deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes; hairstyle inspired by a karako doll (esp. for girls; Edo period)
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
six-legged Chinese-style chest
exotic non-Japanese wood (rosewood, ebony, blackwood, etc.); imported wood
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
arched bridge with Chinese-style railings; Chinese-style bridge
thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors); paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper
Chinese ship; ship built in Chinese style; Chinese-style ship; Japanese ship engaged in trade with China (during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
(mythical) Chinese lion; Chinese guardian lion; Chinese-style figure of a lion; artistic rendering of a lion
Chinese goods; imported goods; (arch.) secondhand goods; (arch.) old furniture
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk; noh theater costume made with karaori weave
China and India; far away
Edo-period seller of foreign goods
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 painting; painting with Chinese subject; Chinese-style painting
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryō period); (arch.) alias; (arch.) pseudonym
foreign dog (esp. of Chinese origin)
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan)
karahafu; bow-shaped eaves of a gabled roof; undulating gable; cusped gable
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
short coat for noblewomen (Nara and Heian period)
Karatsu ware; Karatsu porcelain
Chinese-style ritual saddle
tawny brown; dark vermillion
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice
door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework
China-made thread or yarn
sliding door covered with thick patterned paper
flail (for threshing grain)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca); Prunus persica var. densa (Chinese variety of peach)
plow (esp. horse or ox-drawn); plough
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
admiration of Chinese culture (as opposed to Japanese culture); the Chinese spirit; Chinese soul
rhubarb (Rheum undulatum)
parasol; sunshade; (arch.) large umbrella carried by a noble's attendant
karamon gate with karahafu eaves at the front and back
Chinese characters; kanji
kara flowering quince (Chaenomeles lagenaria)
natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year
karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)
nemophila (Nemophila menziesii); baby blue-eyes
Tetradium ruticarpum (species of deciduous trees)
karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)
China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis)
dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)
Thalictrum minus var. hypoleucum (variety of lesser meadow rue)
Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)
Chinese person; Korean person
Chinese; Korean; foreign language; language one doesn't understand
cat (esp. one imported from China)