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1These are tropes that originate in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} and are found in JapaneseMedia. Before adding a page here, please ensure that it doesn't fall under a sub-index. Also, please make sure that it actually originates in Japan, and that simply isn't the place you've run into it the most.
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3Related but not exclusive is {{Animeland}}, TheThemeParkVersion of Japan as seen in media in general.
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6!! Sub Indexes
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8See also:
9+ AnimeGenres
10++ MagicalGirlTropes
11++ MechaTropes
12+ MediaNotes/AnimeFanSpeak
13+ UsefulNotes.{{Japan}}
14+ JapaneseMedia
15+ VisualNovelTropes
16+ TokusatsuTropes
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19[[index]]
20+ AnimeReality: Tropes that follow the AnimeX naming convention.
21+ AnimeSettings
22+ BushidoIndex
23+ UsefulNotes/JapaneseStockPhrases: Stock phrases from Japan.
24+ JapaneseVisualArtsTropes: Visual style of drawn and rendered artwork from Japan. Most visual tropes from anime/manga will be here. Using these is the key to becoming {{Animesque}}.
25++ JapaneseAnimationTropes: subset of Visual Art tropes that requires being animated.
26++ MangaEffects: Visual effects used in manga
27+ StockJapaneseCharacters: Stock characters that have originated in Japan. Several (such as {{Ninja}}) have been adopted by the outside world.
28[[/index]]
29
30!! Tropes
31[[index]]
32* AdjectiveNounFred: Common title structure.
33* AlternateCharacterReading: Depending on which characters you use to write a Japanese word and which pronunciation system you base it on, the word can have different meanings.
34* AlwaysInClassOne
35* AnimeCatholicism (cultural portrayal of "exotic religion" trope)
36* AsianFoxSpirit (the kitsune is a stock Japanese monster)
37* BakenekoAndNekomata
38* BicepPolishingGesture
39* BishonenLine (powerup visualization trope)
40* BitingTheHandkerchief (melodrama trope)
41* BodySushi
42* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine
43* {{Bokukko}} (dialogue/characterization trope)
44* CherryBlossoms (symbolism trope)
45* CicadianRhythm (setting trope)
46* CompensatedDating
47* CosplayCafe
48* CramSchool
49* DarumaDoll
50* DemonKingNobunaga (Portrayals of UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga that make him a demonic bad guy)
51* DinnerBathOrSexOffer
52* EarCleaning
53* EyelidPullTaunt (insulting physical gesture, from Japan)
54* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName
55* FestivalEpisode
56* FormalCharactersUseKeigo
57* TheFourGods
58* FourIsDeath (language/pun/superstition trope)
59* {{Fundoshi}}
60* FuroScene
61* {{Gashadokuro}}
62* GoldfishScoopingGame
63* GoroawaseNumber (language trope)
64* GyaruGirl
65* {{Hatsuyume}}
66* HeadbuttThermometer
67* {{Henohenomoheji}} (written Japanese language trope)
68* {{Hihiirokane}}
69* HimeCut (personal appearance trope)
70* HitodamaLight (portrayal of ghosts)
71* HostClub
72* HotSpringsEpisode (fanservice trope)
73* HuMons ({{Mons}} that resemble Humans)
74* IdiotCrows (symbolism trope as well)
75* IdiotsCannotCatchColds
76* ImageSong
77* JapaneseSchoolClub
78* JapaneseSpirit
79* JesusTaboo (symbolism trope)
80* KabukiSounds
81* KabukiTheatre
82* {{Kaiju}}
83* {{Kamaitachi}}
84* {{Kappa}} (stock Japanese monster)
85* {{Karakasa}}
86* KaraokeBox
87* {{Kigo}}
88* KillingIntent (metaphysics/superstition trope)
89* {{Kimodameshi}}
90* KimonoFanservice
91* KimonoIsTraditional
92* {{Kishotenketsu}} (traditional East Asian four-act plot structure without a driving conflict)
93* KyuAndDanRanks
94* LetteredSequel
95* LoveHotels
96* ManekiNeko
97* MartialArtsHeadband
98* MascotsLoveSugar: Critters have a massive SweetTooth.
99* MeasuringDay
100* {{Meido}}
101* MonoNoAware
102* MoonRabbit
103* {{Mukokuseki}}
104* Mystical108
105* NightParadeOfOneHundredDemons
106* NoblewomansLaugh
107* {{Nue}}
108* NunsAreMikos
109* {{Ondo}}
110* {{Oni}}
111* UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}
112* OneeSama
113* OneTwoThreeFourGo
114* {{Orochi}}
115* PaperfanOfDoom (stock physical comedy)
116* PaperTalisman (stock prop)
117* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest (stock romance character type)
118* PersonalityBloodTypes
119* PersonalSeals
120* PhenotypeStereotype
121* {{Phonymon}}
122* PillarsOfMoralCharacter
123* PoseOfSupplication
124* {{Raiju}}
125* RashomonStyle
126* RebornAsVillainessStory
127* RedArmbandOfLeadership
128* RedSpiderLiliesOfMourning
129* RedStringOfFate
130* {{Robeast}} (standard giant monster)
131* RyokanInn
132* SacredFirstKiss
133* SailorFuku
134* SamuraiPonytail (appearance trope)
135* {{Sarashi}}
136* SchoolFestival
137* SchoolgirlSeries
138* SchoolSportUniform (stock costume)
139* SchoolSwimsuit (stock costume)
140* SeahorsesAreDragons (related to Japanese nomenclature)
141* SeizaSquirm (BodyLanguage trope)
142* {{Seppuku}}
143* TheSevenMysteries (plotting trope)
144* SevenIsNana (language trope)
145* {{Shinigami}}
146* ShrinesAndTemples
147* SillyMeGesture
148* SmashingWatermelons (cultural pastime)
149* SneezeCut
150* SprintScrubbing
151* StandingInTheHall
152* StandardJapaneseFantasySetting
153* StealthClothes (stock Japanese Costume)
154* StockLightNovelEveryman
155* StockLightNovelHero
156* StockShonenHero
157* StringyHairedGhostGirl
158* SurpriseSantaEncounter
159* {{Tanuki}}
160* TanukiKitsuneContrast
161* {{Tengu}}
162* TeruTeruBozu (stock Japanese prop)
163* TheTokyoFireball
164* ThousandOrigamiCranes
165* ToastOfTardiness
166* UsefulNotes/TokyoUniversity
167* TsuchigumoAndJorogumo
168* {{Tsuchinoko}}
169* VampireLolitaArchetype
170* VisualKei
171* YamatoNadeshiko
172* {{Yonkoma}}
173* YearsTooEarly (stock Japanese insult)
174* {{Youkai}} (stock Japanese monster)
175* {{Yukionna}}
176* ZettaiRyouiki
177* ZigzagPaperTassel
178[[/index]]

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