沖縄 | [おきなわ, okinawa] (n) Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands); (P) #1,114 [Add to Longdo] |
おん | [on] (n) (from 拝み) (See 御嶽・うたき) (Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove #3,920 [Add to Longdo] |
内地 | [ないち, naichi] (n) (1) (sens) within the borders of a country; domestic soil; (2) inland area; (3) (during the WWII era) Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland; (4) (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu) #16,236 [Add to Longdo] |
うがん | [ugan] (n) (from 拝み) (See 御嶽・うたき) (Okinawa) sacred place; sacred grove [Add to Longdo] |
うりずん | [urizun] (n) climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer [Add to Longdo] |
ぐすく | [gusuku] (n) Okinawan fortress [Add to Longdo] |
さーたーあんだぎー;サーターアンダキー | [sa-ta-andagi-; sa-ta-andaki-] (n) type of Okinawan doughnut (donut) [Add to Longdo] |
しいさあ;シーサー | [shiisaa ; shi-sa-] (n) Okinawan lion statues, used as talisman against evil [Add to Longdo] |
ちんすこう;チンスコー | [chinsukou ; chinsuko-] (n) Okinawan sweet [Add to Longdo] |
アンダンスー;あんだんすー | [andansu-; andansu-] (n) (from アンダ + ミスー) fried mixture of minced pork, miso, mirin, etc. (Okinawan dish) [Add to Longdo] |
オキナワベニハゼ | [okinawabenihaze] (n) Okinawa rubble goby (Trimma okinawae); red-spotted dwarfgoby; orange-red goby; Okinawa pygmy-goby [Add to Longdo] |
オビトウカイスズメダイ | [obitoukaisuzumedai] (n) Okinawa chromis (Chromis okamurai) [Add to Longdo] |
ゴーヤー;ゴーヤ | [go-ya-; go-ya] (n) (See 苦瓜) (Okinawan name for) bitter melon (Momordica charantia) [Add to Longdo] |
チャンプルー | [chanpuru-] (n) chanpuru; champuru; Okinawan stir-fry dish, usually containing vegetables (especially bitter melon), tofu, meat or fish (poss. from Indonesian "campur" meaning mixed) [Add to Longdo] |
ニライカナイ;にらいかない | [niraikanai ; niraikanai] (n) paradise across the ocean (folk belief of Okinawa & Amami) [Add to Longdo] |
ヒョウザメ | [hyouzame] (n) Proscyllium venustum (species of finback catshark found in Japan's Okinawa Trough) [Add to Longdo] |
ミミガー | [mimiga-] (n) Okinawan dish of pig ears [Add to Longdo] |
ミンサー | [minsa-] (n) traditional textile of the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa [Add to Longdo] |
モンキーバナナ | [monki-banana] (n) monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita') (wasei [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄開発庁長官 | [おきなわかいはつちょうちょうかん, okinawakaihatsuchouchoukan] (n) Director General of Okinawa Development Agency; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄県 | [おきなわけん, okinawaken] (n) Okinawa prefecture (including Okinawa island) [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄口 | [うちなあぐち;ウチナーグチ, uchinaaguchi ; uchina-guchi] (n) (uk) words and phrases only used in Okinawa; Okinawa dialect [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄山芋 | [おきなわやまいも;オキナワヤマイモ, okinawayamaimo ; okinawayamaimo] (n) (obsc) (See 大薯) water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄社会大衆党 | [おきなわしゃかいたいしゅうとう, okinawashakaitaishuutou] (n) Okinawa Socialist Masses Party [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄戦 | [おきなわせん, okinawasen] (n) Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945) [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄大蝙蝠 | [おきなわおおこうもり;オキナワオオコウモリ, okinawaookoumori ; okinawaookoumori] (n) (uk) Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis) (extinct) [Add to Longdo] |
沖縄北方対策担当大臣;沖縄・北方対策担当大臣 | [おきなわほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん(沖縄北方対策担当大臣);おきなわ・ほっぽうたいさくたんとうだいじん(沖縄・北方対策担当大臣), okinawahoppoutaisakutantoudaijin ( okinawa hoppou taisaku tantou daijin ); okinawa ] (n) State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories [Add to Longdo] |
宮古上布 | [みやこじょうふ, miyakojoufu] (n) high quality hemp cloth from Miyakojima (Okinawa prefecture) [Add to Longdo] |
郷友会 | [きょうゆうかい, kyouyuukai] (n) social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa) [Add to Longdo] |
金美人参 | [きんびにんじん, kinbininjin] (n) (See 人参, 島人参) type of yellow carrot grown in Okinawa [Add to Longdo] |
鶏飯 | [けいはん, keihan] (n) dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa) [Add to Longdo] |
御嶽;御岳 | [みたけ, mitake] (n) (Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove [Add to Longdo] |
紅型 | [びんがた, bingata] (n) method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa [Add to Longdo] |
三線 | [さんしん;さんせん, sanshin ; sansen] (n) (1) (さんしん only) (See 三味線) Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen; (2) (さんせん only) shamisen [Add to Longdo] |
山原 | [やんばる, yanbaru] (n) mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa [Add to Longdo] |
山原水鶏 | [やんばるくいな, yanbarukuina] (n) (uk) Okinawa rail (bird) (Gallirallus okinawae) [Add to Longdo] |
蛇皮線 | [じゃびせん, jabisen] (n) (col) (See 三線) sanshin (Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen) [Add to Longdo] |
祝女;巫女 | [のろ, noro] (n) hereditary caste of female mediums in Okinawa [Add to Longdo] |
少林寺流 | [しょうりんじりゅう, shourinjiryuu] (n) { MA } (See 少林流) Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate [Add to Longdo] |
少林流 | [しょうりんりゅう, shourinryuu] (n) { MA } (Shorin-ryu) Okinawa school of karate [Add to Longdo] |
赤瓜 | [あかもううい;あかもううり;あかうり;もううい, akamouui ; akamouuri ; akauri ; mouui] (n) (See 毛瓜) Okinawan yellow cucumber [Add to Longdo] |
島唄 | [しまうた, shimauta] (n) traditional Okinawan folk music [Add to Longdo] |
島人参 | [ちでーくに;チデークニ, chide-kuni ; chide-kuni] (n) (See 金美人参, 人参) type of yellow carrot grown in Okinawa [Add to Longdo] |
南西諸島 | [なんせいしょとう, nanseishotou] (n) Nansei-shoto (southwestern islands off Kyushu and in the Okinawan archipelago) [Add to Longdo] |
二丁鎌 | [にちょうがま, nichougama] (n) (See 鎌) two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo [Add to Longdo] |
泡盛 | [あわもり, awamori] (n) strong Okinawa liquor [Add to Longdo] |
本波布;本飯匙倩 | [ほんはぶ, honhabu] (n) (uk) (See 波布) Okinawan habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) [Add to Longdo] |
毛瓜 | [もううり;まうり;もううい;モーウイ, mouuri ; mauri ; mouui ; mo-ui] (n) (もううり is the Okinawan pronunciation) Okinawan yellow cucumber [Add to Longdo] |
門中 | [もんちゅう, monchuu] (n) family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa) [Add to Longdo] |
野口啄木鳥 | [のぐちげら;ノグチゲラ, noguchigera ; noguchigera] (n) (uk) Okinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii) [Add to Longdo] |