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Hyphenated Japanese terms are listed as single words.

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LADIES' COMICS see: redikomi (ladies' comics)

LADIES OF THE NIGHT see: fūzokujo (sex industry workers)

LADY see: redii (lady bikers)

LADY, YOUNG see: ojōsan (young lady)

LAKE BIWA see: Biwako (The Anime Companion 2 p.10)

LAKE SUWA see: Suwako (The Anime Companion 2 p.94)

LANCE see: naginata (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.91)

LAND GRABBER see: jiageya

LAND OF GLOOM see: Yomi (Land of Gloom)

LAND SHARK see: jiageya (land shark)

LANTERN FESTIVAL see: bon (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.12)

LANTERN FLOATING see: tōrō nagashi (lantern floating)

LANTERN, FOUR LEGGED STANDING see: kaku andon (The Anime Companion 2 p.38)

LANTERN WITH A FACE see: bura-bura

LANTERN WITH SHŌJI COVERING, STANDING see: kaku andon (The Anime Companion 2 p.38)

LANTERNS, HANGING, METAL see: tsuri-dōrō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.141)

LANTERNS, HANGING PAPER see: chōchin (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.19)

LANTERNS ON RIVER see: tōrō nagashi (lantern floating)

LANTERNS, RED see: aka-chōchin (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.4)

LANTERNS, STONE see: ishi-dōrō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.51)

LARGE HEADED MAN IN FORMAL DRESS KEELING see: Fukusuke (man of good fortune)

LAUNDRY POLE see: saodake

LAVER see: nori (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.97)

LAW OF ONE CASTLE PER PROVINCE see: Ikkoku Ichijō Rei

LAWSON, INC. ローソン: A major Japanese konbini (convenience store) chain that began operation in Ōsaka (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.102) in June 1975 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Daiei, Inc. as Daiei LAWSON Co.,Ltd. in 1979 the name became LAWSON Japan, Inc. In 1996 the name was again changed to LAWSON, INC. Starting in 2001 the company began creating specialized LAWSON chains such as NATURAL LAWSON, LAWSON STORE100/ SHOP99 and LAWSON PLUS. By the end of February 2009 there were over 10,000 LAWSON stores in Japan. LAWSON also sells tickets, through a subsidiary LAWSON TICKET, INC., most famously it is the place in Japan one goes to buy tickets to the Ghibli Museum.
Manga:
In Old Boy you can see "LOWSAN" stores in volues 1 (p.195) and 2 (p.25).
Some guys hang out talking in front of a Lawson store in Blood the Last Vampire 2002 (p.76).
Sources:
Lawson Annual Report 2009 p.7
History of LAWSON, INC.
Web Site:
LAWSON

LAWSON PLUS see: LAWSON, INC.

LAWSON STORE100 see: LAWSON, INC.

LDP see: Jiyū Minshutō (Liberal Democratic Party) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

LEAVE IT BEHIND see: oiteke-bori (leave it behind)

LECHEROUSNESS see: sukebe

LEEK see: negi (The Anime Companion 2 p.61)

LEGISLATURE see: Kokkai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.72)

LEGLESS CHAIRS see: zaisu (The Anime Companion 2 p.120)

LESBIAN see:
yuri (lesbian [slang])
rezubian (The Anime Companion 2 p.73)

LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY see: Jiyū Minshutō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

LICENSED QUARTER see: Yoshiwara

LID THAT FITS INSIDE POT see: otoshibuta (The Anime Companion 2 p.70)

LIGHT NOVEL see: raito noberu (light novel)

LILY see: yuri (lily)

LILY [SLANG] see: yuri (lesbian [slang])

LILY OF THE VALLEY see: tanima no shirayuri (white lily of the valley)

LIN-CHI see: Rinzaishū (Rinzai sect)

LINJI see: Rinzaishū (Rinzai sect)

LIP-SERVICE see: ferachio (fellatio)

LITTLE FINGER see: Gestures (sidebar) (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p. 148)

LITTLE SONG see: kouta (little song)

LIVE SASHIMI see: ikizukuri

LIVING HUMAN DEITY see: ikigami (living human deity)

LIZARD'S TAIL (PLANT) see: dokudami (The Anime Companion 2 p.16)

LOAN WORDS see: gairaigo (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.33)

LOIN CLOTH see: fundoshi (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.30)

LOLICON see: rorikon (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

LOLITA COMPLEX see: rorikon (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.107)

LONG NECKED WOMAN see: rokurokubi

LONG SLEEVES see: furisode

LORD see: daimyō (The Anime Companion 2 p.15)

Lotte Co, Ltd ロッテ (The Anime Companion 2 p.54): Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.902
Tokyo City Atlas [2nd ed.] - Lotte (H.O.) 26 A6

LOTUS see hasu (lotus)

LOTUS ROOT see: renkon (The Anime Companion 2 p.73)

LOTUS SECT see: Nichirenshū (Nichiren sect)

LOTUS SUTRA see: Myōhōrengekyō (Lotus Sutra)

LOVE DOLL see: dachi waifu (Dutch wife)

LOVE HOTELS see: rabu hoteru (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.105)

LOVERS' SUICIDE see: shinjū (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.119)

LOW TABLE see: chabudai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.17)

LOWER-GRADE SAMURAI RANK see: dōshin (lower-grade samurai rank)

LOYAL RETAINERS OF AKŌ see: Akō Jiken (Akō incident)

LOYALISTS see: shishi (The Anime Companion 2 p.86)

LUCKY RAKE FAIR see: tori no ichi (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)