🛎️ Hospitality
店・宿・道案内で外国人に説明する場面で使う
648 entries (page 5 of 11)Tap a title to open the full entry: three lengths of English explanation, the questions people actually ask, ready-made phrases and audio.
- ShintoEssential chozuya手水舎the water pavilion where you rinse your hands before praying
- ShintoEssential jinja to tera no chigai神社と寺の違いhow to tell a Shinto shrine from a Buddhist temple
- ShintoEssential mikoshi神輿the portable shrine carried through the streets at a festival
- ShintoEssential torii鳥居the gate at the entrance to a shrine
- ShintoEssential saisen賽銭the offering you throw in
- Work CultureEssential otsukaresamaお疲れさまthe all-purpose word for acknowledging someone's work
- Work CultureEssential yakushoku de yobu役職で呼ぶaddressing colleagues by their job title
- ArtsStandard igo囲碁the board game of go
- ArtsStandard kabuki歌舞伎classical Japanese theater
- ArtsStandard emaki絵巻the painted handscroll you unroll section by section
- ArtsStandard kakejiku掛け軸a hanging scroll displayed in an alcove
- ArtsStandard kyogen狂言the comic theater performed alongside noh
- ArtsStandard koto琴the thirteen-stringed Japanese zither
- ArtsStandard karesansui枯山水the dry landscape garden
- ArtsStandard shamisen三味線the three-stringed instrument played with a large plectrum
- ArtsStandard shishimai獅子舞the lion dance that bites your head for luck
- ArtsStandard shodo書道Japanese calligraphy
- ArtsStandard ikebana生け花Japanese flower arrangement
- ArtsStandard ishidoro to tsukubai石灯籠と蹲踞the stone furniture of a Japanese garden
- ArtsStandard chashitsu茶室the room built for a tea gathering
- ArtsStandard sado茶道the way of tea
- ArtsStandard nomen能面the masks worn in noh theater
- ArtsStandard mokuhanga木版画the woodblock printing behind ukiyo-e
- ArtsStandard rakugo落語solo comic storytelling
- ArtsStandard byobu屏風a folding screen
- BuddhismStandard Ojizo-sanお地蔵さんthe roadside guardian of children
- BuddhismStandard Kannon観音the bodhisattva of compassion
- BuddhismStandard zazen座禅seated Zen meditation
- BuddhismStandard shakyo写経copying a sutra by hand
- BuddhismStandard shukubo宿坊temple lodging where guests stay with the monks
- BuddhismStandard joya no kane除夜の鐘the 108 bells on New Year's Eve
- BuddhismStandard mokugyo木魚a hollow wooden drum shaped like a fish, struck during sutra chanting
- BuddhismStandard bonsho梵鐘the temple bell struck from the outside
- Martial ArtsStandard ekiden駅伝long-distance relay running
- Martial ArtsStandard yumitori shiki弓取り式the bow-twirling ceremony in sumo
- Martial ArtsStandard karate空手the striking martial art from Okinawa
- Martial ArtsStandard kendo剣道Japanese fencing with bamboo swords
- Martial ArtsStandard koko yakyu to Koshien高校野球と甲子園the national high school baseball tournament
- Martial ArtsStandard shiko四股the sumo leg-raising movement, done as training and as a rite
- Martial ArtsStandard ukemi受け身the breakfall technique that lets you get thrown without getting hurt
- Martial ArtsStandard jujutsu柔術the old Japanese grappling arts that judo grew out of
- Martial ArtsStandard seiza and mokuso正座と黙想kneeling and the short silent sitting at the start and end of practice
- Martial ArtsStandard senshuraku千秋楽the final day of a sumo tournament or a stage run
- Martial ArtsStandard sumo beya相撲部屋the stable where wrestlers live
- Martial ArtsStandard honbasho大相撲の本場所the six official grand sumo tournaments held each year
- Martial ArtsStandard dohyo土俵the raised clay ring a sumo bout is fought in
- Martial ArtsStandard dohyo-iri土俵入りthe ring-entering ceremony performed by top sumo wrestlers before their bouts
- Martial ArtsStandard bokuto木刀a wooden sword used for practice
- Martial ArtsStandard tachiai and shikiri立合いと仕切りthe charge that starts a sumo bout, and the ritual staring before it
- Martial ArtsStandard yabusame流鏑馬archery from a galloping horse
- ClothingStandard geta下駄wooden sandals
- ClothingStandard gakuseifuku学生服the classic Japanese school uniform: the stand-collar jacket and the sailor blouse
- ClothingStandard kasa笠a traditional Japanese hat, often woven from sedge or bamboo
- ClothingStandard kinchaku巾着a small drawstring pouch used with a kimono, or as a kids' bag
- ClothingStandard momohiki, tekko, and kyahan股引・手甲・脚絆the fitted leggings and arm and shin wraps worn for festival and traditional work
- ClothingStandard jinbei and samue甚平と作務衣easy Japanese clothes you can actually wear
- ClothingStandard setta雪駄flat sandals with a bamboo-sheath top and a leather sole, worn with kimono
- ClothingStandard maekake前掛けa sturdy Japanese work apron tied around the waist
- ClothingStandard mofuku喪服the black clothing worn to a funeral
- ClothingStandard zori草履flat thonged sandals