Glossary-chan—Child
-ko—Ending meaning that the word is a girl’s name or nickname
-sama—My lady or lord (honorific)
-san—Sir or ma’am (honorific)
-senpai—Senior student (honorific)
baka-yarō—Complete i***t (offensive)
daikon—A large, white, mild radish
go—A Chinese game of strategy
hai—Yes
hanyak—(Korean) Herbal medicine
hiragana—phonetic script used for foreign terms and for emphasis (equivalent to italics)
ichi—The number one
Jizō-bosatsu—The Buddhist saint (boddhisatva) of lost children; he is often portrayed with a blank face and large sleeves in which he protects the children
katakana—phonetic script used for most words
katana—A samurai’s long, curved sword
kanji—Chinese ideograms; over three thousand of these non-phonetic characters are widely used in Japanese writing
