deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
Chinese goods; imported goods; (arch.) secondhand goods; (arch.) old furniture
exotic non-Japanese wood (rosewood, ebony, blackwood, etc.); imported wood
arched bridge with Chinese-style railings; Chinese-style bridge
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes; hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)
six-legged Chinese-style chest
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
absurd; nonsensical; ridiculous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous
(artistic portrait of a) lion
poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry
China and India; far away
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk; noh theater costume made with karaori weave
visiting Tang China (esp. of an envoy, monk, or exchange student); entering Tang China
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
Tang dynasty (China, 618-907); T'ang dynasty
karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle)
Chinese design; Chinese style; traditional architecture associated with Zen
thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryo period); (arch.) alias; (arch.) pseudonym
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors); paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper
Chinese painting; painting with Chinese subject; Chinese-style painting
mousseline de laine; mousseline; light woollen fabric
desk made in China; Chinese style desk
foreign dog (esp. of Chinese origin)
spruce tree (esp. Picea jezoensis hondoensis, a variety of Ezo spruce)
karahafu; bow-shaped eaves of a gabled roof; undulating gable; cusped gable
Tang-era Chinese music; tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
var. of taro with long purple stalks
short coat for noblewomen (Nara and Heian period)
Chinese-style ritual saddle
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice
blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
tawny brown; dark vermillion
China-made thread or yarn
door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework
thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)
Karatsu ware; Karatsu porcelain
shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
shishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
sliding door covered with thick patterned paper
karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk; noh theater costume made with karaori weave
sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet
tang cai (Brassica rapa var. toona)
bell pepper; sweet pepper
karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)
flail (for threshing grain)
Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937); Later T'ang dynasty
Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo
nemophila (Nemophila menziesii); baby blue-eyes
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
apricot (Prunus armeniaca); Prunus persica var. densa (Chinese variety of peach)
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis); castor oil bean
karate chop (pro wrestling move)
plow (esp. horse or ox-drawn); plough
flail (for threshing grain)
Tetradium ruticarpum (species of deciduous trees)
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis (variety of goumi)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Karatsu ware; Karatsu porcelain
karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)
karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)
karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)
pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
Okinawan-style fermented tofu
Chinese person; Korean person
Tang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
shishito; small sweet green pepper
trident maple; acer buergerianum
tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)
miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
kara flowering quince; Choenomeles lagenaria
star anise (Illicium verum)
high-quality sugar imported from China
thick Japanese paper resembling Chinese paper (from late Edo period onward)
Chinese characters; kanji
Chinese; Korean; foreign language; language one doesn't understand
cat (esp. one imported from China)
natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year
karamon gate with karahafu eaves at the front and back
dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)
China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
Thalictrum minus var. hypoleucum (variety of lesser meadow rue)
Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)
Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)
Norway spruce (Picea abies)