Aside from cultural stuff like sushi, what random Japanese loanwords does your language have?

I'll start with my L1 (Russian), Portuguese (which I collected so far) and this one French borrowing which got me interested in this stuff.

Russian (slang):
кун, кунчик "boy(friend)" (くん)
тян, тянка, тяночка "girl(friend)" (ちゃん)
няшный "cute", няш(к)а "cutie", няшиться "to cuddle" (にゃ🐈️)

Portuguese:
caqui "persimmon" (柿)
joquempô "rock-paper-scissors" (じゃんけんぽん)
biombo "foldimg screen" (屏風)
nisei "Brazilian-Japanese" (二世)
miojo "instant ramen" (brand name 明星)

French:
chifoumi "rock-paper-scissors" (ひふみ)

by Panates

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