I thought I could probably remember up to ten Japanese words, and you could probably do the same, at least five, without visiting recently or at all.
Here is my list, amplified with a quick look back through my own blogs on Japanese.
Akiko girl's name meaning bright or autumn child (ko as the ending of a name means child or girl)
arigato - thank you
baddo - bad
basu - bus
beddo - bed
bento - box of lunch, think of lunch box, divided into compartments like an airline meal
creamu - cream
desuku - desk
e Edo - (name of former capital, gate of the river, now used in other place names)
fan - electric cooling fan
gamu - gum
geisha girl - entertainer, usually female, multi-skilled including singing and sympathy
ginko - nuts, prized for health giving property
hai - yes (I think of Hi. Another memory aid would be to think of a high excited agreement of delight at a suggestion)
Hiroshima - hiro is wide and shima is island
hoteru - hotel
iki-gai - zest for life, reason for living, passion, inspiration, what gives your life meaning
jinzu - jeans
judo - gentle way, (martial arts). judoka - judo practitioner, judo-ki judo clothing or uniform
kamera - camera
karaoke - singing for fun, to recorded music, using songsheets of video subtitles in the language you choose, provided by the company hiring the studio room, often in a shopping mall or hotel The word means empty orchestra.
kawa - river
Kiko (ki-ko means hope-child, or bright future)
Kimono - wide sleeved outfit, wrap around, secured by a wide belt. Associated with women, but can also be worn by men. Often heavy, satin or similar, lined, elegant, with seasonal patterns
Kin-tsugi - literally gold(en) journey, adding a gold line over a crack in a cracked or broken porcelain 'china' case, crockery, bowl or other object, to recycle and upcycle. Kinkaku-ji means the golden pavilion.
kinokunia - bookshop name, huge store in Singapore, name meaning country, trees
kissu - kiss
Kōhī - coffee
konnichiwa - hello / good afternoon
Kyoto kyo means capital, to means capital, together they mean capital city
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menu - menu
Midori - green, a girl's name, and a green drink, sweet, melon flavour,20% alcohol and as it is quite strong, used with non-alcoholic mixers to make cocktails
miso soup, like a green tea, meatless, seaweed?
mori means mountain
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Nagasaki, name of the city, from Naga meaning long, and saki meaning headland or cape
Noriko - girl's name law-child, discipline
O obi - wide sash worn over a kimono to tie around the waist.
Ohaiyo gozaimasu. Good morning.
piza - pizza
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resutoran - restaurant
sake - the drink, a spirit, served hot or cold from a small porcelain bottle into tiny porcelain cuts without handles. I love it.
sayonara - goodbye. You can watch a video on You Tube of the popular classical song, in English, featuring the word sayonara.
sensei - teacher master maestro
sofa - sofa
sushi - pressed rice, topped with sliced raw fish, or meat
sachimi Sashi - sliced/pierced thinly - mi = meat)
shoppingu moru - shopping mall
taxi - taxi
Tokyo means Eastern Capital
tometo - tomato
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wagu beef, tender marbled meat from a breed of cow called Wagu, fattened up from Kobo in Japan, or Australian, expensive because of the cost of feeding the cattle
Wasabi - horseradish or similar plant, green paste with sharp flavour
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Yotto - yacht
Yoko - girls name meaning sunlight-child, child of sunlight, bright child
Yokohama yoko is by, beside, next to, and hama is beach or shore
yukata - light summer kimono, fold-over wrap, housecoat, often cotton
Yukiko - girl's name snow-child, pure and soft
zero - zero
Useful websites
https://www.namesmama.com/japanese-girl-names/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
https://japaninsides.com/japanese-words-that-sound-like-english-38261
wordhippo.com
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