Don’t be rude!
The term for bowing in Japanese
Ojigi
gender neutral way of saying “I” in Japanese
Watashi
pop music from Japan
JPop
This prefecture was occupied by the United States until the early 1970s
Okinawa
He led the US forces that first landed in Japan
One of the most sincere ways to apologize in Japan
Dogeza
An expression used to address a friend in school
Kimi
A song covered in 2015 by Hatsune Miku that means “a thousand cherry trees”
Senbonzakura
Biggest prefecture in Japan
Hokkaido
a chain restaurant that started a unique Christmas custom in Japan
KFC
Eating on this mode of transportation is actually not illegal!
Trains
An expression for “I” often used by narcissistic villains in anime, that also contains a suffix
Oresama
The national anthem of Japan
Kimigayo
A prefecture famous for trading with foreign countries during the samurai era and being one of the dropped locations of the atomic bomb
Nagasaki
The Portugese and this european nation were allowed to trade with Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate
You have to accept these pieces of paper with both hands
Business cards
An expression for “you” to use when you tell them that they are already dead
Omae
This band releases a tribute song for the 2011 tsunami, and is also famous for writing soundtracks for Makoto Shinkai’s two most recent films
RADWIMPS
Osaka
In a phenomenon remembered as kamikaze, Japan defeated this modern-day country
Mongolia
Most sincere bows have to be greater than this angle
45
A term for “I” most famously used by Natsume Souseki’s I am a Cat
This British band wrote Teo Toriatte
Queen
Southern most prefecture (都道府県) in Japan
Tokyo
This country’s government in the Middle East helped rescue Japanese citizens from Iran in 1985
Turkey