Appendix:Japanese palindromes

Phrases

 * 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.