Appendix:Japanese palindromes

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This appendix lists palindromes in Japanese.

• 新聞紙 (shinbunshi, “newspaper”)

• キツツキ (kitsutsuki, “woodpecker”)

• アジア (ajia, “asia”)
• 痛い (itai, “painful”)
• 奇跡 (kiseki, “miracle”)
• 子猫 (koneko, “kitten”)
• 南 (minami, “south”)
• 寒さ (samusa, “coldness”)
• しかし (shikashi, “but”)
• トマト (tomato, “tomato”)

• 父 (chichi, “father”)
• 母 (haha, “mother”)
• 耳 (mimi, “ear”)
• 桃 (momo, “peach”)
• 七 (nana, “seven”)
• やや (yaya, “a little bit”)
• 筒 (tsutsu, “pipe”)
• 笹 (sasa, “leaf of bamboo”)
• ほほ (hoho, “cheek”)

• Ta-ke-ya-bu ya-ke-ta (竹薮焼けた) - A bamboo grove has been burned.
• Wa-ta-shi ma-ke-ma-shi-ta-wa (私負けましたわ) - I have lost.
• Na-ru-to wo to-ru-na (なるとを取るな) - Do not take my naruto (spiral-shaped fishcake).
• Shi-na-mo-n pa-n mo re-mo-n pa-n mo na-shi (シナモンパンもレモンパンも無し) - There is neither cinnamon bread nor lemon bread.
• Na-ga-ki yo-no to-ho-no ne-bu-ri-no mi-na me-za-me na-mi-no-ri-bu-ne-no o-to-no-yo-ki-ka-na (長き世の 遠の眠りの 皆目覚め 波乗り船の 音の良きかな) - Awake, all ye, who are sleeping a distant sleep in this long world. How sweet is the sound of the boat riding the waves! (Tanka poem, only a palindrome if one ignores dakuten).
• Mi-ga-ka-nu ka-ga-mi (磨かぬ鏡) - Un-wiped mirror
• Ni-ku-no-oo-i-oo-no-ku-ni (肉の多い大乃国) - The large-bodied Ōnokuni (62nd yokozuna in sumo)
• Mi-zu ne-zu-mi (水鼠) - Water mouse
• Ko-no ko ne-ko no ko (この子猫の子) - This child is a cat's child; Ko-no ko-ne-ko no ko (この子猫の子) - This kitten's child.