the Issun-bōshi

a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled anthology of poems”) in two volumes, thought to be compiled by Sugawara no Michizane around 893–913 CE, with the poems completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)

Synonym of 新撰万葉集 (Shinsen Man'yōshū): a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled waka anthology”) in two volumes in which the poems are completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)

I don't speak Japanese

I'm a Muslim

I'm Jewish

prostitute

will you marry me

A stock phrase in Japanese pop culture supposedly used by the wife in a newly-wed couple to invite her new husband to bed.

Kyūjitai form of 私生児 (“illegitimate child”)