Anime Companion Supplement - New Entries


This page lists new entries in the supplement for two of my books The Anime Companion and The Anime Companion Volume 2. Revisions and new links to web resources will not be listed here.

On occassion I will merge the lists for previous months.
In January or February of each year I will alphabetize the changes for the previous year.

The inclusion of an anime or manga title in these entries is not a recommendation see my Recommended Anime and Manga page for a list of my recommendations


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I add at least three new entries each week. This minimum insures the steady growth of this supplement.

October 6, 2008
3 new entries added:
honden (main shrine) 本殿
miitsu みいつ or 威霊
nue 鵼
September 29, 2008
3 new entries added:
miko-mai (miko dance) 巫女舞
shikon (four spirits) 四魂
yama no kami (god of the mountain) 山の神
September 22, 2008
3 new entries added:
hôô (phoenix) 鳳凰
ishi-age (Stone or pebble offerings)
Osorezan 恐山
September 14, 2008
3 new entries added:
ikigami (living human deity) 生き神
Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) 古事記
Nihon Shoki (Chronicle of Japan) 日本書紀
September 8, 2008
3 new entries added:
sakaki 榊
shimei, (name a particular partner) 指名
Yao-yorozu-no-kami (eight million gods) 八百万神
September 1, 2008
3 new entries added:
ojōsan (young lady) お嬢さん
sekisho (barrier station) 関所
sekisho tegata (travel pass) 関所手形
August 2008
12 new entries added:
chinpira (punk, thug) ちんぴら or チンピラ
fukuwarai (face game) 福笑い
futanari (hermaphrodite) 二成 or 二形 or ふたなり
Kabutochō 兜町
kane no kireme ga en no kireme (the end of the money is the end of the relationship) 金の切れ目が縁の切れ目
kanmikissa 甘味喫茶
Ōsawa Arimasa 大沢在昌
OVA
Shōnan 湘南
tembimbō (carrying pole) 天秤棒
yuri (lesbian [slang]) 百合
yuri (lily) 百合
July 2008
13 new entries added:
bura-bura 不落々々
dōshin (lower-grade samurai rank) 同心
gōkon (mixed drinking session) 合コン
Hitotsume Kozō (one eyed boy) 一つ目小僧
hokora (small wayside shrines) 祠
jōmawari KANJI STILL NEEDED
kaginawa (hook rope) 鈎縄
karakuri jitte カラクリ實手
namahage 生剥
okowa 御強
sōsu (vegetable sauce) ソース
taiho-jutsu (arresting arts) 逮捕術
Tokugawa Ienari 徳川家斉
April - June 2008
39 new entries added:
akai-kami-aoi-kami (red paper blue paper) 赤紙青紙
akamanto (red mantle) 赤マント
champurū チャンプルー
decotora (decorated truck) デコトラ
Fukusuke (man of good fortune) 福助
furikake (rice topping) 振り掛け or ふりかけ
futakuchi-onna (two mouthed woman) 二口女
goze (blind female singers) 瞽女
haraigushi (purification wand) 祓串
hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) 被爆者
hyakki yagyō (night procession of 100 demons) 百鬼夜行
imikotoba (taboo words and expressions) 忌詞
Iriomote yamaneko (Iriomote wildcat) 西表山猫
Iriomotejima 西表島
Itabashi-ku 板橋区
kakushibuki (hidden weapon) 隠し武器
Kara-kasa (umbrella yōkai) 唐傘
keppan (blood seal) 血判
Kita-ku 北区
Konaki Jiji (old man who cries like a baby) 児啼爺
kōrēgūsu (Korean pepper) 高麗胡椒 or コーレーグース
kotodama (spirit in words) 言霊
Meguro-ku 目黒区
Nopperabō (faceless yōkai) のっぺら坊 or のっぺらぼう
Okinawa soba 沖縄そば
Omote-sandō 表参道
redikomi (ladies' comics) レディコミ
sasumata (spear fork) 刺股
Setagaya-ku 世田谷区
shakujō (monk's staff) 錫杖
shikomibuki (deceptive weapon) 仕込武器
shikomi shakujō (deceptive monk's staff) 仕込錫杖
sodegarami (sleeve entangler) 袖搦
Sugawara Bunta 菅原文太
takarabune (treasure ship) 宝船
Tamagawa 多摩川
tonkori (Ainu stringed instrument) トンコリ
Toshima-ku 豊島区
tsukubo (push pole) 突棒
January - March 2008
39 new entries added:
aji (saurel, horse mackerel)
anman (sweet filled bun)
azuki arai (azuki bean washer)
betobeto-san
bōzu (Buddhist priest or monk) 坊主 or 房主
bunkasai (cultural festival)
daifuku
fujoshi (rotten woman)
Gakutensoku
Hanako-san
han'nya
kamaitachi (weasel slash)
kitsune no yomeiri (fox giving the bride, fox wedding procession) 狐の嫁入り
kitsune nyōbō (fox wife) 狐女房
kitsunebi (fox-fire) 狐火
kitsune-tsuki (fox possession) 狐憑き
kisha kurabu (press clubs)
Kokumin Eiyo Shō (People's Honor Award)
kōnin todoke (Notice of Marriage)
kuchi-sake-onna (slit-mouthed woman)
Kukai (Kōbō-Daishi) 空海
Kuzunoha 葛の葉
nekomata
nikuman (pork filled bun)
nureonna (snake woman)
nurikabe (wall bakemono)
rikon todoke (Notification of a Divorce)
Shōji Jin'emon
Shingonshū (Shingon sect of Buddhism) 眞言宗 or 真言宗
Suginami-ku
Sumida-ku
Suna-kake-baba (sand throwing old woman)
Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū
Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan (Ghost Story of Tōkaidō Yotsuya)
tsukumogami (spirit of a made object)
umibōzu 海坊主
Yasha
yōkai
Yomiuri Shimbun
Plus an update to the mononoke entry.
October - December 2007
39 new entries added
abura-age
amanattō (sweetened beans)
an
azuki
Bunkyō-ku
chawan mushi
Chūō-ku
Cream Lemon
fasshon herusu (fashion health)
ferachio (fellatio)
harusame (spring rain noodles)
kara-age (deep frying)
karesansui (sand garden)
kashiya (traditional confectionary)
Kawasaki
Kōda Rohan
kyōiku mama (education mama)
manji (swastika)
Marui
matchi uri no shōjo (match selling girls)
matto sābisu (mat service)
monaka (stuffed wafer cake)
nameko
onahōru
Ōsaka no Jin (Battle of Ōsaka Castle)
oyakodon
Pipo-kun (police mascot)
Sanada Masayuki
Sanada Nobuyuki
Sanada Yukimura
Sanada-maru
satsuma-age
Sen Hime (Princess Sen)
sokushaku (immediate fellatio)
tamago dōfu (egg tōfu)
Tōkeiji
tsukudani
wagashi (traditional confections)
Yomiuri Land
July - September 2007
42 new entries added:
bandai (elevated seat)
Bandai Bijuaru Kabushiki Gaisha (Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.)
botoru kiipu (bottle Keep)
bottakuriten (rip off club)
chanbara (sword fight films)
dohyō (sumo ring)
eroguro nansensu (erotic-grotesque nonsense)
ganguro (black face)
Gōruden Gai (Golden Gai)
gyaru (gal)
hakusai (Chinese cabbage)
Hanazono Jinja (in Shinjuku)
hitaikakushi (triangle on forehead)
Kachidokibashi
Kanda Jinja
karintō
katabira (unlined kimono)
kimuchi (kim chi)
kinako (soybean flour)
kokkun
machiai shitsu (waiting room)
mobo (modern boy)
moga (modern girl)
Ninomiya Sontoku
nozawana (turnip greens)
oshibori (small damp towel)
oshibori supesharu (oshibori special)
oshiya (push man)
otoshidama (new year gift)
redii (lady bikers)
rikishi
rokurokubi (long necked woman)
shōnen (boy)
shōnenshi
shōtacon
tachigui (standing eating)
tanmen
tokkōfuku (kamikaze party uniform)
Tōkyō Kokusai Tenjijō (Tokyo International Exhibition Center aka Tokyo Big Sight)
ura fūzoku (illegal sex industry)
yakiniku (grilled meat)
April - June 2007
39 new entries added:
aemono
Aoto-zōshi hana no nishiki
Carol
chihō
Chūbu Chihō
Chūgoku Chihō
ekisha (fortune tellers)
Fukeshū
Hanshichi
kabayaki (charcoal broiled fish)
kamuro (young female pages or attendants)
Kanadehon Chūshingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
katorisenko
kitamakura (pillow to the North)
Kiyokawa Hachirō
komusō
kuromame (black soybeans)
Kyōto Tawaa (Kyōto Tower)
matsutake
mizuage
nūdo gekijo (strip club)
saodake (laundry pole)
susuki-mimizuku (owl charm)
tasuki (cord to tie sleeves)
tayū
tengai (basket-like hat)
tesō (palmistry)
Tōei Uzumasa Eigamura (Toei Uzumasa cinema village)
Tōhoku Chihō
Tokugawa Iemochi
Tokugawa Ienobu
tsuribori (fishing ponds)
wankosoba
yakimono (grilled foods)
yakitori-ya
Yamada Asaemon
Yamamoto Kansuke
Yazawa Eikichi
Yokohama Ginbae
January - March 2007
36 new entries added:
Akō Jiken (Akō incident)
chikan densha (pervert train)
chōnin (townsmen)
Dejima
fūzoku (sex industry)
fūzokujo (sex industry worker)
Genroku jidai
Harada Sanosuke
hosutesu ryo (hostess fees)
jiageya (land shark)
jidaigeki (period films)
Jimbōchō
kaiten sushi (revolving sushi bar)
kakurenbo (hide and seek)
kaminazuki (month without gods)
Kanda
kokkuri
mamushi-zake (snake in drink)
Matsudaira Hirotada
Muramasa
niboshi (small dried fish)
nikujaga
ōtoro (very fatty tuna meat)
pantī dorobō (panty thief)
sukeban
Sukeban Deka
Tokugawa Hidetada
Tokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Tokugawa Nobuyasu
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tsukiyama
Ukiyo-e (Pictures of the Floating World)
urisen bā (auction bar)
Yamanami Keisuke
Yamazaki Susumu
January - December 2006
163 new entries added:
Abe no Seimei
akebi
akafuku
Akita Ken
amazake
Aomori Ken
Ashiya Douman
bimbōgami (god of poverty)
buruseara shopu (bloomer-sailor shop)
chikan (molester)
dachi waifu (Dutch wife)
Edo Yagyū
enjo kōsai (compensated dating)
eromanga (erotic manga)
Etorofu
Fujiwara no Koretada
Fujiwara no Tokihira
Fujiwarashi (Fujiwara family)
fumie (picture to step on)
furisode (long sleeved kimono)
gekiga (dramatic pictures)
Genrōin (Chamber of Elders or Senate)
gensakusha
geta-uranai
giri-choko (obligatory chocolate)
giri to ninjō (obligations and feelings) Goichigo Jiken (May 15th Incident)
Gōruden Uīku (Golden Week)
goshiki (five colors)
Goshogawara
gūji (chief priest)
Harubin (Harbin)
Heiankyō
hikikomori
Hiraizumi
Hon'imbō (Grand Master of Go)
Honnōji
Hoppō Ryōdo modai (Northern Territories Issue)
hosuto kurabu (host club)
Hōzōin-ryū
Hyottoko (mask of funny faced man)
ianfu (comfort women)
Ichimura Tetsunosuke
Ijūinshi (Ijūin family)
Ikebukuro
Ikebukuro Eki (Ikebukuro station)
Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Kōen (Ikebukuro West Gate Park)
Ikeda Kikunae
iki (aesthetic ideal)
ikizukuri (live sashimi)
Ikkoku Ichijō Rei (Law of One Castle per Province)
imēji kurabu (image club)
Inoue Kaoru
Ishiyama Honganji
Itō Hirobumi
juku (private tutoring schools)
kagome kagome
kagura suzu (suzu wand)
Kaientai
kakekomidera (refuge temple)
kakute (horned hand)
Kakuzenbo Hoin In'ei
Kakuzenbo Inshun
kamayari
kami fūsen (paper ball)
kamigakari (possession by a kami)
Kamiizumi Nobutsuna
kamikakushi
Kankōmaru
kanpyōmaki
kappamaki
kappuru kissa (couples cafe)
kashibonya (manga rental shops)
kenrikin (key money)
Kichijōji
kimodameshi (soul examination, test of nerve)
kirisute gomen (permission to kill)
Kishibojin
kisu (fish)
Kōkyo (Imperial Palace in Tokyo)
konpei (a type of chain weapon)
Kunikida Doppo
kuroame (hard black sugar candy)
kyaba kura (cabaret club)
makisu (rolling mat)
makizushi
mangaka (manga artist)
medaka (rice fish)
Meguro Gajōen
Meido kafe (maid cafe)
Mibu
Mibudera
mizushōbai (water trade)
moe
Mutsu no Kuni
Naha
namako
nashi (Japanese pear)
Nichirenshū (Nichiren sect)
nigirizushi
Nihon Kiin
Nijubashi
ningyōyaki
no-pan (no panty)
nozokibeya (peeping room)
Ōeyama
ohaguro (blackening teeth)
ohitsu (rice tub)
oiran
Okada Izō
okami
okimayu
Ōkura Kihachirō
Ommyōdō
ommyōji
Ommyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang)
onnagata (kabuki female impersonator)
Ōsakajō (Ōsaka Castle)
Owari Yagyū
Panoramakan
pinku saron (pink salon)
Rōben
Rokumeikan (Deer Cry Pavilion)
Rōshigumi
Ryūkyū Shotō (Ryūkyū Islands)
Saikaku
sanbō (offering stand)
San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei
seinen (young man)
seinenshi
Serizawa Kamo
Shibusawa Eiichi
Shikomi shamisen (shamisen with a blade in it)
Shimazaki Tōson
Shimazushi (Shimazu family)
shinigami (kami of death)
shinsen (food offerings to kami)
shiso (beefsteak plant)
shō (mouth organ)
shoshinsha-māku (beginners mark)
sukebe (lecherousness)
sukebe isu (pervert chair)
tabako bon (tobacco stand or tray)
temari
Tendaishū (Tendai sect)
Tengutō
terebi dorama
terekura (telephone club)
Titsingh, Izaak
Toyotomi Hideyori
tsujigiri
Yagyū
Yagyū Hyōgonosuke Toshiyoshi
Yagyū Munenori
Yagyū Sekishūsai Muneyoshi
Yagyūshi (Yagyū family)
Yanagita Kunio
yari (spear)
yobai (night creeping)
yobi-komi (barker)
Yoshiwara
Zenigata Heiji
October - December 2005
39 new entries added:
Akechi Mitsuhide
bideo gēmu (video games)
chisuji no ito (spider web)
Dennō Gakuen
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)
haiku
hasu (lotus)
Hattori Hanzō
hijiki
hito-kiri (person cutting)
Hototogisu (magazine)
isaki
Itō Kashitaro
Itsukushima
iwatake
Kagiya
kapuseru hoteru (capsule hotel)
kawaraban
Konjaku monogatari
kotsuzumi
kusa-dango
kusunoki (camphor tree)
mabōdofu
Masaoka Shiki
mononoke
Mōri Motonari
Mori Arinori
naruko (bird rattles)
otogi-zōshi
ōtsuzumi
Saitō Hajime
suiren (water lily)
Takahama Kyoshi
Takechi Zuizan
Tamaya
tanshin funin (absent father)
tsuzumi
udo
zaru soba

August 14, 2005.

The Anime Companion 2 has hit store shelves so I have replaced the old version of the supplement with a major new update and stripped the older addition lists from this page.

All of the entry text has been removed, the entry names updated to include the kanji and kana seen in the book, and the CHARSET changed from x-sjis to utf-8 to enable display of more kanji.


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