a species of arum (Arisaema serratum)

Synonym of 菊 (kiku, “chrysanthemum”). / Synonym of 銭葵 (zeniaoi, “common mallow”). / Synonym of 立葵 (tachiaoi, “hollyhock”). / Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “carnation, pink”).

A group of onmitsu, government-employed undercover agents, established by the 8th Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751). Sometimes described as ninja.

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”)