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This is a list of Japanese loanwords in Hawaii in three categories: Food, Objects, and Miscellaneous. A loanword (or a borrowing) is a word taken into by one language from another. ...

Note that there are other Japanese words common among the Japanese-American population (such as "okazu" and "obaachan"), but not as well-known among Hawai'i's general population. Such words have not been included here. Also, Japanese words such as "anime," (ja:アニメ) "karaoke," (ja:カラオケ) "samurai," (侍) and "sushi" (ja:寿司) which have entered the English language on a national level have not been included either. A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is a style of animation originating in Japan. ... A Karaoke machine Karaoke (Japanese: カラオケ, from 空 kara, empty, and オーケストラ ōkesutora, orchestra) is a form of entertainment where recorded music accompanies an amateur singer who sings along with the accompaniment on microphone. ... Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ... Sushi variations with Kanji names behind. ...

It is also interesting to note that some words are not from the standard Japanese language. They instead originated from Japan's regional dialects. For example, the word "bobora" is said to be spoken only in certain prefectures, especially in western Japan where many of the Japanese immigrants came from. It originates from the Portuguese word abobora meaning Japanese pumpkin.

Food

• anpan: A sweet bread filled with azuki bean paste and sprinkled on top with sesame seeds. Usually larger than the Japanese variety.
• bento (ja:弁当, べんとう): Box lunch geared for portability for picnics, etc. It typically has rice, a main dish of meat or fish, and side dishes. It used to be food on a paper plate placed inside a thin cardboard box. Now, it's all in convenient styrofoam containers molded for each dish.
• manju: Confection with sweet azuki bean paste inside a flour-based outside.
• miso soup (ja:味噌汁): Soup made of fermented soybean paste called miso. Miso-shiru in Japanese.
• mochi (ja:餅): Rice cake made of a special kind of rice that has been pounded into a sticky mass. Mochi may be sweetened or unsweetened. Commonly pounded and eaten during New Year's, as in Japan. Sweetened azuki beans are commonly included with mochi as part of a confection.
• mochi crunch: Rice crackers seasoned with shoyu. Also called "kaki mochi". Called arare in standard Japanese.
• mochi ice cream: Ice cream coated with a thin layer of frozen mochi.
• musubi: Rice ball wrapped in dried seaweed; may or may not have something in the middle, like a pickled ume or bits of fish. Spam musubi has a piece of SPAM® luncheon meat on top. In Japanese the word onigiri is more commonly used for rice balls. Without further clarification, "musubi" usually implies the SPAM variety.
• shoyu (ja:醤油): Soy sauce. "Shoyu rice" is shoyu sprinkled over rice. "Shoyu x" is some ingredient x cooked in soy sauce, e.g. "shoyu chicken", "shoyu pork", "shoyu tofu".
• sukiyaki (ja:すき焼き): Thin slices of beef, vegetables, and tofu simmered in a skillet or pan in sukiyaki sauce. It is also the title of a No. 1 hit song in the U.S. made popular by Kyu Sakamoto in 1963. (The Japanese title of the song is totally different: Ue o muite aruko. The song has nothing to do with sukiyaki food.)
• teriyaki (ja:照り焼き): Grilled meat basted with a sauce made of shoyu and sugar. Meat words such as "chicken" are often appended. A common dish in plate lunches. Often shortened to "teri", e.g. "teri burger".
• tako (ja:タコ): Octopus. Often used in a local dish called poke (pronounced POH-kay) in which case it is called "tako poke".
• tofu (ja:豆腐): Soybean curd.

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Objects

• benjo (ja:便所): Toilet, exchangeable with Hawaiian-derived lua. Although originally a Japanese word with no particular connotation, in Japan, it is now considered to be crude, and many Japanese people find this term offensive. (See also: Japanese toilet).
• bobora: A country hick fresh off the boat from Japan. Also called "Japan bobora". Originally from a regional Japanese dialect, based on the Portuguese word abobora, meaning a Japanese pumpkin.
• boro boros: Dirty clothes, rags. Old clothes worn for activities like housepainting, car repair, etc.
• chawan cut: A hairstyle that was common among little Japanese girls. It looked like someone put a bowl (茶碗, chawan) over the head and cut around the rim. In Japanese, it is called okappa, after the Japanese mythological creature called kappa which sports a similar haircut.
• daikon legs: Daikon (ja:ダイコン or 大根) are large white radishes having a stubby shape. The term refers to Japanese women's legs which seem short and stubby. This is rumoured to be the result of sitting on the floor for long periods. The Japanese equivalent is daikon ashi.
• guri-guri: The cowlick. Guri guri is an onomatopoeic word with a different meaning in standard Japanese. This use of the word originates from local dialects spoken in mainly western Japan where it means tsumuji, the standard Japanese word for the cowlick.
• hanakuso: Dried nasal mucus. Hana means nose, and kuso means waste. Kuso in Japanese typically refers to human excrement. This compound is also found in standard Japanese.
• hanabuddah (or hanabata): The fluid version of hanakuso. Bata is from English "butter". The term in Japanese is usually hanamizu ("nose water").
• hanabuddah days: Hanabuddah is most commonly seen on young children who neglect to wipe their runny noses. Thus, hanabuddah days refers to one's youth in Hawai'i.
• hashi (also ohashi): Chopsticks, as in Japanese.
• Kikaider (or Kikaida): Super hero character from Japan which was very popular in the 1970s.
• shishi: Urine or urinate. "I gotta go shishi" is a common phrase. Another related pidgin word is "5-4-4" which also means to urinate; when each digit is read in Japanese it reads "go shi shi".
• zori: Rubber thonged slippers, often called "flip-flops" in the continental U.S. Also zoris (plural). Synonymous with "slippers" or "slippahs".

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Miscellaneous

• bocha: Take a bath. Originally from bocha-bocha Japanese onomatopoiea for splashing noises.
• obon dance (ja:盆踊り): From the Japanese Bon Festival. An annual summer dance held outside at Buddhist temples to greet the returning souls of the deceased. They dance in a circle around a tower where people sing and beat taiko drums. The most famous bon dance song is "Tanko-bushi" (炭坑節).
• habut/habuteru: To feel grumpy or resentful, especially after you feel offended by something. Not standard Japanese but from a dialect.
• jan ken pon: The children's game of paper (open hand), rock (fist), and scissors (peace sign). In Japanese, either jan ken pon or jan ken. The Japanese also do not say the prelude as used in Hawai'i ("janken na manken an saka saka po ...") before they show their hands. This jan-ken-po prelude can also differ depending on the island.
• shibai: A false act. Often refers to politicians or other influential persons who put on a false face. From the Japanese word shibai, meaning "a (theatre) play."
• skebe: Horny. From Japanese sukebei. In Japanese, "H" (ecchi) is used for the same purpose, and sukebei refers to a pervert.
• skosh: Just a little. From Japanese sukoshi "a little".

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External links

• e-Hawaii's SEARCHABLE Pidgin English Dictionary

References

• Simonson, Douglas et al. (1981). Pidgin to da Max. Honolulu: Bess Press. ISBN 093584841X.