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/wiki/Japanwork

The Kaiju's favorite playground.

All the things you wanted to know about Japan, but were afraid to ask. Naturally, these tropes and topics pop up frequently in Japanese media.

• Imperial Japan
• Japanese Political System
• Kaiju Defense Force (Japan Self-Defense Force)
• Katanas of the Rising Sun (Imperial Japanese Armed Forces)
• 108
• The 47 Ronin
• Baka
• Body Sushi
• Bicep-Polishing Gesture
• Bishonen Jump Syndrome
• Big Fancy House
  • The Thing That Goes Doink
• Boke and Tsukkomi Routine
  • Flipping the Table
• Boys Love Notes
• Buddhism
• Butterfly of Death and Rebirth
• Christmas Cake
• Christianity In Japan
  • Christmas in Japan
• Class Is in Room X-01
• Compensated Dating
• Cram School
• Doujinshi
• Ear Cleaning
• Eyelid-Pull Taunt (known as akanbe in Japan)
• Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana
• The Four Gods
• Fundoshi
• Geisha
• Goldfish Scooping Game
• Ghost Lights
• Hachiko (purebred Akita dog representing loyalty)
• Hachimaki (headband)
• Hair Color in Japan
• Hattori Hanzo
• Henohenomoheji (the face made of hiragana)
• Hikikomori a.k.a. the Shut In.
• Host Club
• Idiots Cannot Catch Colds
• Idol Singer
• Inside Shoes
• Instant Fanclub
• Ishikawa Goemon
• Japanese Architecture
• Japanese Holidays
• Japanese Invasion
• Japanese Language
  • Alternate Character Reading
  • Four Is Death
  • Gender and Japanese Language
  • Gratuitous English in Japan
  • Green Is Blue
  • Japanese Honorifics
    • Oba-san
    • Onee-Sama
  • Japanese Pronouns
    • Pronoun Trouble
  • Japanese Sibling Terminology
  • Japanese Stock Phrases
  • Kansai Regional Accent
  • Keigo
  • One, Two, Three, Four, Go
  • Seven Is Nana
  • Tohoku Regional Accent
• Japanese Media
• Japanese Ranguage
• Japanese School Club
• Japanese Vampire
• Jidai Geki
• Joshikousei
• Kabuki Sounds
• Kappa
• Karaoke Box
• Kawaisa
• Kendo
• Kigo
• Kimodameshi
• Kimono
  • Kimono Is Traditional
  • Kimono Fanservice
• Kotatsu
• Kotobagari
• Kyu and Dan Ranks
• Lolicon
• Love Hotels
• Mahjong
• The Makioka Sisters
• Maneki Neko
• Manga Demographics
• Miko
• Miyamoto Musashi
• Mukokuseki
• No Koreans in Japan
• Nuns Are Mikos
• Odango Hair
• Oda Nobunaga (a Japanese warlord)
• Onmyodo
• Orochi
• Out of the Country
• Paper Talisman
• Personality Blood Types
• Personal Seals
• Pettanko
• Phenotype Stereotype
• Pillars of Moral Character
• Pose of Supplication
• Public Domain Artifact (of note, the three imperial regalia show up often)
• Red Armband of Leadership
• Red Oni, Blue Oni
• Red String of Fate
• Romantic Two-Girl Friendship
• Ryokan Inn
• Sacred First Kiss
• Sailor Fuku
• Salaryman
• Sanada Yukimura
• Sarashi
• Sarutobi Sasuke
• Sasaki Kojiro
• School Festival
• Second Sino-Japanese War
• Sempai-Kohai
• Seppuku
• Shinigami
• Shinto
• Shiritori
• The Shinsengumi
• Shotacon
• Shrines and Temples
• Sneezing
• Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl
• Subcultures in Japan
• Takarazuka
• Tanabata
• Teru Teru Bozu
• This Is Unforgivable!
• Thousand Origami Cranes
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (another warlord, the ultimate unifier of Japan)
• Tokyo University (Japan's most famous own version of an Ivy League School)
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi (yet another warlord)
• Transfer Student Uniforms
• Tanuki
• Uesugi Kenshin (and yet another famous warlord)
• "V" Sign
• Weddings in Japan
• Yagyu Jubei
• Yamato Nadeshiko
• Yaoi Fangirl (demographically more numerous in Japan than in most other places)
• Youkai
  • Kappa
  • Kitsune
• Yonkoma
• Zettai Ryouiki
• Zigzag Paper Tassel

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