Japanese Words in English
- futon – "bedroll" or "place to rest"
- geisha – "person accomplished in the social arts"
- haiku – "jesting linked verse"
- hara-kiri – "belly-cutting"
- hibachi – "fire pot"
- honcho – "group leader"
- kamikaze – "divine wind"
- karaoke – "empty orchestra
- karate – "empty hand"
- kimono – "a thing put on"
- manga – "involuntary pictures"
- origami – "folded paper"
- rickshaw – "man-powered carriage"
- sashimi – "pierced flesh"
- shiitake – "evergreen tree mushrooms"
- teriyaki – "glossy roast"
- tsunami – "harbor waves"