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| kabane | in ancient Japan, a series of titles of rank |
| kabocha (squach) | a pumpkin |
| Kabuki, k- | a traditional and popular form of drama |
| kabuki dance, K- | an action whose result is easily predictable |
| Kabukiesque | [kabuki + -esque] |
| kabuto | a helmet, a headpiece |
| kabuto gane | the pommel of a Japanese sword |
| kadsura, K-, kadzura (tree), K- | ¨ katsura |
| Kaga ware | a porcelain of the province of Kaga, Japan |
| kagemusha | a generalfs double, a dummy general |
| kago | an open palanquin used in feudal Japan |
| kagura | a sacred dance performed at Shinto festivals |
| kagura-zame | a frill-shark |
| kaiken | ¨ kwaiken |
| kaiko-tsuchi | [kaiko (dismissal) + tsuchi (notice)] |
| kainic (acid) | [kainin < kainin-so Cl + -ic] |
| kairi | a nautical mile (6,080 feet) |
| kaisha ningen | a devoted company man |
| kaizen | improvement, betterment |
| kakebuton | a overlet, a quilt |
| kakemono | a picture or writing on silk or paper that is suitable for hanging |
| kaki | a persimmon of Japan |
| Kaki(y)emon (ware) | a porcelain first made by a Japanese artist, Sakaida Kakiemon (1596-1666) |
| kakke (disease) | beriberi |
| Kamakura era | from 1185 to 1333 |
| Kamakura lacquer | [Kamakura (a town in central Japan) + lacquer] |
| Kambara (earth) | [Kambara (a town in Japan) + earth] |
| kami (1) | a title given to daimyos and governors |
| kami, K- (2) | a Shinto deity; a sacred power or force |
| kami(-)dana | a family altar |
| kamikaze (n.) | Japanese air attack corps |
| kamikaze (adj.) | suicidal |
| kami-religion | [kami (deity) + religion] |
| kana | a Japanese system of syllabic writing |
| kana-majiri(-bun) | a mixed writing of Chinese characters with the Japanese syllabary |
| kanamono | sword mounts |
| kanban | lit. a signboard; a special method of trade, just in time |
| kanji, K- | the corpus of borrowed and adopted Chinese ideographs |
| kannushi | a Shinto priest |
| Kano (school) | a school of Japanese painting founded by Sasanobu Kano (1434-1530) |
| kanryo(u) | bureaucracy |
| Kantei | an official residence |
| kanten | a gelatinous substance extracted from seaweeds |
| karamushi | steaming, the ramie |
| karaoke | a form of entertainment |
| karaoke bar | [kara (empty) + oke (orchestra) + bar] |
| Karariu | Japanese painting in the Chinese manner |
| karate (n.) | a system of unarmed combat |
| karate (v.) | to strike with a karate chop |
| karate-chop (n.) | [kara (empty) + te (hand) + chop] |
| karate-chop (v.) | [kara (empty) + te (hand) + chop] |
| karateist, karatist | karate-man |
| karateka | karate-man |
| karate-kick | [kara (empty) + te (hand) + kick] |
| karate-man | an expert in karate |
| karate sticks, karate-sticks | nunchaku |
| Karatsu (ware, pottery) | a hard pottery made at Karatsu in the province of Hizen |
| karimata | a two-headed arrow used in ancient times |
| karoshi | death from overwork |
| kashira | the metal pommel of a Japanese sword-hilt |
| kasube | a ray or skate of the family Rajidae |
| kasugamycin | [Kasuga (the place name in Japan) + mycin] |
| kata | a system of basic exercises or formal practice in Judo |
| katakana | one of the two varieties of the Japanese syllabic writing |
| katakiribori | a Japanese method of incised chiselling |
| katana | a long single-edged sword used by the samurai |
| katatsu | ¨ kotatsu |
| Katayama snail genus | [Katayama (a hill in Hiroshima Prefecture) + snal genus] |
| katsu | invigoration in Judo |
| katsu(w)o | an important food fish in Japan, a bonito |
| katsuobushi | (a piece of) dried bonito |
| katsura, kazura | a type of wig worn mainly by women |
| katsura (tree), kadsura (tree) | a Japanese Judas tree, a decidous tree |
| katsura-tree family | @@ |
| katsuramono, kazuramono | one of the categories of Noh plays |
| Katsuwonidae, k- | a family of scombroid fishes |
| kawamutsu | a shiner or minnow found in the waters of Japan |
| Kawasaki disease | a disease found by Tomisaku Kawasaki, Japanese biologist |
| kawata | cotton plant |
| kaya | an evergreen tree of the pine family |
| kazura | ¨ katsura |
| kazuramono | ¨ katsuramono |
| kebori | a Japanese method of chiselling |
| Kegon, k- | a Buddhist sect |
| Keidanren | The Federation of Economic Organization |
| keiretsu | affiliated, subsidiary |
| keirin | [kei (race) + rin (bicycle)] |
| Kempei(tai), k- | the military secret service in the period 1931-1945 |
| ken | a game of forfeits played with the hands and with gestures |
| ken | a prefecture |
| ken | a Japanese unit of length equal to 71 inches |
| ken | a straight, double-edged Japanese sword |
| kenbei | hatred of the United States of America |
| kendo | a Japanese sport of fencing with bamboo swords |
| kendoist | [ken (sword) + do (way) + -ist] |
| kenjutsu | swordsmanship |
| kenrei | a prefectural ordinance;a prefectural governor |
| kesa-gatame | a diagonal hold in Judo |
| keyaki | an important timber tree with fine hard wood |
| kiaki | ¨ keyaki |
| kibei, K- | Japanese Americans trained in Japan |
| kichigai | a madman |
| kigyonai-shitsugyo | [kigyounai (in-house) + shitsugyo (unemployment)] |
| kiku (1) | a chrysanthemum |
| kiku (2) | ¨ kikumon |
| Kikuchi (electron lines) | after Masashi Kikuchi (1902-1974), Japanese physicist |
| Kikuchi line | after Masashi Kikuchi (1902-1974), Japanese physicist |
| Kikuchi patterns | after Masashi Kikuchi (1902-1974), Japanese physicist |
| kikumon, kiku(no)mon | [kiku (chrysanthemum) + mon (crest)] |
| kikyo | a bell-flower |
| kimigayo | the title of the Japanese anthem |
| ki-mon | an unlucky quarter: the north-eastern direction |
| kimono | a long robe with sleeves |
| kimono blouse | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + blouse] |
| kimono bodice | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + bodice] |
| kimono coat | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + coat] |
| kimono dress | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + dress] |
| kimono flannel | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + flannel] |
| kimono gown | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + gown] |
| kimono jacket | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + jacket] |
| kimono shirt | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + shirt] |
| kimono sleeve | [ki < kiru (to wear) + mono (thing) + sleeve] |
| kimonoed, kimonaed (adj.) | dressed in a kimono |
| Kimura term | one of the annual components of the variation of latitude, named after Hisashi Kimura, Japanese astronomer |
| kin | a Japanese unit of weight |
| kinfun | [kin (gold) + fun (dust)] |
| kinken seiji | political influence secured by large contributions to political parties [kin (money, gold) + ken (power) + seiji (politics)] |
| kiogen | ¨ kyogen |
| kingio, kingyo | [kin (gold) + gyo (fish)] |
| kinkan | a kumquat cultivated in China and Japan for its acid fruit |
| kinko | commercial trepang or beche-de-mer |
| Kinkozan ware | a Japanese pottery made at Awata and bearing the signature of the family Kinkozan |
| kinsatsu | paper money, a bank-note |
| kinsen | gold wire used by the Japanese in enamel-work |
| kiri | a very large but scarce tree |
| kirigami | the art of cutting paper into decorative forms |
| kiri(no)mon | [kiru (paulownia) + mon (crest)] |
| kirin, kylin | a fabulous animal of composite form |
| Kishiu pottery | a Japanese pottery made in the province of Kishu |
| kissaten | a coffee shop, a tearoom |
| kisu | a kind of fish |
| kitamakura | a diodonotoid fish, known as yokobuku and akamebuku |
| kitasamycin | after Shibasaburo Kitasato (1852-1931), Japanese bacteriologist |
| kiyogen | ¨ kyogen |
| Kline-Nishina formula | after Yoshio Nishina (1890-1951), Japanese physicist |
| koan | a paradox put to a student in Zen Buddhism |
| koban | a police substation |
| koban(g) | an oblong gold coin issued in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries |
| koban(g) gold | [ko (small) + ban (size) + gold] |
| Kobe beef | [Kobe (a city in western Honshu, Japan) + beef] |
| kobeite | [Kobe (locality in Kyoto prefecture) + -ite] |
| kobi | the second line of defense [ko (back) + bi (defense)] |
| kobu | ¨ kombu |
| kobun | a follower, a satellite |
| koenkai | a supportersf association [koen (support) + kai (association)] |
| kodogu | stage properties, props [ko (small) + dogu (props)] |
| kogai (1) | [kogai < kamigaki < kami (hair) + kaki (scratch)] |
| kogai (2) | environmental pollution in Japan [ko (public) + gai (pollution)] |
| ko-gatana | ¨ ko-katana |
| kohai | onefs junior(s) |
| koi (carp) | a common carp in Japan |
| koi-cha | [koi (strong) + cha (green tea)] |
| koji | a yeast or other starter prepared in Japan from rice |
| kojic acid | [koji + -ic + acid] |
| Kojiki | the oldest extant history of Japan |
| kojiri | a chape, the tip of a sheath |
| ko-katana, ko-gatana | a knife, a pocket knife |
| kokeshi | a kind of wooden doll |
| Kokka (n.) | [Kokka Shinto (State Shinto began in 1868 and ended in 1945)] |
| Kokka (adj.) | [Kokka Shinto (State Shinto began in 1868 and ended in 1945)] |
| koku | a Japanese unit of capacity, esp. of rice |
| Kokuho Rose | the brand name of rice grown in California |
| kokujin | a black, a Negro |
| kokumin(-gun) | the Japanese territorial army |
| komban(-)wa | Good evening. |
| ko(m)bu, konbu | a brown seaweed or kelp |
| Komei | the name of a political party in Japan |
| Kondo alloy | after Jun Kondo (1930- ), a physicist |
| Kondo effect | after Jun Kondo (1930- ), a physicist |
| koniak(u), konjak, konnyaku | a tuberous plant of the family Arace_ |
| Konica | [trdn] |
| konnichi(-)wa | Good afternoon! |
| konnyaku | ¨ koniak |
| kora | ¨ koro |
| Korin (school, style) | after Ogata Korin (1658-1716), a Japanese artist in the Edo period |
| koro | an incense-burner, usually highly ornamented [ko (incense) + ro (burner)] |
| koseki | census registration |
| kotatsu, katatsu | a Japanese foot warmer |
| koto | a musical stringed instrument |
| kotoite | after Bunjiro Koto (1856-1935), Japanese geologist and petrographer |
| koza | a hierarchically organized academic unit |
| kozo | a kind of paper tree, a paper mulberry |
| kozuka | a knife attached to a sword sheath |
| Kubo | the Imperial Court |
| kudzu (vine) | a perennial climbing plant |
| Kuge, k- | in feudal Japan, the nobility attached to the Imperial Court |
| kuge(-)shudan | [kuge (nobility) + shudan (group)] |
| kujira shaku | ¨ shaku |
| kumaso, Kumaso | an indigenous Caucasoid people of Japan |
| kumi | a class, group, gang, squad |
| kumite | sparring in martial arts [kumi < kumu (to grip) + te (arm, hand)] |
| Kumon | a systematic, inductive method of teaching mathematics, after Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematics teacher |
| Kunaicho | the Imperial Household Agency |
| kunrei | an official order |
| kura | a fire-proof store-house |
| kurikata | the cord ring with a scabbard |
| kurisumasu-keki | a Christmas cake [Japanese English] |
| kurogo | a stage assistant |
| kuromaku | godfather |
| kuromatsu | [kuro (black) + matsu (pine)] |
| Kuromoji | any one of several Asiatic trees of the genus Benzoin |
| kuronbo | a dark-skinned person |
| Kuroshi(w)o, k- | the Gulf Stream of Japan |
| Kuroshio Countercurrent | [kuro (black) + shio (current) + countercurrent] |
| kuroshio (extension) | [kuro (black) + shio (current) + extention] |
| kuroshio (system) | [kuro (black) + shio (current) + system] |
| kuruma | a vehicle, a rickshaw |
| kurumaya | one who pulls a rickshaw [kuruma (vehicle) + ya (expert)] |
| Kurume (azalea) | [Kurume (a town on the island of Kyushu) + azalea] |
| Kutani (ware) | a kind of gold and dark red porcelain first made at Kutani |
| kuwazoku | ¨ kwazoku |
| kuzushi | in Judo, a method of unbalancing onefs opponent |
| Kyocera | [trdn] |
| kwaiken | a dagger, a dirk [kai (bosom) + ken (sword)] |
| kwan | an old Japanese unit of weight equal to 8.28 pounds |
| Kwannon | the Goddess of Mercy |
| kwazoku, kuwazoku | the nobility, the peerage in the Japanese social scale |
| kylin | ¨ kirin |
| kyogen | a comic interlude presented between performances of Noh plays |
| Kyoto ware | a ware made in Kyoto |
| kyu | in Judo or karate, the grade given to the less proficient |
| kyudo | archery, bowmanship |
| larmen | ¨ ramen, Chinese noodle |
| Little Tokyo | [Japanese English] |
| love hotel | [Japanese English] |