2006年11月出版の『英語になった日本語』(春風社、188頁)をご覧下さい。
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日 本 語 | 短い解説 [語源] [trdn]→商標名 |
A | |
abukumalite | [Abukuma (a plateau in Fukushima Prefecture) + -lite] |
abura-bozu | a large fish of the northern Pacific |
abura-haye | a Japanese cyprinoid fish |
aburachan seed | [abura (oil) + chan (pitch)] |
aburagiri | a thung (oil) tree |
adsuki (bean) | → adzuki |
adzuki (bean), azuki | a dark red edible bean |
ahyu | → ayu |
ai | → ayu |
aikido | a Japanese art of self-defence |
aikuchi | a dagger, a dirk |
Aino | → Ainu |
ainoko | a person of mixed blood |
Ainu | an indigenous Caucasoid people of Japan |
akabo | a hand-baggage porter at a Japanese railway station |
akaganeite | [aka (red) + gane < kane (metal) + -ite] |
akahara | a Japanese cyprinoid fish |
akamatsu | [aka (red) + matsu (pine)] |
akamebuku | same as kitamakura |
akamushi (mite) | tsutsugamushi mite |
akebi | an eastern Asiatic vine |
Akebia | ← akebi, a small genus of woody vine |
akeki | hiba arborvitae |
akenobeite | [Akenobe (a district of western Japan) + -ite] |
Akita (dog) | [Akita (a district of northern Japan) + dog] |
ama | a woman diver |
amado | one of a set of shutters on the outer side of a Japanese house |
amakudari | the entry by retired bureaucrats into private companies |
amanori | the laver |
Amaterasu(-Omikami) | the Sun-Goddess, the central deity of Shinto |
ame | a dextrose or glucose manufactured from rice paste |
amemasu | a trout |
Amida | Amitabha, one of the five Buddhas |
Amidism | [Amida (Amitabha) + -ism] |
Amidist | [Amida (Amitabha) + -ist] |
anago | a conger eel |
andon | a paper-framed lamp |
ansu | an apricot |
aogiri | the sultan’s parasol |
aoi tsuba | a kind of Japanese sword-guard |
Aoyama’s fluid | after Fumio Aoyama, 20th century Japanese anatomist |
aragoto | a play featuring exaggerated posture, makeup, and costume |
arakawaite | [Arakawa (a mine in Akita Prefecture) + -ite] |
arigato | Thank you very much. |
arisaka (rifle) | after Col. Nariakira Arisaka (1852-1915) |
Arita (ware) | [Arita (a town on the island of Kyushu) + ware] |
Atari Democrat | [atari (success, hit) + democrat] |
Atari Socialism | [atari (success, hit) + socialism] |
Atarize | [atari (success, hit) + -ize] |
Atom Boy | [trdn] |
aucuba, A- | a well known hardy evergreen shrub |
aucuba green | a light olive that is greener and stronger than citrine |
aucuba mosaic | a mosaic of the potato and other plants of the family Solanaceae |
awabi | an abalone, an ear shell |
Awaji ware | a coarse stone-ware made in Awaji Province |
Awata ware | pottery and porcelain made at Awata, near Kyoto |
ayu, ahyu, ai | a small salmonlike anadromous fish of Japan |
Azuchi-Momoyama (era) | from 1568 to 1600, a period of Japanese art |
azuki (bean) | → adzuki |
bai | yellow sands blown in the air 霾 |
baishu | bribery |
bai-u | (a season of) rainfall in early summer |
baka (bomb) | a Japanese rocket-propelled bomb-carrying airplane guided by a suicide pilot in World War II |
Bakanae Disease | [baka (idiot) + nae (young rice plant)] |
bakufu | the government of the shoguns, the Shogunate |
Bakumatsu | the last days of the Shogunate |
bancha (tea) | coarse Japanese tea |
bandaite | [Baindai (a volcano on Honshu Island) + -ite] |
Banko pottery, | a thin Japanese ware, named after Nunami Banko, the original |
Banko-ware, b- | maker |
banzai (interj.) | [ban (ten thousand) + zai < sai (years)] |
banzai (n.) | a shout or cheer used by the Japanese in greeting the emperor |
banzai attack | US slang, a reckless desperate mass attack |
banzai charge | US slang, a reckless desperate mass attack |
Banzai Cliff | US slang |
banzai party | US slang |
banzuke | a list of sumo wrestlers |
baren | a pad used in wood block printing |
basho | a sumo tournament |
bashofu | a fabric woven from the fiber of the plantain |
beddo, betto | a rolling bed installed in love hotels |
Beef Bowl | [trdn] |
bekko | tortoise shell |
bekko-ware | a kind of pottery anciently made in Japan, imitating tortoise-shell |
beni | a hardy shrub cultivated for its late summer bloom |
benimasu | [beni (red) + masu (salmon)] |
Benihana of Tokyo | [trdn] |
Benten | the goddess of fortune and happiness |
bento | a lunch, a box lunch |
Betamax | a proprietary name for the videocassette format developed by Sony |
bettaku | a second house |
betto (1) | a small pony carriage |
betto (2) | → beddo |
Bishamon, b- | [< Beishamon-ten (the god of treasure)] |
biwa | a 4-stringed Japanese lute |
biwa | a loquat |
Bizen ware | fine, hard, unglazed pottery made in Okayama Prefecture (formerly Bizen Province) |
Boecho | the Defense Agency |
bomban-wa | ← komban-wa, good evening |
Bon | a Buddhist festival held annually in August to honour the dead |
bon en kai | a year-end party |
Bonin Islands | Ogasawara Jima [bonin < bunin < munin (unmanned) + islands] |
boninite | [bonin + -ite] |
bonsai | (the technique for cultivating) a potted plant or small tree |
bon-seki | a miniature landscape of sand and stones |
bonso | a Buddhist monk of Japan |
bonze, bonzee, bonzi | a Buddhist monk of Japan [probably < French bonze < Portuguese bonzo < Japanese bozu] |
bonzery, bonzary | [bonze + -ery] |
bonzess | a female bonze [bonze + -ess] |
bonzian (adj.) | [bonze + -ian] |
bote | a deep-bodied shiner, found in the waters of Japan |
bu | an old Japanese rectangular coin made of silver |
bu | a Japanese unit of length equal to 0.1 inch |
bucho | the head director |
budo | military arts |
Bugaku, b- | a stately classical court dance and music |
buke, Buk | a military family in the feudal system of Japan |
Bukkio | Buddhism |
bunraku, B- | a kind of traditional puppetry, named after Uemura Bunrakuken (1737-1810), who organized the puppet theater troupe |
Buppo | Buddhism |
buraku | a community, a town |
bushido, B- | in feudal Japan, the ethical code of the Samurai |
Busshu kaze | [Bush + kaze (a cold)] |
butoh, B- | a dance, dancing |
butsu, B- | Buddha, a representing of the Buddha |
butsudan | a small household Buddhist altar shelf |
Butsudo | the teaching of Buddha, Buddhist doctrines |
Butsudoist | [butsu (Buddha) + do (way) + -ist] |