Japanese Etiquette: An Introduction |
Common terms and phrases
beans beautiful betrothal Birthday bride Buddhist called celebrated CHANOYU chopsticks coffin cord crest cushion deceased decorations dinner dishes dolls door Dôzo dress drink eaten eating Emperor Emperor Jimmu entrance everyday express Festival flower arrangement formal front funeral furisode fusuma genkan girls gozaimasu greetings hakama haori held honor host or hostess Imperial incense invited Itadakimasu itashimasu Japan Japanese custom Japanese etiquette Japanese guest Japanese person Japanese women kaishi kimono knees kudasai kudasaimase left hand light bow lunar calendar marriage meal mid-year mizuhiki mizuya nageire nakôdo national holidays nowadays occasions offered omiai one's seniors ordinary paper person placed present quietly relatives rice bowl right hand saké sasete season seat served Shichi-Go-San Shinto shitsurei shrine sitting spirits stand style tamagushi tatami tea and cakes tea ceremony tea-ceremony party tea-room temples thanks tokonoma tray wedding Western worn wrapped year-end Year's