Australia and the World Past and Present

1 – 茫漠 – boubaku – vast

2 – 茫茫 – boubou – vast, rampant (weeds), unkempt (hair)

3 – 卜筮 – bokuzei – divination

4 – 樸直 – bokuchoku – simplicity

5 – 朴訥 – bokutotsu – unsophisticated

6 – 拇指 – boshi – thumb

7 – 歿年 – botsunen – one’s age at the death

8 – 梵妻 – bonsai – Buddhist priest’s wife

9 – 梵刹 – bonsatsu / bonsetsu – temple

10 – 梵鐘 – bonshou – Buddhist temple bell

11 – 梵字 – bonji – Siddham script

12 – 梵唄 – bonbai – songs praising the virtues of the Buddha

13 – 媽祖 – maso – Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea)

14 – 靺鞨 – makkatsu – Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)​

15 – 茉莉花 – matsurika – Arabian jasmine

16 – 蟶貝 – mategai – razor clam

17 – 痲痺 – mahi – paralysis, numbness

18 – 漫楽 – mangaku – manzai (comic dialogue) accompanied by music

19 – 漫語 – mango – rambling talk

20 – 蹣跚 – mansan – staggering

21 – 饅頭 – manjyuu – manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling​

22 – 曼陀羅 – mandara – mandala

23 – 曼荼羅 – mandara – mandala

24 – 瞞着 – manchaku – deception

25 – 微塵 – mijin – particle

26 – 脈搏 – myakuhaku – pulse

27 – 明礬 – myouban – alum

28 – 味蕾 – mirai – taste bud

29 – 味醂 – mirin – mirin rice wine

30 – 弥勒 – miroku – Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

31 – 無碍 – muge – free from obstacles

32 – 無礙 – muge – free from obstacles

33 – 無辜 – muko – blameless

34 – 無慙 – muzan – cruel, pitiless

35 – 夢寐 – mubi – asleep, dreaming

36 – 瞑眩 – meigen / meiken / mengen – dizziness

37 – 冥色 – meishoku – evening twilight

38 – 明晰 – meiseki – clear

39 – 冥想 – meisou – meditation

40 – 酩酊 – meitei – drunkenness

41 – 明媚 – meibi – picturesque (scenery)

42 – 明眸 – meibou – bright eyes

43 – 瞑瞑 – meimei – dark

44 – 冥冥 – meimei – dark

45 – 瞑目 – meimoku – closing one’s eyes, passing away

46 – 螟蛉 – meirei – hornworm, adopted child

47 – 目糞 – mekuso – eye mucus

48 – 瑪瑙 – menou – agate

49 – 免黜 – menchutsu – dismissal

50 – 面疔 – menchou – facial carbuncle

51 – 面皰 – menpou – pimple, acne

52 – 麺麭 – menpou – bread

53 – 朦気 – mouki – dense fog, feeling depressed

54 – 毛氈 – mousen – carpet, rug

55 – 艨艟 – moudou – warship

56 – 毛嚢炎 – mounouen – folliculitis

57 – 蒙昧 – moumai – uncivilised

58 – 朦朦 – moumou – dense (fog)

59 – 惘惘 – moumou / boubou – flat, listless (through despair)

60 – 魍魎 – mouryou – all kinds of spirits and goblins

61 – 朦朧 – mourou – dim

62 – 耄碌 – mouroku – senility

63 – 苜蓿 – mokushuku – white clover

64 – 沐浴 – mokuyoku – ablution

65 – 沐猴 – mokkou – monkey

66 – 悶着 – monchaku / monjyaku – dispute

67 – 扼殺 – yakusatsu – strangulation

68 – 薬莢 = yakkyou – cartridge case

69 – 野鄙 – yahi – crude

70 – 悒鬱 – yuuutsu – depression

71 – 優艶 – yuuen – elegant

72 – 幽艶 – yuuen – modest and beautiful

73 – 幽婉 – yuuen – modest and beautiful

74 – 憂懼 – yuuku – dread

75 – 雄勁 – yuukei – vigorous

76 – 幽篁 – yuukou – deep and quiet bamboo grove

77 – 雄渾 – yuukon – sublime

78 – 游子 – yuushi – traveler

79 – 侑觴 – yuushou – urging one to drink more good wine during a banquet

80 – 侑食 – yuushoku – assisting at dinner, dining with a superior

​81 – 優諚 – yuujyou – gracious imperial message

82 – 揖譲 – yuujyou – bowing respectfully with one’s hands clasped in front of one’s chest​

83 – 幽邃 – yuusui – retired and quiet

84 – 疣贅 – yuuzei – wart

85 – 熊羆 – yuuhi – bear, valiant person

86 – 悒悒 – yuuyuu – sad

87 – 遊弋 – yuuyoku – cruising, patrolling

88 – 踰越 – yuetsu – exceeding, crossing

89 – 逾越 – yuetsu – exceeding, crossing

90 – 瑜伽 – yuga – yoga

91 – 揺曳 – youei – flutter, linger

92 – 徭役 – youeki – statute-labor service (ritsuryō period)

93 – 拗音 – youon – contracted sound

94 – 蛹化 – youka – pupation

95 – 容喙 – youkai- interference, meddling

96 – 瑶緘 – youkan – your letter

97 – 羊羹 – youkan – yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar

98 – 邀撃 – yougeki – counter-attack

99 – 杳乎 – youko – deep and wide

100 – 洋語 – yougo – Western language, Japanese word of Western origin