechwan pepper) • sashimi (sliced raw meat) satsumaimo (sweet potato) • sekihan (rice with red beans) senbei (rice cracker) shabu-shabu • shichimi tôgarashi (seven spice mix) shichirin (ceramic brazier) • shiitake shiruko • shôchû (hard liquor) • shôjin ryôri (vegetarian cooking) shokuhin sanpuru (food model) shôyu (soy sauce) • shûmai (dim sum) • soba • suika (watermelon) sukiyaki • suppon (snapping turtle) sushi • tai (sea bream) tai-yaki takenokawa (bamboo sheath) • takenoko (bamboo shoot) tako (octopus) takoyaki • tamago (egg) • tamago-zake (egg yolk in sake) • teishoku (set meal) • tenpura • tenpura soba (tenpura noodles) • tendon (tenpura and rice) • teppan (iron plate) • tôfu tokkuri (sake flask) • tômorokoshi (corn on the cob) • tonkatsu (pork cutlet) • toshikoshi soba (New Year’s soba) toso tsukemono (pickle) • Tsukune (meatballs) UCC Coffee • udon ume umeboshi (salted Japanese apricot) umeshu (plum “wine”) unagi (eel) • unagi donburi • wakame • warabi (bracken) • wasabi • yakimeshi (fried rice) • yakiniku-ya (Korean barbeque restaurant) yakisoba (noodles) yakitori • yamanoimo • yatsuhashi • yôkan • zakuro (pomegranate) • zôni |
| GENERAL - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| aka-chôchin (red lantern) atena (address) benjo (toilet) bôsôzoku (gang) chalk marks and illegally parked cars chôchin (hanging paper lantern) commuter train • daikan • daimyô (han lord) • demaé (delivery of prepared food) denwa (telephone) • en (yen) • gama no abura (toad oil) hachikô hankachi (handkerchief) hanko (seal) hara (stomach, belly) hari (acupuncture) he (fart) headlights off hiuchi-ishi (flint and steel) homurûmu (homeroom) irezumi (tattoo) ishi-dôrô (stone lantern) Jê Aru (JR) jidô-hanbaiki (vending machine) jinrikisha (rickshaw) kago (sedan chair) kaishakunin kappa kasa (umbrella) kasô (cremation) kasô (geomancy) ketsueki-gata (blood type) ki (spirit, life force) ki-ai (shout) kiseru (tobacco pipe) kisu (kiss) • koku (volume measurement) koshi (palanquin) kushami (sneeze) • kuwa (hoe) kyû (moxibustion) • Lotte Co., Ltd. magatama (beads) Makudonarudo (McDonald’s) manekineko (“beckoning cat”) • maru meishi (business card) mimikaki (ear scoop) • Mitsubishi miyage (souvenir) |
mizuhiki (decorative cords) mother-in-law neko (cat) Nippon Denshin Denwa (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) Nippon Hôsô Kyôkai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) noren (split curtains) • nozoki (peeping Tom) ôgi (folding fan) • okama (male homosexual, derogatory) • onnatarashi (playboy) otaku pinkku bira (“pink leaflets”) poke-beru (beeper) red triangle renraku-sen (ferryboat) rorikon (“lolita complex”) sangi (yin-yang divination block) seidôkyô (bronze mirror) senbazuru (origami paper cranes) shiken jigoku (examination hell) shinbun (newspaper) shinjû (double or group suicide) Shinkansen (New Trunk Line, Bullet Train) shishiodoshi (deer scare) • shôjo (young woman) shôyo (bonus) shûgaku ryokô (school trip) shûgakuzen kyôiku (preschool education) sôpurando (“soapland”) students cleaning school sumi (ink) surgical masks worn in public suzu (round bells) tachishôben (peeing in the street) takushi (taxi) tanzaku • taraibune (tub boat) • tetsudô (railway) • tôfu-ya (tôfu seller) tsûkin (commuting) tsuri-dôrô (hanging lantern) uchiwa (non-folding fan) water holding as punishment yatai (outdoor stall) yôshi (adoption) • Yoshinoya • yoshizu (reed screen) yuinô (betrothal gift) • zôki ishioku (organ transplant) |
| GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE/LOCATION - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 |
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| • Adachi-ku Aichi Ken • Aizu Bonchi (Aizu Basin) • Aizu Han • Akasaka Akashi Akihabara Aoyama • Arai-chô • Arakawa-ku • Arashiyama Asakusa Asamayama Aso-san (Mt. Aso) Atami • Awajishima • Azabu Azabu Jûban • Biwako (Lake Biwa) Chiba Ken • Chigasaki • Chiyoda-ku • Chôshi • Chôshû Han Dotonbori • Edo • Edogawa-ku Enoshima • Fuji Goko (Fuji Five Lakes) Fuji-san (Mt. Fuji) • Fukagawa • Fukushima Ken • Gifu Ken Ginza Gion • Gunma Ken • Hachiôji • Hagi • Hakodate Hakone Harajuku Hayama • Hibiya Hida Sanmyaku • Hieizan (Mount Hiei) Hiroshima Hokkaido Honshu • Hyôgo Ken Ibaraki Ken • Inokashira Onshi Kôen • Iriya Iruma Ise • Iwate Ken Izumo • Kabukichô Kamakura Kanagawa Ken • Kanaya Kantô Chihô (Kantô region) • ken (prefecture) • Kôbe |
• Kôchi Ken • Kôtô-ku Kôya-san (Mt. Kôya) Kuramayama Kyoto Kyushu • Maebashi • Mie Ken • Minato-ku • Mitaka • Mito Han Miyagi Ken • Morioka Nagasaki • Nakano-ku • Nakasendô • Nara • Nerima-ku • Nihonkai (Sea of Japan) • Okayama Ken Okinawa Ken Onomichi Ôsaka • Ôtsu Roppongi • Sakata Sapporo • Senju • Seto Naikai (Seto Inland Sea) • Shibuya-ku • Shikoku Shimane Ken • Shinbashi • Shimo Suwa • Shimoda • Shimonoseki • Shinagawa-ku Shinjuku • Shizuoka Ken • Sumidagawa • Suwako (Lake Suwa) • Taitô-ku • Tama Chiku (Tama Area) • Tama Nyû Taun (Tama New Town) • Tochigi Ken • Togakushi • Tokai chihô (Tokai region) • Tôkaidô • Tokyo • Tokyo Wan (Tokyo Bay) • Tomakomai • Tosa Han • Tsukudajima • Ueno • Uguisudani (Valley of the Bush Warblers) • Urayasu • Utsunomiya • Yamaguchi Ken • Yamashina • Yokohama • Yokosuka • Yokota Air Base • Yotsuya |
| HISTORY/SOCIETY - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| • Ansei no Taigoku (Ansei Purge) • bakufu (shogunate) • bakumatsu • Boshin Sensô (Boshin Civil War) chônaikai (neighborhood association) • Dai Nippon Teikoku Rikugun (Imperial Japanese Army) Edo Period • Emishi • Engi Era February 26, 1936 • fudai daimyô fû-rin-ka-zan • genpuku (boy’s coming of age ceremony) gissha (ox cart) • Goryôkaku no Tatakai (Battle of Goryôkaku) • Haitôrei • Hamaguri Gomon no Hen • han (daimyô domain) hata (ceremonial banner) • hatamoto (bannermen) Heian Period Heike Monogatari Heisei Period • Ikedaya Jiken • ikki (peasant revolt) Jiyû Minshutô (Liberal Democratic Party) Jukyô (Confucianism) Kamakura Period • Kantô Daishinsai (Tokyo Earthquake of 1923) Keishichô (Tôkyô Metropolitan Police Department) Keizai Kikaku Chô (Economic Planning Agency) ken’etsu (censorship) • Kôan no Eki (Kôan War) Kokkai (Diet) Kôseishô (Ministry of Health and Welfare) • Kyôto Shoshidai (Kyoto Deputy) • Kyôto Shugoshoko (Kyoto Military Commissioner) |
matoi (banner, standard) Meiji Period Minamoto Minshatô (Democratic Socialist Party) mon (family or organizational crest) Muromachi Period • Naimushô (Ministry of the Interior) • Nichibei Shûkô Tsûshô Jôyaku (Japan-U.S. Friendship and Commerce Treaty) • Nichibei Washin Jôyaku (Treaty of Kanagawa) Nihon Kôgyô Kikaku (Japanese Industrial Standards) Nihon Kyôsantô (Japanese Communist Party) Nihonkoku Kenpô (Constitution of Japan) ninjutsu • niwaban nobori (banner) • sankin kôtai (alternative attendance) • Satchô Dômei (Satsuma-Chôshû Alliance) • Satsuma Han • Seinan Sensô (Satsuma Rebellion) • Sekigahara no Tatakai (Battle of Sekigahara) Sengoku Jidai • sensô hanzai ni kansuru saiban (Tokyo war trials) seppuku (ritual suicide) • Shimabara no Ran (Shimabara Uprising) • Shinsengumi • shishi (men of high purpose) • Shôgitai • Shôwa jidai (Shôwa period) • shukuba machi (post station town) • sonnô jôi (revere the emperor, expel the barbarians) taira • Taishô jidai (Taishô period) tenshô ken’ô shisetsu • Toba-Fushimi no Tatakai (Battle of Toba-Fushimi) Tokugawa tozama daimyô Tsûshô Sangyô Shô (Ministry of International Trade and Industry) |
| HOME - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| amado (rain doors) • byôbu (folding screen) chabudai chawan (small bowl) • chigai-dana (cloud shelves) denki-gama (electric rice cooker) engawa (veranda) fûrin (wind bell) furo (bath) furoshiki (carrying cloth) fusuma futon genkan (entryway) hataki hibachi (charcoal heater) ichimonji (spatula) irori (sunken hearth) jizaikagi (pot hook) jûbako (stacking boxes) kadomatsu (pine gate) • kaidan tansu kakemono (hanging scroll) • kaku andon (four-legged standing lantern) • kama (cooking pot) • kamado (stove) • kawara (roof tiles) kotatsu |
makura (pillow) • nabe (iron pot) • onigawara (demon-faced end tile) • oshiire (futon storage closet) • oshiki (flat serving tray) • otoshibuta (drop lid) ranma (transom) renting • rôsoku (candle) • seirô (food steamer) shachihoko (dolphin roof ornament) shataku (company housing) • shôheiga (screen and wall painting) shôji sudare (hanging blinds) susu-harai (end-of-year-house-cleaning) • tansu (wooden chest) tatami • teshoku (portable candle holder) tobukuro (pocket door) tokonoma (decorative alcove) • tsuitate (standing screen) • yuwakashiki (wall-mounted water heater) • zabuton (floor cushion) • zaisu (legless chair) • zen (small individual table for food) |
| NATURE - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| ajisai (Japanese hydrangea) asagao (morning glory) • ayame (iris) bonsai ginkgo heikegani hoshi-suna (“star” sand) hotaru (firefly) • hôzuki (Chinese-lantern plant) • inoshishi (wild boar) jishin (earthquake) kaede to momoji (maple tree) karasu (crow) • keyaki (zelkova) kiku (chrysanthemum) kingyo (goldfish) |
kitsune (fox) koi (carp) kurage (jellyfish) onsen (hot spring) sakura (cherry blossom) saru (monkey) semi (cicada) shika (deer) • sugi (cedar) • susuki (pampas grass) taifû (typhoon) tanuki • tsubaki (camellia) • tsubame (swallow) • tsunami (tidal wave) tsuru (crane) • yanagi (willow) |
| PEOPLE - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| aging population Ainu Akagawa Jirô Akutagawa Ryûnosuke • Amakusa Shirô • Arima Kihei Bakin • Bando Tamasaburo V • Bashô Benkei biwa hôshi (“lute priest”) Dôgen • Edogawa Rampo En no Gyôja Enomoto Ken’ichi gaijin (foreigner) geisha Genji Hayashi Fumiko Hearn, Lafcadio Higuchi Ichiyô • Hijikata Toshizô hosutesu (“hostess”) • Ii Naosuke • Ikeda Terumasa • Ikumatsu • Ishida Mitsunari Ishihara Shintarô Ishikawa Goemon • Ishikawa Takuboku • Itagaki Taisuke Izumi Kyôka • Izumo no Okuni • Katô Kiyomasa • Katsu Kaishû Kawabata Yasunari • Kido Takayoshi kidôtai (riot police) • Kobayashi Issa • Kondô Isami • Konishi Yukinaga Kume Masao Kurama Tengu maiko (apprentice geisha) miko (shrine maiden) Minamoto no Yorimitsu Minamoto no Yoshitsune • Miyabe Teizô Miyamoto Musashi Miyazawa Kenji |
Momotarô (Peach Boy) Mori Ôgai Murasaki Shikubu Mushanokôji Saneatsu Natsume Sôseki • Nezumi Kozô • Oda Nobunaga • Oguri Tadamasa Okada Keisuke • Okita Sôji • Ôkubo Toshimichi ol (“office lady”) Ôtomo no Yakamochi Ozaki Shirô • Perry, Matthew Calbraith rônin Saigô Takamori Saigyô • Sakamoto Ryôma samurai sarariman (“salaried man”) senpai (senior) sensei (teacher, master) Shinran shôgun • Shôwa Tennô (Shôwa Emperor) • Son Goku • Sugawara no Michizane • Taira no Masakado • Takasugi Shinsaku • Takuan Sôhô Tanizaki Jun’ichirô • Tokugawa Iemitsu • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Tokugawa Mitsukuni • Tokugawa Yorinobu • Tokugawa Yoshimune • Tokugawa Yoshinobu Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Tsukahara Bokuden Urashima Tarô • Yagyû Jûbei Mitsuyoshi yakuza (gangster) • Yamagata Aritomo • Yamayoshi Morisuke yankî (“yankee,” juvenile delinquent) • yopparai (a drunk) • Yoshida Shôin • Yoshida Tôyô • Yoshikawa Eiji |
| RELIGION/MYTHOLOGY/BELIEF - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| • Adachigahara Amaterasu Ômikami Benten Bishamon Bon Bon Odori bonshô bosatsu (boddhisattva) Bukkyô butsudan (Buddhist altar) daikokuten daruma ebisu ema (votive tablet) ennichi (feast day) fudô-myôô fukurokuju gohei • Gokuraku (Western Pure Land) • Hachiman hakamairi hamaya hitodama (spirit lights) Hotei inari inori (prayer) inzô Jizô Joya no kane Jûni Jinshô junrei (pilgrimage) juzu (rosary) • kagura • kaihôgyô kaimyô kami kamidana (Shintô altar) kashiwade • Katsuragawa Geango kei (bell) • keisaku or kyôsaku (Zen stick) Kirisutokyô (Christianity) koma-inu kongôshô (vajra) |
kuji • kumade (bamboo rake) meinichi (death anniversary) • mikkyô (esoteric Buddhism) mikoshi (portable shrine) mikuji (fortune stick) misogi (purification) mizugori (waterfall purification) nenbutsu ofuda okiku omamori (amulet) Raijin (god of thunder) • ryû (dragon) saifuku saisen (money offering) • Sanemori-sama • Sanzu no Kawa (River Styx) senja-fuda (shrine card) Shichifuku-jin (seven deities of good fortune) shimenawa (sacred rope) shinboku (sacred tree) shinkô shûkyô (new religion) shintai (“kami-body”) Shintô shugendô sotoba Susanoo-no-mikoto tachimono (something abstained from) Takamagahara (plain of high heaven) temizuya tennyo (heavenly maiden, nymph, angel) teruteru bôzu (rain doll) torii (shrine gate) tsukimono otoshi (exorcism) • ushi no toki mairi (nailing doll to tree) • wara ningyô (straw doll) yamabushi (mountain ascetic) • yuki onna (snow woman) Zashiki Warashi • zazen (Zen meditation) • zeichiku • Zen (Buddhism) • Zenki |
| SPORTS/ACTIVITY - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| • aikidô hanetsuki jûdô jûjutsu kata (form or sequence) kemari (Japanese football) kendô (“way of the sword”) |
kôkô yakyû (high school baseball) kyûdô (Japanese archery) • ryû (martial arts style) sukî (skiing) sumô tenisu (tennis) |
| WEAPONRY/WAR - selections marked with • are from The Anime Companion 2 | |
| • ashigaru (foot soldiers) • battô-jutsu • Betty (aircraft) bokken (wooden sword) • bushi (warrior) • bushidô (way of the warrior) • Byakkotai (White Tiger Brigade) Dannoura no Tatakai • Emily (aircraft) • Hokushin Ittô Ryû Jieitai (Self Defense Forces; SDF) • Jigen Ryû jitte (truncheon) • Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kôgekitai (Kamikaze Special Attack Force) • kashira • kenpô • kenjutsu (swordsmanship) • Kiheitai • kusarifundo (weighted chain) |
• kusarigama (chain and sickle) • kusari-katabira (chail mail vest) • Mugai Ryû • musha shugyô (warrior pilgrimage) naginata (halberd) Nichiro Sensô (Russo-Japanese War) nihontô (Japanese sword) • Ohka • saya (scabbard) shinai (bamboo sword) • shuriken (throwing stars) • suntetsu • taryû-jiai (duel) • teppô (firearm) • tonfa • tsuba (sword guard) • tsuka (sword hilt) • Yamato (battleship) • Zainichi Beigun (United States Armed Forces in Japan) • Zerosen (Zero fighter) |