Japanese Loanwords about People and Social Life

A derogatory term for a woman; also a hanafuda card term.

The Ainu, the Indigenous people of northern Japan.

A person who is outside a group, circle, or mainstream.

A person outside the law; by extension, someone who defies social norms.

A female actor.

A person who competes in sports.

A hairstyle with the hair swept up.

A person who gives advice or guidance.

Short form of announcer.

Animal, especially in the katakana form used in Japanese.

A romantic escapade or affair.

A term borrowed from French, often used as a label for a person or group called apache.

The Apache people.

An affair, especially a romantic one.

After-hours socializing, especially outside a host or hostess club.

A couple, especially a romantic pair; also used in older or specialized senses for a pair or double.

An Indigenous Australian person.

Short form of 'amateur'.

A non-professional person.

A lover or beloved person.

A friend or close acquaintance.

A term for Arabs, Arab countries, or an Arabian horse.

A disruptive or shocking young person, especially in arts or high culture.

A person strongly committed to an ideology.

A person who teaches or gives instruction, especially in a practical setting.

An intellectual or educated person; also the intelligentsia.

A person belonging to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

An adult female person.

A female cabin attendant; an older term.

A rare term for cross-dressing or transvestism.

An expert or specialist.

A person who performs exorcisms.

An economist.

A derogatory term for a profit-driven person.

A dated term for the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic region.

A formal title or courtesy form used for a man.

A person who provides beauty or skincare treatments.

A person who writes essays.

A person who is not part of a group or place.

A follower or inferior imitator of a predecessor.

A person who leaves their country to live elsewhere.

A person or group at the top of a field or social hierarchy.

An emperor; the sovereign ruler of an empire.

A person with a PhD who is not in stable employment; also used for a postdoctoral researcher in Japanese usage.

A woman, especially an unmarried older woman; often offensive or outdated.

A person with intense interest or obsessive dedication to a hobby or subculture.

A person of good breeding, refinement, and social propriety.

A person whose views strongly influence others.