| 大阪;大坂 | [おおさか, oosaka] (n) Osaka #275 [Add to Longdo] |
| 府 | [ふ, fu] (n) (1) (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); (2) the centre or seat (of) (center); (3) (government) office #506 [Add to Longdo] |
| 神戸 | [こうべ, koube] (n) Kobe (port city near Osaka) #1,019 [Add to Longdo] |
| 関西 | [かんさい(P);かんせい, kansai (P); kansei] (n) Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka); (P) #1,798 [Add to Longdo] |
| 阪神 | [はんしん, hanshin] (n) (1) Osaka-Kobe; (2) Hanshin (company name #1,807 [Add to Longdo] |
| 近畿 | [きんき, kinki] (n) Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara); (P) #3,459 [Add to Longdo] |
| 京阪(P);京坂 | [けいはん, keihan] (n) Kyoto-Osaka; (P) #6,020 [Add to Longdo] |
| 上方 | [じょうほう, jouhou] (n, adj-no) Kyoto and vicinity; Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region (esp. during Edo period); (P) #8,094 [Add to Longdo] |
| 淀川 | [よどがわ, yodogawa] (n) river in Osaka Prefecture; (P) #10,027 [Add to Longdo] |
| 京阪神 | [けいはんしん, keihanshin] (n) Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe #19,035 [Add to Longdo] |
| 浪花;浪速;浪華 | [なにわ, naniwa] (n) Naniwa (former name for Osaka region) #19,056 [Add to Longdo] |
| かり子 | [かりこ, kariko] (n) (arch) maid in an Osaka brothel [Add to Longdo] |
| めばち;めばちこ | [mebachi ; mebachiko] (n) (めばちこ is Osaka dialect) sty (on the eyelid); stye [Add to Longdo] |
| サザナミトサカハギ;ホースフェイスユニコーンフィッシュ | [sazanamitosakahagi ; ho-sufeisuyuniko-nfisshu] (n) bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii, species of Indo-pan-Pacific tang) [Add to Longdo] |
| スイカ | [suika] (n) (See パスモ) Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) [Add to Longdo] |
| トサカハギ | [tosakahagi] (n) humpnose unicornfish (Naso tuberosus, species of Indo-Pacific tang) [Add to Longdo] |
| 下坂 | [しもさか, shimosaka] (n) downhill; decline; waning [Add to Longdo] |
| 下阪 | [げはん, gehan] (n, vs) proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka [Add to Longdo] |
| 河内音頭 | [かわちおんど, kawachiondo] (n) narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics) [Add to Longdo] |
| 花を咲かせる | [はなをさかせる, hanawosakaseru] (exp, v1) (1) (See 話に花を咲かせる) to make lively; to become animated; to have fun talking about something; (2) to become successful and well known [Add to Longdo] |
| 関西地方 | [かんさいちほう, kansaichihou] (n) Kansai region (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) [Add to Longdo] |
| 帰阪 | [きはん, kihan] (n) returning to Osaka [Add to Longdo] |
| 京阪奈 | [けいはんな, keihanna] (n) (uk) Kyoto-Osaka-Nara [Add to Longdo] |
| 近畿地方 | [きんきちほう, kinkichihou] (n) Kinki region (inc. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鶏冠 | [とさか;けいかん;トサカ, tosaka ; keikan ; tosaka] (n) (uk) cockscomb; crest [Add to Longdo] |
| 鶏冠に来る;とさかに来る | [とさかにくる, tosakanikuru] (exp, v5r) to get mad [Add to Longdo] |
| 鶏冠海苔 | [とさかのり;トサカノリ, tosakanori ; tosakanori] (n) (uk) Meristotheca papulosa (species of edible red alga) [Add to Longdo] |
| 県社 | [けんしゃ, kensha] (n) prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka) [Add to Longdo] |
| 誤差拡散法 | [ごさかくさんほう, gosakakusanhou] (n) { comp } random dither [Add to Longdo] |
| 口では大阪の城も建つ | [くちではおおさかのしろもたつ, kuchidehaoosakanoshiromotatsu] (exp) (id) easier said than done; if it's just talking you can even build Osaka Castle [Add to Longdo] |
| 国の栄え | [くにのさかえ, kuninosakae] (n) prosperity of a country [Add to Longdo] |
| 今を盛りと | [いまをさかりと, imawosakarito] (exp) in full bloom at the moment [Add to Longdo] |
| 在阪 | [ざいはん, zaihan] (n, vs) being in Osaka [Add to Longdo] |
| 春場所 | [はるばしょ, harubasho] (n) spring (March) sumo tournament, held in Osaka; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 旬の魚 | [しゅんのさかな, shunnosakana] (n) fish in season [Add to Longdo] |
| 焼き立ての魚 | [やきたてのさかな, yakitatenosakana] (n) fish hot from the oven [Add to Longdo] |
| 上方歌舞伎 | [かみがたかぶき, kamigatakabuki] (n) (See 上方狂言) kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka [Add to Longdo] |
| 上方狂言 | [かみがたきょうげん, kamigatakyougen] (n) (See 江戸狂言) kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka [Add to Longdo] |
| 水機関;水絡繰り;水絡繰(io) | [みずからくり, mizukarakuri] (n) puppet powered by (falling) water; water-powered contrivance; show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka) [Add to Longdo] |
| 生死の境 | [せいしのさかい, seishinosakai] (n) between life and death [Add to Longdo] |
| 大逆手 | [おおさかて, oosakate] (n) backward-twisting overarm throw (sumo) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大坂夏の陣 | [おおさかなつのじん, oosakanatsunojin] (exp, n) (See 大坂冬の陣) summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大坂冬の陣 | [おおさかふゆのじん, oosakafuyunojin] (exp, n) (See 大坂夏の陣) winter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大阪の食い倒れ | [おおさかのくいだおれ, oosakanokuidaore] (exp) (See 京の着倒れ, 食い倒れ) financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大阪会議 | [おおさかかいぎ, oosakakaigi] (n) Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大阪高裁 | [おおさかこうさい, oosakakousai] (n) Osaka High Court [Add to Longdo] |
| 大阪市 | [おおさかし, oosakashi] (n) Osaka city [Add to Longdo] |
| 大阪事件 | [おおさかじけん, oosakajiken] (n) Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大阪証券取引所 | [おおさかしょうけんとりひきじょ, oosakashoukentorihikijo] (n) Osaka Securities Exchange [Add to Longdo] |
| 大阪場所 | [おおさかばしょ, oosakabasho] (n) Osaka (March) sumo tournament [Add to Longdo] |
