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油揚げ fried bean curd 味付け海苔 seasoned laver 甘酒 a sweet drink made from fermented rice あんこ bean jam 爆竹 a firecrancker, squib 墨汁 India ink 木刀 a wooden sword 盆 the Bon Festival, Buddhist All Soul's Day 忘年会 year-end party 武士道 Japanese chivalry ちゃんばら a sword battle ちゃんちゃんこ a padded sleeveles kimono jacket 茶碗蒸 a pot-steamed hotchpotch 茶漬け boiled rice with tea ちんどん屋 a ding-dong band 千代紙 paper with colored figures 銚子 a sake bottle 大吉 excellent luck 大黒 the god of wealth 大根おろし grated radish だんご a dumpling cake made of rice or wheat flour 恵比須 one of the serven god of good fortune, and the god of commerce 易 divination, fortune-telling 縁結び marriage tie 縁日 a day of fair 干支 the sexagenary cycle 風鈴 a wind bell 風呂敷 a cloth wrapper ふすま a sliding door with wall paper 雅楽 ancient court music and dance 下駄 wooden clogs ゴマ sesame seeds HIJK
俳句 seventeen-syllable verse(poem) 花火 fireworks 花見 flower-viewing 鼻緒 a clog thong, straps of a geta 箸 (a pair of)chopsticks 初詣 New Year's visit to shrine 雛祭り the Doll's Festival ほうずき a ground (winter) cherry 百人一首 the playing cards of one hundres famous 31-syllable Japanese poems 入れ墨 a tatoo 囲炉裏 a hearth made in the floor 石焼きいも a sweet potato roasted on hot pebbles じゃんけん a game of scissors-paper-stone to decide order 浄瑠璃 the Japanese traditional puppet play 除夜の鐘 the watch-night bell 柔道 the Japanese art of weaponless self-defense 十五夜 a full moon night 歌舞伎 Kabuki drama 神楽 sacred Shinto music and dance かまぼこ boiled fish paste かまくら a snow cave, a hut made of snow in which children play house 紙芝居 a picture-card show 冠婚葬祭 ceremonical occasions から傘 a baqmboo-and-paper umbrella 空手 the Ryukyuan art of weaponless self-defense 蚊取り線香 a mosquito-repellent incense, a mosquito incense coil 鰹節 a piece of dried bonito 瓦 a tile 蚊帳 a mosquito net 敬語 an honorific (expression, word), a term of respect 剣道 the Japanese art of fencing, swordsmanship 黄粉 soybean flour 鯉のぼり a carp-shaped streamer こけし a limbless wooden doll こま a top こんにゃく paste made from konjak flour こたつ a footwarmer with a coverlet 琴 a thirteen-stringed Japanese harp 狂言 a Noh farce, a comic interlude performed during a Noh program 弓道 Japanese archery, bowmanship MNOR
漫才 comic backchat, comic dialogue 神輿 a portable shrine 味噌 fermented soybean paste 餅 rice cake 麦茶 tea made from roasted barley むすび a rice ball 七草 the seven herbs 納豆 fermentes soybeans 握り寿司 a hand-shaped sushi 日本酒 Japanese wine, sake 錦絵 a color print 能 a Noh のれん a curtain 海苔 laver ぬか味噌 salted bran paste for pickling おでん Japanese hotchpotch おはぎ a rice dumpling covered with bean jam おみくじ a written oracle 大晦日 New Year's Eve 鬼 an ogre, a goblin 折り紙 coloredpaper for making figures by folding おせち料理 special dish for New Year's holidays お新香 pickled vegetables お手玉 a beanbag お年玉 money given as a New Year's gift 落語 a comic story STUWYZ
茶道 the tea story 三三九度 a nuptial oath 刺身 slices of raw fish 赤飯 rice boiled tgether with red beans 煎餅 a rice cracker 銭湯 a public bath 節分 the Bean Throwing Festival 尺八 a five-holded bamboo flute 三味線 a three-stringed guitar 七福神 the seven Gods of Good Fortune 七五三 a gala day for children three, five, and seven years old 竹刀 a bamboo sword 汁粉 sweet bean paste soup with rice cakes 獅子舞 a ritual dance with a lion's mask 書道 calligraphy, penmanship 障子 a slinding thin-paper door 醤油 soy sauce そろばん an abacus すき焼き sliced meat roastes with various vegetables in a pan 墨 Indian ink 相撲 sumo wrestling 寿司 vinegared fish and rice すずり an inkstone 足袋 Japanese socks 竹馬 stilts たくあん pickeled radish 七夕 the Festival of the Weaver 短歌 a Japanese poem of thirty-one 畳 a mat made of rush 天狗 a long-nosed goblin 天ぷら Japanese fry てるてる坊主 a hanging doll made of white paper or cloth to wish for fine weather 豆腐 bean curd 徳利 a sake bottle ところてん noddle-shaped strips of gelatin made from seaweed 酉の市 tge Cock Fair 灯篭 a garden lantern とろろ grated yam 年越しそば buckwheat of New Year's Eve とそ sweet rice wine to celebrate the New Year 月見 a moon-viewing party 佃煮 food boiled down in soy sauce 鼓 a hand drum うちわ a round fan 浮世絵 a genre of woodblock prints 梅干し a pickled plum 鰻の蒲焼 a broiled eel, a spitchcock 和歌 a 31-syllable Japanese poem わさび a Japanese horseradish 屋台 a street stall ようかん sweet jelly of beans 寄席 a variety hall 浴衣 an informal kimono for summer 湯たんぽ a hot-water bottle 座布団 a Japanese cushion 雑煮 rice cakes in vegetable soup 草履 Japanese straw sandals 雑炊 a porridge of rice and vegetables
