| 日 本 語 | 短い解説 [語源] [trdn]→商標名 |
| habatsu | a political faction |
| habu | a venomous pit-viper native to the Ryuku Islands |
| habutai, habutay | a soft lightweight Japanese silk in plain weave |
| hagi | a bush clover |
| haikai | → haiku |
| haiku | a form of Japanese verse written in three lines |
| haikuist | [haiku (Japanese verse) + ist] |
| hajimemashite | How do you do? Nice to meet you. |
| hak(k)ama | loose trousers with many folds |
| haki-dame | a rubbish heap, a dumping ground |
| hamo | a sharp-toothed eel |
| han (1) | a squad, a group |
| han (2) | a feudal clan, the territory of a daimio of the feudal period |
| hana-kago | [hana (flower) + kago (basket)] |
| hanami | a picnic to famous places to view cherry blossoms |
| hanamichi | a passage leading to the stage |
| hanashika | a professional story-teller |
| hancho | → honcho |
| haniwa | a clay image |
| haori | a loose-fitting, knee-length Japanese coat |
| happi, happi-coat | a loose outer coat |
| haragei | subtle communication, the psychological strategy |
| harai(-)goshi | a throw in Judo |
| hara(-)kari, hari(-)kari | → harakiri |
| hara(-)kiri | suicide by disembowelment |
| harakiri swap | [hara (belly) + kiri (cutting) + swap] |
| harifuku | a fish of the family Diodontidae |
| harisenbon | same as harifuku |
| harumaki | [haru (spring) + maki (roll)] |
| hashigakari | in Noh play |
| Hashimoto’s goitre | after Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934), Japanese surgeon |
| Hashimoto’s disease | after Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934), Japanese surgeon |
| Hashimoto’s struma | after Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934), Japanese surgeon |
| Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | after Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934), Japanese surgeon |
| hatamoto | a vassal of the household troops of a Shogun |
| hatoba | a wharf, a quay |
| haya | a kind of fish, a dace |
| Hayashi track | after Masao Hayashi (1941- ) |
| hayashi | a musical band or accompaniment |
| haye | a kind of small fish |
| hechima | a sponge-gourd |
| Heian (era) | from 794 to 1185 |
| heimin | common people |
| Heisei (era) | from 1989 |
| hesomagari | a crank, a perverse person |
| hiba (arborvitae) | a large Japanese evergreen tree |
| hibachi | a large earthenware pan or brazier |
| hibakusha | an atomic bomb victim |
| hibun | anepitaph |
| hichiriki, hitschiriki | a flageolet |
| Higashiyama | a period in Japanese art history, during the second half of the fifteenth century |
| Higo pottery | a earthenware made in the province of Higo, Japan |
| hi-goi | [hi (red) + goi < koi (carp)] |
| hijiki | an edible seaweed |
| hi-ogi | a folding court fan made of hinoki-wood |
| hinekureta | perverse, distorted, crooked |
| hinkaku | dignity, character |
| hinoki (cypress) | a large conifer native to Japan |
| hipparidako | in great demand |
| Hirado (ware), Hirato (ware) | a rich elaborate (blue-and-) white porcelain |
| hiragana, hirakana | the cursive form of the Japanese syllabary |
| Hira gold lacquer | [hira (flat) + gold lacquer] |
| hiro | a Japanese unit of length equal to 4.97 feet |
| Hiroshima (n.) | as in No more Hiroshimas! |
| Hitachi | [trdn] |
| Hizen (porcelain) | a porcelain with rich decoration, delicate colouring and fine workmanship, made in Hizen, the former province in the north-west of Kyushu |
| hobo (n.) | one that is homeless and usually penniless |
| hobo (v.) | to act the hobo, to journey or travel as a tramp |
| hobodom | [hobo + -dom] |
| hoboette | a female hobo |
| hobohemia | a community of hoboes |
| hoboism | [hobo + -ism] |
| Hojo | a noted powerful family in Japanese history |
| hoju | a supplementary reservist |
| hokku | the opening verse of a haiku poem |
| home goroshi | [home < homeru (to praise) + goroshi < koroshi (killing)] |
| honcho, hancho | a chief or leader of a small group |
| Honda | [trdn] |
| Hondo | [hon (main) + do (land)] |
| honne | one’s true or real intention, reality |
| honoki | a large tree that yields a soft whitish wood, strong and flexible |
| Honshu | the main Island, Japan proper |
| hooch, hoochie | a shelter or dwelling |
| hootch, hootchie | → hooch |
| Hotei | the god with a huge belly |
| hurry-curry | US slang → harakiri |
| iaido | the art of drawing a sword quickly |
| ibota privet | [ibota (a wax tree) + privet] |
| ichiban (adj.) | [ichi (one) + ban (No.)] |
| ichibu | → itzebu |
| icho | a ginkgo, a maiden-hair-tree of Japan |
| Idzumo pottery | an earthenware made in the province of Idzumo |
| Iga pottery | an earthenware made in the province of Iga |
| igano-uwo | a kind of fish |
| I(-)go | → go |
| ijime | ill-treatment, bullying |
| ikebana | the Japanese art of flower arrangement |
| ikunolite, I- | [Ikuno (a mine of Japan) + -lite] |
| Imari (pottery, ware) | an earthenware made at Imari, in the province of Hizen |
| Imbe pottery | an earthenware made at Imbe, in the province of Bizen |
| imo | a (sweet) potato |
| inaka | the country, a rural district |
| inkyo, inkiyo | the act of resigning or renouncing one’s position |
| inro | an ornamental nest of boxes |
| In-yo | the positive and negative |
| ippon | in Judo, a score of one full point |
| iroha, irofa | the Japanese kana or syllabary |
| iro otoko | a handsome man, a lady-killer |
| Ishihara(-)blind | after Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), Japanese ophthalmologist |
| Ishihara method | after Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), Japanese ophthalmologist |
| Ishihara plates | after Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), Japanese ophthalmologist |
| Ishihara (test) | after Shinobu Ishihara (1879-1963), Japanese ophthalmologist |
| ishikawaite | a black oxide of various metals from Ishikawa District |
| ishime | a roughened, irregular surface of Japanese metalwork |
| iso-iwashi | a little fish of the surf |
| issei, I- | a Japanese immigrant to America |
| Isuzu | [trdn] |
| itai-itai | a disease caused by the ingestion of cadmium |
| ittomasu | same as to [it < ichi (one) + to + masu (measure)] |
| ito-uwo | a three-spined stickleback |
| Ito sukashi | in Judo |
| itzebu, itzeboo, itzibu, ichibu | an obsolete silver coin in the form of a thin rectangular plate |
| iwasha | a fish of Japan which yields oil |
| Iwo Jima, Iwo Shima | a volcanic island, 50 km south of the Satsuma Peninsula, Kagashima Prefecture |
| janken(-pon) | a children’s game played with the hands |
| jidaimono | in kabuki, a historical play |
| jiga | a fossorial wasp which stores its nest with caterpillars for its young |
| jigotai | a defensive posture in Judo |
| jimigaki | a highly polished surface on metalwork |
| jingu | a Shinto shrine |
| jinja, jinsha | a Shinto shrine |
| jinkai senjitsu | [jin (people) + kai (wave, ocean) + senjutsu (tactics)] |
| jinrick(i)sha, jinrik(i)sha (n.) | a light two-wheeled hooded vehicle |
| jinrik(i)sha (v.) | [jin (person) + riki (power) + sha (vehicle)] |
| jinriki(sha)-man | [jin (person) + riki (power) + sha (vehicle) + man] |
| jinsen | a flat fan of feathers formerly used in Japan |
| jito | in the Japanese feudal system, a military land steward |
| jiujitsu, jiu(-)jutsu | → jujitsu |
| Jiurojin | → Jurojin |
| jo | a Japanese unit of length |
| Jo(-)do | the western paradise presided over by the Buddha Amida |
| Jodo(-shu) | a Japanese Buddhist sect founded by Honen |
| Jodo (Shinshu) | a Japanese Buddhist sect founded in 1175 |
| johachidolite | [Johachido (Korean place name) + -lite] |
| Jomon (pottery), j- | a kind of very early hand-made Japanese pottery |
| joro | a prostitute |
| joruri | a type of dramatic recitation to musical accompaniment |
| josan | US slang, a girl friend |
| josei mondai | [josei (woman) + mondai (problem)] |
| judo, J- | lit. way of softness, a modern form of jujitsu |
| judoesque | [judo (way of softness) + -esque] |
| Judo hall | [ju (gentle, soft) + do (way) + hall] |
| judogi | judo wear |
| judoist | an expert in Judo |
| judoka | [judo + -ka (expert)] |
| judoman | [judo + man] |
| ju(-)jitsian | [jujutsu + -ian] |
| ju(-)jitsu (n.) | the Japanese art of self-defence without weapons |
| ju(-)jitsu (v.) | [ju (gentle, soft) + jutsu (art)] |
| jujitsu politics | political tactics in which a person responds to criticism with countercriticism |
| ju(-)jitsuist | [jujutsu + -ist] |
| juku | a private school |
| junshi | suicide at the death of one’s lord |
| Jurojin, Jiurojin | the god of long life |
| juyaku | a senior executive |