| Rōmaji | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| emaki | 絵巻 | picture scroll; illustrated scroll |
| fukuro-toji | 袋綴じ | pouch binding with folded leaves used in Chinese bookbinding, also known as stab binding |
| ganpi | ガンピ; 岩菲 | a wild plant native to Japan, used to make an especially fine and shiny paper |
| funori | 布海苔 | seaweed-based glue used as an adhesive and sizing in Japanese bookbinding |
| gofun | 胡粉 | white chalk; gesso used to apply mica |
| hakubyō | 白描 | black and white line drawing |
| kana | かな; 仮名 | syllabary used to write Japanese phonetically |
| kanji | 漢字 | Chinese characters |
| kōzogami; choshi | 楮紙 | kozo/mulberry paper |
| monogatari | 物語 | tale |
| musubi-toji | 結び綴じ | knot binding; a binding where sheets are stacked together and attached with two knots. Also known as Yamato-toji. |
| nikawa | 膠 | animal-based glue made from hide, animal and fish bones, etc. |
| nikki | 日記 | diary |
| onnade | 女手 | women's hand; term used to refer to kana in the Heian period |
| seihon | 製本 | bookbinding |
| tetchōsō, tetsuyōsō; retchōsō, retsujōsō | 綴葉装; 列帖装 | a type of binding where sheets are folded in half in signatures of ~5 sheets, then stacked together and stitched from front to back, similar to Western-style binding. Also known as Yamato-toji or multi-section binding. |
| waka | 和歌 | traditional Japanese poetry |
| wahon | 和本 | traditionally bound Japanese book |
| washi | 和紙 | traditional Japanese paper |
| watoji | 和綴じ | traditional Japanese binding |
| Yamato | 大和 | traditional name for Japan |