wabi-sabi 侘び寂び, a world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. waka 和歌, "Japanese poetry" a word used primarily to describe tanka (see above) written between the 9th and 19th centuries. ukiyo-e 浮世絵, a type of woodblock print art or painting. In modern Japan, though, it is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a single manga, as opposed to magazines.
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tankōbon 単行本, "independent/standalone book" term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series or corpus. tanka 短歌, "short poetry" an older form of Japanese poetry than haiku, of the form 5-7-5-7-7 morae (not syllables see also haiku above). sumi-e 墨絵, a general term for painting with a brush and black ink. shamisen 三味線, a three-stringed musical instrument, played with a plectrum. senryu 川柳, a form of short poetry similar to haiku. noh 能 nō, a major form of classical Japanese music drama origami 折り紙, artistic paper folding otaku オタク or おたく or ヲタク, a geeky enthusiast, especially of anime and manga.