[けん(P);つるぎ, ken (P); tsurugi] (n) (1) sword (originally esp. a doubled-edged sword); sabre; saber; blade; (2) (けん only) bayonet; (3) (けん only) swordsmanship; (4) (けん only) stinger; ovipositor; dart; (P) #1738
[ほんらい, honrai] (n-adv, n-t, adj-no) (1) originally; primarily; (2) essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; (3) proper; legal; (P) #1904
[pan] (n) (1) (originally written 麺麭 or 麪包) bread (por #2613
[もともと, motomoto] (adv, adj-no) originally; by nature; from the start; (P) #3082
[がんらい, ganrai] (n-adv) originally; primarily; essentially; logically; naturally; (P) #13566
[さんもん, sanmon] (n) (1) (originally temples were in the mountains) (main) temple gate; (2) Buddhist temple #15449
[そうたい, soutai] (adv, n, adj-no) the whole; originally; (P) #18744
[セレベスいも, serebesu imo] (n) (See 赤芽芋) type of taro originally from Sulawesi
[tekkusu] (n) (1) (senses 1 and 2 are originally from an abbreviation of "texture") soft fiberboard; soft fibreboard; (2) (often used in brand names) cloth; fabric; material; (3) tex; unit of linear mass density of fibres; (P)
[pokettomonsuta-] (n) (See ポケモン) pocket monster (internationally popular cartoon series, originally a video game)
[pokemon] (n) (abbr) (See ポケットモンスター) pocket monster (internationally popular cartoon series, originally a video game)
[miruki-hatto] (n) (1) casual felt hat (originally white) (wasei
[えぼし, eboshi] (n) black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan, and afterwards spreading to the common people
[えじ;えいし, eji ; eishi] (n) (1) soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc.; (2) term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system; (3) guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there
[えんし;えんぴ(ik), enshi ; enpi (ik)] (n) (originally jargon of the Imperial Japanese Army) small shovel
[えんばい, enbai] (n) (1) (arch) (originally, esp. salt and plum vinegar) seasoning; flavour; flavor; (2) (arch) serving one's lord well (of a retainer)
[えま;えうま, ema ; euma] (n) votive picture (originally of horse)
[もとは, motoha] (exp) originally
[もとより, motoyori] (adv) (1) from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally; (2) of course; (P)
[ごもく, gomoku] (n) (1) mixture of ingredients (originally five); (2) (abbr) (See 五目飯・ごもくめし, 五目鮨・ごもくずし, 五目そば・ごもくそば) mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); (3) (abbr) (See 五目並べ) gomoku (game); five in a row; go-bang
[こうもう, koumou] (n, adj-no) (1) red hair; (2) (obs) (See 紅毛人) Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
[こうもうじん, koumoujin] (n) (See 南蛮人) Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
[こうもうせん, koumousen] (n) (arch) (col) foreign ship (originally only of Dutch ships, but later referring to all foreign ships)
[がっしょう, gasshou] (n, vs) (See 秦, 連衡, 六国) alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty)
[さつまじる, satsumajiru] (n) miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes; meat chowder
[しちゅうすいめい, shichuusuimei] (n) Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
[はじめは, hajimeha] (exp) at first; in the beginning; originally
[ためしぎり, tameshigiri] (n) trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
[しゅでい, shudei] (n) unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)
[やけののからす, yakenonokarasu] (exp) (id) (something originally dark in color appearing even darker) blacker than black
[ひもろぎ;ひぼろぎ;ひもろき;ひぼろき, himorogi ; hiborogi ; himoroki ; hiboroki] (n) (arch) primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table)
[しょうじんりょうり, shoujinryouri] (n, adj-no) vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietry restrictions of Buddhist monks
[あかめいも;アカメイモ, akameimo ; akameimo] (n) (uk) type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes
[あさぐつ, asagutsu] (n) shallow clogs (worn by nobles; originally made of leather, later made of black lacquered paulownia)
[ちちぶさんじゅうさんしょ, chichibusanjuusansho] (n) (See 三十三所) 34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
[ちゅうやおび, chuuyaobi] (n) women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)
[ゆだて(湯立て;湯立);ゆだち(湯立ち;湯立), yudate ( yu tate ; yu ritsu ); yudachi ( yu tachi ; yu ritsu )] (n) (See 巫女・みこ・2) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)
[めどう;めんどう(ok);めど(ok);うまみち(ik), medou ; mendou (ok); medo (ok); umamichi (ik)] (n) (めんどう is also written with the ateji 面道) (See 寝殿造り) long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
[ほうりん, hourin] (n) { Buddh } (See 輪宝, 転法輪) the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine
[もんぜんまち;もんぜんちょう, monzenmachi ; monzenchou] (n) town originally built around a temple or shrine
[そもそも, somosomo] (conj) (uk) in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio; (P)
[はたご, hatago] (n) inn (originally a basket of woven bamboo in which travellers carried food) (travelers)
[れんこう, renkou] (n, vs) (See 合従, 秦, 六国) alliance (esp. originally of individual member states of the Six Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty)
[せい, sei] (n) flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)
[がじゅまる;ようじゅ;カジュマル, gajumaru ; youju ; kajumaru] (n) (uk) (がじゅまる is originally from Okinawa dialect) Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa or Ficus retusa); Malayan banyan; Indian laurel
[しょうき, shouki] (n) miasma; (supposed) noxious gas originally believed to cause fever
[しょっこうのにしき, shokkounonishiki] (n) (1) type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan; (2) type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period
[めんぽう;メンパオ(麪包), menpou ; menpao ( men tsutsumi )] (n) (obsc) (めんぽう was originally a military term; メンパオ is from the Chinese word "mianbao") (See パン・1) bread