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Hyphenated Japanese terms are listed as single words.
The inclusion of an anime or manga title in these entries is not a recommendation of that title see my Recommended Anime and Manga page for a list of my recommendations
- zabuton (floor cushion) 座布団 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1768
- zainichi beigun (United States Armed Forces in Japan) 在日米軍 (The Anime Companion 2 p.120)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1659
Various Fuji TV News broadcasts on incidents involving U.S. military personnel.
- zaisu (legless chair) 座椅子 OLD FORM 坐椅子 (The Anime Companion 2 p.120)
- Sources:
Japanese Inn and Travel p.43
- zakuro (pomegranate) 石榴 or 柘榴 (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)
- Sources:
Joya, Mock. Mock Joya's Things Japanese p.400
Japan in a Nutshell vol. 1 p. 34-
- zaru soba ざるそば or 笊蕎麦
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A dish of cold soba (The Anime Companion 2 p.90) with nori (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.97) strips on top. This is traditionally served on a bamboo tray placed in a lacquer box .
Anime:
We see zaru ordered, and consumed, several times in episode 36 of City Hunter 2.
Sources:
Nagasawa Kimiko & Camy Condon. Eating Cheap in Japan p.36, 37, 66 (item)
Eating in Japan p.91
Hosking, Richard. Dictionary of Japanese Food p.177
- Zashiki Warashi 座敷童 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1771
- zazen (Zen meditation) 坐禅 or 座禅 OLD FORM 坐禪 (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1773
ZEKE FIGHTER see: Zerosen (aircraft) (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)
- zeichiku 筮竹 (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)
- Sources:
A Look Into Japan p.106
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p. 288
Oracles and Divination p. 47
ZELKOVA see: keyaki (The Anime Companion 2 p.45)
- Zen (Buddhism) 禅 FORMAL 禪 (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)
- Sources:
Frederic, Louis. Japan Encyclopedia p.86
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1772
- zen (small individual table for food) ぜん or 膳 (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)
- Sources:
Hosking, Richard. Dictionary of Japanese Food p.177
- Zenki 前鬼 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1151
Blacker, Carmen. The Catalpa Bow p.210
ZEN MEDITATION see: zazen (The Anime Companion 2 p.121)
ZEN STICK see: keisaku (The Anime Companion 2 p.44)
- Zenigata Heiji 銭形平次
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A fictional character from the Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae stories set in the Edo Period (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.25) and written by Nomura Kodō between 1931 and 1958, the original tale being so popular that more than 400 other were written. These tales stared a detective, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, who could bring down a criminal by tossing coins at him. There were also movies and TV shows based on the tales. In the stories Zenigata lived near Kanda Myojin (Kanda Jinja) and there are stone monuments for him and his assistant Hachigoro to the right of the main building.
Anime and Manga:
Zenigata in the Lupin III stories is a descendant of Zenigata Heiji
Anime:
In the Urusei Yatsura TV series (ep. 54 story 77) Ataru thinks he is Zenigata Heiji.
In episode 6 of New Cutey Honey the grandfather mentions Zenigata Heiji after Honey, dressed as Nezumi Kozō (The Anime Companion 2 p.62), tosses koban, gold coins, at the Shinsengumi (The Anime Companion 2 p.86) in Samurai Park.
Sources:
Enbutsu Sumiko. Old Tōkyō: Walks in the City of the Shōgun p. 75
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1112
- Zerosen (Zero Fighter) ゼロ戦 or 零戦 (REISEN) OLD FORM 零戰 (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1779
Mikesh, Robert C. Japanese Aircraft p.147, 171
ZERO-TYPE CARRIER-BASED FIGHTER see: Zerosen (aircraft) (The Anime Companion 2 p.122)
- zōki ishioku (organ transplant) 臓器移植 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.119
Supplementary information:
On March 1, 1999 the Nippon Hō sō Kyō kai (NHK The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.96) news show Dayline Japan reported the first organ transplants done under the 1997 law redefining brain death. The organs were the heart, liver and kidneys of a woman in her 40s.
- zōmen (white square mask) 蔵面 or 造面 or 雑面 OLD FORM 藏面 or 雜面 (The Anime Companion 2 p.123)
- Sources:
Ortolani, Benito The Japanese Theatre p.48, illustration 19
- zōni 雑煮 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.150)
- Sources:
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.1780
- zōri (thonged sandals) 草履 (The Anime Companion [vol.1] p.151)
- Sources:
Outlook on Japan p.38
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia p.395, 1781
ZUNBERABŌ see: Nopperabō (faceless yōkai)
ZURŌSU DOROBŌ see: pantī dorobō (panty thief)
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