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Bamboo, including Asian Art


. Bantaroo 番太郎　flood warden in Edo.

. Barnabas Gospel, Turkey .



Beard (hige)

. Bechamel, béchamel sauce .


Beggar, begging, Bettler, tramp, hobo (lumpen)

Bell, temple bell (kane). Bronze Bell (dootaku)

. betsu zashiki　別座敷 detached sitting room .


Bible (baiburu)

Bicycle (jitensha)

. Big Bang of the Universe .

Bird droppings (tori no fun)

Birth (o-san, umu)

Birthday (tanjoobi)

. biwa 琵琶 lute Biwako 琵琶行 a Chinese poem .


Blindness, blind people

. Bloodroot flowers, Sanguinaria canadensis .


Blue, the color of sky and water

. Blues - Nuit bleue (Blue night) music .



Body (karada) and body parts

Bonsai, small pots of trees and plants

Book, reading (hon o yomu)

. bon 盆 tray, dinner tray .

Boredom, to be bored (taikutsu)

botamochi - rice cakes with bean paste

Box, auspicious box (chigibako)

Box, stationary box (bunko, tebunko)

Bread (pan)

Breakfast (asagohan, asameshi)

Bridge (hashi)

. broom　箒 hooki .


Buddha, Great Buddha. Daibutsu and Hotoke


Buddhist and Shinto Ceremonies

Buildings tall and famous, skyscrapers matenroo

. bunko 文庫 library *.

Bunraku and Joruri, puppet theater

. . butsudan 佛壇 or 仏壇 Buddhist family altar . .


. byoobu 屏風 folding screen - gin byoobu 銀屏風 silver folding screen .



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. Persons, Personal Names - ABC List .

. Place Names - Utamakura - ABC List .


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