*This list is arranged alphabetically and will be updated as the story goes. If there is a term I missed, or if the description is inaccurate, let me know!
Dono—honorific meaning “lord” or “master,” although it does not equate status.
Hakama—loose trousers with many pleats
Haori—hip or thigh-length jacket with wide sleeves worn over a kimono
Izakaya—a tavern of sorts that serves sake
Jigoku—hell
Kimono—a loose, wide-sleeved robe fastened at the waist with a sash
Kitsune—a devious, shapeshifting fox spirit
Kosode—a short-sleeved version of a kimono with looser proportions
Kun—semi-formal honorific used for young men and boys familiar to or younger than themselves
Miko—a shrine maiden
Okaa-san—Mother
Otou-sama—Father
Sama—honorific used for those deserving the most respect for the status or higher rank.
San—honorific equivalent to “Miss” or “Mister.”
Seppuku—the ritual suicide of a samurai.
Shogi—a strategy board game for two
Yokai—spirits and magical creatures with inhuman and supernatural abilities
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Fantasía"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰." The kitsune vanished from the twin islands Oroshijima and Arashijima four hundred years ago, and all that remains are the legends of...
