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pachinko パチンコ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.104): Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1179
A Look Into Japan p.134
A Look Into Tokyo p.174
Living Japanese Style p.86-
Today's Japan p.86
Vardaman, James M. and Michiko Sakaki Vardaman Japan From A to Z p.79-80

PAGERS see: poke-beru (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.104)

PAID DATING see: enjo kōsai (compensated dating)

PAINTING ON WALLS AND SCREENS see: shōheiga (The Anime Companion 2 p.87)

PAINTINGS, EROTIC see: shunga (The Anime Companion 2 p.89)

PALACE GATE INCIDENT see: Hamaguri Gomon no Hen (The Anime Companion 2 p.26)

PALANQUIN see:

kago (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.58)

koshi (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.74)

mikoshi (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.82)

PALMISTRY see: tesō

PAMPAS GRASS see: susuki (The Anime Companion 2 p.94)

PANCAKE see: okonomiyaki (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.100)

panko (bread crumbs) パンこ or パン粉 (The Anime Companion 2 p.70): Sources:
Hosking, Richard. A Dictionary of Japanese Food p.117

PANTILESS see: no-pan (no panty)

Panoramakan パノラマ館: A large wooden structure in the Asakusa (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.5) district of Tokyo (The Anime Companion 2 p.104) built in the 1890s near the Ryōunkaku (The Anime Companion 2 p.75). It consisted of a large display area where paintings of battle scenes from the American Civil War were displayed with life sized models of soldiers and generals in uniform. Later scenes from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 were added.
Manga:
In Lady Snowblood (v.3 p.33, 142) we hear of the construction and opening, in 1890, of the Great Hall of Panorama by Ōkura Kihachirō and Shibusawa Eiichi.
Sources:
Waley, Paul. Tokyo: City of Stories p.141-142

pantī dorobō (panty thief) パンティー泥棒: Panty thieves, also known as zurōsu dorobō (bloomer thieves) or shitagi dorobō (underwear thieves) are a modern phenomenon due to the fact that women before the Meiji Period (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.81) did not wear panties or bras. With the adoption of exotic western undergarments men with a fetish for such items turned to stealing them. While such thieves still exist many prefer the safer route of shopping at a buruseara shopu (bloomer-sailor shop).
Anime and Manga:
The ultimate panty thief in anime and manga has to be Happosai from Ranma 1/2, followed close behind by Ryo in City Hunter.
Anime:
Shinji tries to steal Kaname's panties under the orders of older students in Full Metal Panic! (ep.3)
Manga:
In Here is Greenwood (v. 9 p.134) a panty thief has been stealing from numerous locations in the neighborhood, and many of the items are ending up on the grounds of Greenwood.
Sources:
Constantine, Peter. Japan's Sex Trade p.191-92
De Mente, Boye Lafayette. Sex and the Japanese p.164

PANTY SHOP, USED see: buruseara shopu (bloomer-sailor shop)

PANTY THIEF see: pantī dorobō

PAPER BALL OR BALLOON see: kami fūsen

PAPER STREAMERS see: gohei (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.36)

PAPER STRIPS see: tanzaku (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.134)

PAPER, UMBRELLA see: kasa (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.62)

PARADISE see: Gokuraku (The Anime Companion 2 p.24)

PARLIAMENT OR DIET see: Kokkai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.72)

PARTIES see: enkai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.27)

PASTRIES, DOLL SHAPED see: ningyōyaki

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

PAY PHONE see: denwa (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.22)

PEACH BOY see: Momotarō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.87)

PEACH FESTIVAL see: Hina Matsuri (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.45)

PEAR, JAPANESE see: nashi

PEASANT REVOLT see: ikki (The Anime Companion 2 p.31)

PEEP CLUBS see: nozokibeya

PEEPING ROOM see: nozokibeya

PEEPING TOM see: nozoki (The Anime Companion 2 p.64)

PEOPLE'S HONOR AWARD see: Kokumin Eiyo Shō (People's Honor Award)

PEPO-KUN see: Pipo-kun (police mascot)

PEPPER, JAPANESE or SZECHWAN PEPPER see: sanshō (The Anime Companion 2 p.78)

PERILLA see: shiso (beefsteak plant)

PERIOD FILMS see jidaigeki

PERIODS, HISTORICAL see: The Historical Periods side bar (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.24)

PERMISSION TO KILL see: kirisute gomen

Perry, Matthew Calbraith ペリー, M. C. or マシュー・カルブレイス・ペリー (The Anime Companion 2 p.71): Sources:
De Mente, Boye Lafayette. Japan Encyclopedia p.395-396
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.119

PERSIMMONS see: kaki (The Anime Companion 2 p.37)

PERVERT CHAIR see: sukebe isu

PERVERT TRAIN see: chikan densha

PHOENIX see: hôô (phoenix)

PHONE CLUB see: terekura (telephone club)

Photography, the person in middle of a photograph will die: Sources:
Outlook on Japan p.81

PICKLED APRICOT see: umeboshi (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

PICKLED PLUM see: umeboshi (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

PICKLES see: tsukemono (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.140)

PICTURE TO STEP ON see: fumie (picture to step on)

PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD see: Ukiyo-e

PIG THIGH (PLANT) see: dokudami (The Anime Companion 2 p.16)

PILGRIMAGES see: junrei (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.57)

PILLOW see: makura (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.79)

PINK MOVIES see: pinku eiga (The Anime Companion 2 p.71)

PINK SALON see: pinku saron

pinku bira ("pink leaflets") ピンクビラ (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.104): Sources:
Bornoff, Nicholas. Pink Samurai - graphics section -

pinku eiga (pink movie, sex films) ピンク映画 (The Anime Companion 2 p.71): Sources:
Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Weisser. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. p.15

pinku saron (pink salon) ピンクサロン: Often contracted to pinsaro (ピンサロ). A type of sex shop that originated in the Osaka (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.102) area and spread to other parts of Japan. At these establishments women provide manual stimulation and oral sex for men for a set period of time. This is done in open booths in a large room, which means there is no privacy. The room however in most cases is usually very dark so one cannot see very far. These establishments are registered as restaurants and the sexual aspect is included in what is officially the price of a drink. Service is fast, the customers are wiped down with a oshibori (small damp towel), the booths are emptied, a quick inspection for cleanliness is done by management and the next batch of customers is allowed in.
Manga:
In GTO (v.15 ch. 118) Mayuki Otsuka complains that after she was kicked out of her home by her parents she has had to earn a living at a pink salon.
Sources:
Constantine, Peter. Japan's Sex Trade 121-36
Sinclair, Joan. Pink Box p.16, 54, 188

PINSARO see: pinku saron (pink salon)

PIPES, TOBACCO see: kiseru (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.70)

Pipo-kun (police mascot) ピーポくん: Sometimes transliterated as Pepo-kun, Pipo-kun is the official mascot of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (Keishichō; The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.65). There is not only Pipo-kun but an entire family, such as his grandparents, of similar characters that are used in department literature.
Anime:
In Chobits (ep.8) we see a persocom in the shape of Pipo-kun and later (ep.18) Pipo-kun is seen in front of a kōban (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.71)
We even see statues of Pipo-kun in the family home in Super Gals! (ep 6)
Manga:
In Rose Hip Zero (v.4) Hata-san, while blasting away at cockroaches with an airgun, complains that all the Police Department Antiterrorism Section West Branch Office does is escort celebrities and dress up like Pepo-kun.
Sources:
Alt, Matt and Yoda Hiroko. Hello, Please! p.18 and several images pages in the "Official Characters section" p.17 - 68.
Web Site:
ピーポくんＴＯＷＮ

PISSING IN PUBLIC see: tachishōben (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.129)

PIZZA see: okonomiyaki (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.100)

PLAYBOY see: onnatarashi (The Anime Companion 2 p.69)

PLEATED TROUSERS see hakama (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.38)

PLUM see: ume (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.143)

Pocari Sweat ポカリスエット (The Anime Companion 2 p.71): Sources:
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd History
Pocari Sweat web site

Pocky ポッキー (The Anime Companion 2 p.71): Sources: Local stores.
Package Design in Japan vol. 8 p.72

POEM CARDS see: uta karuta (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.144)

POETRY CARD GAME see: uta karuta (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.144)

poke-beru (beeper) ポケベル (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.104): Sources:
Vardaman, James M. and Michiko Sakaki Vardaman Japan From A to Z p.15

POLE FOR CARRYING THINGS see: tembimbō (carrying pole)

POLE WITH SPIKED T see: tsukubo (push pole)

POLICE BOX see: koban (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.71)

POLICE MASCOT see: Pipo-kun (police mascot)

POLICE TRUNCHEON, EDO PERIOD see: Jitte (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.55)

POLICE, RIOT see: Kidōtai (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.68)

POLICE, TŌKYŌ METROPOLITAN see: Keishichō (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.65)

POMEGRANATE see: zakuro (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)

POMMEL AT BASE OF SWORD see: kashira (The Anime Companion 2 p.42)

POND LOACH SCOOPING DANCE see: dojō sukui (The Anime Companion 2 p.16)

PORK CUTLET see: tonkatsu (The Anime Companion 2 p.106)

PORK CUTLET DONBURI see: katsudon (The Anime Companion 2 p.42)