character き, like さ, is drawn with the lower line either connected or disconnected. A dakuten may be added to the character; this transforms it into ぎ in hiragana...

(らき☆すた らき☆すた殺人事件, Raki☆Suta Raki☆Suta Satsujin Jiken), was published on September 1, 2007. The second light novel, Lucky Star: Lucky Star Online (らき☆すた...

薬屋のひとりごと～猫猫の後宮謎解き手帳～ １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2020. 薬屋のひとりごと～猫猫の後宮謎解き手帳～ １８ (in...

Nagi Yanagi (やなぎ なぎ, Yanagi Nagi, born May 31, 1987), stylized as yanaginagi (やなぎなぎ), is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Osaka Prefecture who is...

Teppanyaki (鉄板焼き, teppan-yaki), often confused with hibachi (火鉢, "fire bowl"), is a post-World War II style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle...

Okonomiyaki (Japanese: お好み焼き, listen) is a Japanese teppanyaki, savory pancake dish consisting of wheat flour batter and other ingredients (mixed, or...

Teriyaki (Kanji: 照り焼き) is a cooking technique in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. Although commonly associated...

sound to a glide (palatalization) to a, u or o. For example, き (ki) plus ゃ (small ya) becomes きゃ (kya). Addition of the small y kana is called yōon. A small...

A dakimakura (抱き枕; from daki 抱き "embrace" and makura 枕 "pillow") is a type of large pillow from Japan which are usually coupled with pillow covers depicting...

Hikikomori (Japanese: ひきこもり or 引きこもり, lit. "pulling inward, being confined"), also known as severe social withdrawal, is total withdrawal from society...