boy or doll dressed in ancient Chinese clothes; hairstyle inspired by such a doll (esp. for female children) (Edo period)
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
six-legged Chinese-style chest
exotic non-Japanese wood (rosewood, ebony, blackwood, etc.); imported wood
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
Chinese goods; imported goods; (arch.) secondhand goods; (arch.) old furniture
arched bridge with Chinese-style railings; Chinese-style bridge
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
(artistic portrait of a) lion
(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
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)
thick printed paper (for covering sliding doors); paper sliding-door; sliding door covered with thick paper
Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryo period); (arch.) alias; (arch.) pseudonym
Chinese painting; painting with Chinese subject; Chinese-style painting
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)
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
Karatsu ware; Karatsu porcelain
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
karate chop (pro wrestling move)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese person; Korean person
karamon gate with karahafu eaves at the front and back
Chinese characters; kanji
kara flowering quince; Choenomeles 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; Korean; foreign language; language one doesn't understand
cat (esp. one imported from China)