Wa-an dictionary

This Wa-an dictionary is a list of terms from the Wa language.

A

 * ai : indigo; love
 * aka : red
 * akasuke : "bright helper"
 * aki : autumn
 * asa : morning; shallow
 * atsu : generous
 * au : a meeting

B

 * bakuto : a gambler; a yakuza gang specializing in gambling
 * ben : flower petal
 * bun : well-written
 * burakumin : (syn, eta) village people; outcasts

C

 * cha : tea
 * chi : a thousand
 * chie : intellect
 * chigaidama : staggered shelves typically found on the back walls of shoin
 * chitose : a millennium
 * chiyose : a thousand generations
 * chizu : a thousand storks
 * chu : loyalty

D

 * dai : great
 * daimyo : the military governor of a province
 * doma : the earth-floored area of a minka

E

 * e : lucky
 * ei : clever; blooming
 * en : charm
 * eta : the lowest social class; outcast
 * etsu : delight

F

 * fude : a writing brush
 * fuku : good luck; clothes
 * fumi : a letter from a woman
 * fune : a ship
 * fusa : a tassel
 * fuyu : winter

G

 * gakusho : a scholarly priest
 * geisha : an entertainer and courtesan highly trained in the arts and social courtesy
 * genkan : a small alcove at the entrance to a home
 * gin : silver
 * giri : a sense of obligation
 * gurentai : members of a yakuza gang who act as enforcers

H

 * hama : the shore
 * han : half
 * hana : a flower blossom
 * haru : springtime
 * hatamoto : a bannerman, an administrator
 * hatsu : firstborn
 * haya : fast, quick
 * hide : excellent
 * hideyo : excellent generations
 * hinomiyagura : a fire tower
 * hirajiro : a castle in a plain
 * hirayamajiro : a castle on a hilltop
 * hiro : broad
 * hisano : a long plain

I

 * ichi : one
 * iku : nourishing
 * ima : now
 * iro : color
 * isamu : robust
 * ishi : stone
 * ishiotoshi : chutes built into castle walls for dropping stones on attackers
 * iwa : rock

J

 * jin : humans
 * jishimbansho : a guard tower
 * jodan : the highest room in a shoin
 * jun : obedient

K

 * kabukimono : a fraternity of retired soldiers
 * kaede : a maple leaf
 * kagami : a mirror
 * kaiyo : forgiveness
 * kama : a sickle
 * kame : a tortoise
 * kan : patience
 * kaoru : fragrant
 * kasane : myriad
 * katsu : victorious
 * kazashi : a hairpin
 * kazu : a large number
 * ken : humility; wise
 * kenchicho : a tax census
 * kevi : respectful
 * kido : a district gate
 * kiku : a chrysanthemum
 * kikue : a chrysanthemum branch
 * kikumo : a field of chrysanthemums
 * kimi : sovereign; peerless
 * kin : gold
 * kinu : silk cloth
 * kishi : a beach
 * kiwa : a mulberry tree; distinguished
 * kiyo : pure; happy generations
 * kobun : a son; the follower of a yakuza oyabun
 * ko : the social class of craftsmen and artists
 * koi : a carp
 * koku : measurement: approximately, typically used for rice
 * kome : clean rice
 * kon : dark blue
 * koto : a harp
 * kuma : a bear
 * kumi : a braid
 * kumigashira : an assistant to a shoya
 * kuni : capital
 * kura : a storehouse
 * kuri : a chestnut
 * kurumayose : the entrance to a mansion for carriages

M

 * maki : a fir
 * maru : fat
 * masa : righteous
 * masago : sand
 * masayo : righteous generations
 * masue : a branch of increase
 * matsu : a pine
 * matsue : a pine branch
 * mikoshi : a portable shrine carried on two poles
 * minka : a commoner's house
 * miyo : beautiful generations
 * miyuki : deep snow
 * momo : a peach
 * mura : a village

N

 * nagaya : a longhouse
 * nami : a wave
 * nao : righteous
 * nara : an oak
 * nari : thunder
 * natsu : summertime
 * ninjitsu : the art of the ninja
 * nishi : west
 * no : the social class of farmers and fishermen
 * nobu : faithfulness
 * noren : curtains set in doorways
 * nui : a tapestry

O

 * orino : a weaver's field
 * oyabun : a father; the leader of a yakuza gang

P

 * pagoda : a multi-storied tower

R

 * rai : thunder; trust
 * raku : pleasure
 * ran : an orchid
 * rei : propriety
 * ren : someone who arranges lotuses
 * rettsu : chaste; true
 * riku : the ground
 * roku : six
 * ronin : a masterless samurai
 * ryo : a dragon; generous
 * ryokan : inn
 * ryu : a willow; lofty

S

 * sada : chaste
 * sai : skilled
 * sake : a beverage made from fermented rice
 * saki : a cape
 * saku : composition
 * san : three
 * sanae : new rice
 * sawa : a marsh
 * sayo : night
 * seki : a gate, a barrier
 * sen : a spirit, a fairy
 * sengoku-daimyo : an independent daimyo
 * sensei : a master
 * seppuku : ritual suicide
 * setsu : true
 * shi : the social class of warriors and soldiers
 * shichi : seven
 * shidzu : calmer
 * shika : a deer
 * shikae : a deer bay
 * shima : an island
 * shimo : frost
 * shin : truth
 * shina : good things; virtue
 * shino : a slender piece of bamboo
 * shiwo : salt
 * sho : the social class of shopkeepers and merchants
 * shogun : the supreme military commander
 * shoin : a reception hall common in samurai homes, composed of a series of rooms, each raised slightly higher than the previous
 * shoya : a village administrator, headman
 * shoji : a room divider
 * shun : excellent
 * soan : a grass cottage or tea house
 * some : a dyer
 * suge : a reed
 * sugi : a cedar
 * sute : an orphan
 * suzu : tin; a tiny bell
 * suzue : a branch of little bells

T

 * tae : exquisite
 * taka : a hawk; honor
 * take : bamboo
 * tama : a jewel
 * tamaki : a ring; a bracelet
 * tamon : long, narrow buildings built on top of castle walls
 * tane : a seed
 * tani : a valley
 * taru : a cask
 * tatami : a floor mat
 * tatsu : a dragon
 * tekiya : a yakuza gang specializing in racketeering
 * tenshu : a castle tower
 * tenshu-kaku : the main tenshu of a castle
 * teru : shining
 * tetsu : iron
 * tokiwa : constant
 * tokonoma : a narrow shelf at the back of a shoin
 * toku : virtue
 * tomi : riches
 * tomiju : wealth; longevity
 * tomo : a friend
 * tora : a tiger
 * tori : a bird
 * torii : a red archway to a shrine
 * toshi : an arrowhead
 * toyo : abundance
 * tsugi : secondborn
 * tsuki : the moon
 * tsune : constant
 * tsuru : a stork
 * tsuta : ivy
 * tsuya : lustrous

U

 * ume : a plum blossom
 * umegae : a plum spray
 * umeno : a field of plums
 * uta : a song

W

 * waka : young
 * washi : an eagle
 * watariyagura : a corridor connecting the wings of a castle

Y

 * yae : eightfold
 * yagura : a castle turret
 * yamajiro : a castle on a mountain
 * yashiki : a home for the families of daimyo
 * yasu : friendly; gentle; peaceful
 * yoi : evening
 * yone : rice; wealth
 * yoshi : good
 * yoshina : a good (fertile) field
 * yoshino : a good friend
 * yotsu : four
 * yu : brave
 * yuki : snow
 * yumi : a bow
 * yuri : a lily