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| Slur | Represents | Reasons/Origins |
| Ainu | Japanese Aboriginals | Originally, a word for the native Japanese islanders from Hokkaido, but now means roughly a "primitive" person. Usually look more European than their Japanese counterparts, i.e., more hairy and fair skinned. Not really derogatory. |
| Bukakke Warrior | Japanese | Refers to perverse Japanese sex fetish that involves a woman being the reciepent of several males ejaculation on her face. |
| Butterhead | Japanese | Used by U.S. Marines in the Pacific Theater of WWII, and some survivors of it to this day. Refers to yellow skin tone of Japanese soldiers. Expression appears in some U.S. movies made during the war. |
| Cracker Jap | Japanese | A person of mixed Japanese/Caucasian descent |
| Daikon | Japanese | The Dakion Radish is very popular is Japanese cooking. |
| Fuji | Japanese | Japanese tourists tend to wear cameras and take pictures 24/7. Mount Fuji is a mountain in Japan, and a brand of film. |
| Harbor-Bomber | Japanese | The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, which caused the US to enter World War II. |
| Jank | Japanese | Japanese living in America, Jap + yankee = Jank |
| Jap (1) | Japanese | Short for Japanese. |
| Jig (2) | Japanese | Japanese Nig(ger). Japanese people who act black. |
| Kamikaze | Japanese | Some Japanese pilots(called Kamikaze) were trained to make a suicidal crash attack durin World War II. |
| Kotonk | Japanese | Mainland-Born Japanese-Americans when a Buddhahead would beat a mainland kids head, the hollow sound coming from the head was "kotonk, kotonk." See: Buddhahead. |
| Nip | Japanese | Shortened version of Nipponese(the former name for the Japanese. |
| Niponese | Japanese | Used instead of 'Japanese.' |
| Nippopotomus | Japanese | A Japanese person of robust proportions. |
| Pikachu | Japanese | A popular Japanese cartoon character. |
| Pocky | Japanese | Pocky is a popular Japanese treat. |
| Tojo | Japanese | General Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during WW2. Ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| Viceroy | Japanese | From Star Wars Episode One, trade federation people have similiar characteristics of Japanese buisness men. |
| Yellow Cab | Japanese | Japanese women who only date non-Japanese. Also used to indicate Japanese women who are supposed to be easy. I.E. anyone can ride her. |
| Yup-Boon-Jie | Japanese | While all races in Chinese are refered to as a type of ghost/shadow (sub-human), the word for Japanese is unique in that it means child. |
| Ame-koh | Americans | Term for Americans used by Japanese. |
| Baijo | Whites | Japanese term meaing strangers, used in a hostile way. |
| Bananame | Asians | "Banana" and "anime." Refers to Asians, esp. Filipinos, who are fixated on Japanese pop culture(anime, music, etc.), only date Japanese, try to be Japanese. |
| Bomb Watcher | Japanese | Refers to atom bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII. |
| Buddhahead (2) | Hawaiians | Hawaiian-born Japanese Americans. Originally from "buta-head" meaning pig-headed since Hawaiians were stubborn compared to their mainland counterparts. See: "kotonk" |
| Bukkakese | Asians | Reference to the popular Bukkake fetish. (Bukkake + Japanese) |
| Chankoro | Chinese | Derogatory Japanese word for "chink" |
| Chap | Asians | Chinese/Japanese mix |
| Cheese Nip | Mixed Races | White/Japanese. Mix of Cracker and Nip |
| Chosenjin | Koreans | Japanese word calling Koreans inferior to them. |
| Doujin | Blacks | Japanese slur for blacks. Dou means dirt, jin means person. |
| El Chino | Chinese | It was used by Equadors in addressing Alberto Fujimori during war as a result of Berlin Congress in 19c where borders left apart. The war was almost on Cocain- main source for living in Latin America. Fujimori is Japanese decent, immigrated to Peru at 5. |
| Gai-jin | Whites | Japanese equivalent to "Goyim," refers to anyone not Japanese, but especially Westerners. Actually is a shortened version of "Gai-koku-jin" (literally "outside-country-person," the NICE way to say "foreigner.") "Gai-Ko," depending on how it's written in Japanese, can mean "diplomacy" (outside-mingle,) "extroversion" (outside-facing,) "outer harbor" or a Japanese name in which "ko" means "happiness" |
| Gai-ko | Whites | Pronounced "guy-ko". Derogatory way of saying gaijin which is 'foreigner' (literally outside person) in Japanese. |
| Godzilla Snack | Japanese | From the Godzilla movies |
| Hear-em-screama | Japanese | Hiroshima atomic bombing tragedy |
| Hentai | Japanese | Translates to something like "pervert" and is used primarily to refer to anime porn. |
| Huk | Filipinos | HUKbong Bayang Laban sa Hapon (Citizens' Forces Against the Japanese). Guerilla group that fought against the Japanese in World War II. Continued armed resistance while Americans were waiting for MacArthur to return. |
| Jagger | Mixed Races | Japanese / Nigger |
| Japansy | Japanese | WWII (sneak attack) |
| Knees | Asians | Japanese, chinese, vietnamese, ect. Reference to the suffix "nese." |
| Koku-jin | Blacks | Japanese term for Blacks or anyone of African descent. |
| Kurochan | Blacks | Japanese derogatory term-"kuro"=black color; "chan"=suffix used for children or someone younger |
| Little Hiroshima | Asians | The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during WW2. The association with the city and asian people in general has stuck. Refers mainly to Japanese. |
| Nagasaki | Japanese | Self explanatory |
| Nip/Nipper | Japanese | Short for Nippon meaning "Japan". |
| Nipper | Japanese | They live in Japan, also known as Nippon. |
| Niptai | Mixed Races | Japanese/Thailandese |
| Otaku | Whites | A white person that tries to be Japanese in every way |
| Pokemon | Japanese | They created that damn game |
| Rice Cracker | Whites | Whites who try to act Japanese. Defined as those who are obsessed with Japanese culture, including but not limited to: frequently watching/reading and having an expansive knowledge of anime and manga, frequently listening to j-pop, wanting to learn Japanese, playing copious amounts of bemani and RPGS (or just imported Japanese games), collecting Japanese merchandise, driving a rice burner, and wishing to visit frequently or even live in Japan. |
| Rosuke | Russians | Used by Japanese. Ro (Roshia) means Russia in Japanese. Suke is the suffix attached Japanese common name. |
| Scap | Mixed Races | Scottish/Japanese mix. |
| Seagull | Filipinos | Possibly from how Filipinos often travel overseas to work like migratory birds (although the seagull is not migratory...). Heard in Japan, used by non-Japanese. |
| Wapanese | Whites | Used to describe a white person who is obssesed with japanese culture. This would include manga/hentai/and anime. |
| Yellow Devil | Asians | Common name used by American servicemen to describe the Japanese. Play on "White Devil" |
| Yoko | Japanese | Yoko Ono broke up the Beatles. |
| Zipperhead | Asians | Coined by US soldiers during Korean War. Also used in the film Full Metal Jacket. MULTIPLE reasons have been submitted: 1) If Asians were shot in the head with high-powered weapons, their heads would split as if you unzipped them 2) Vietnam War slang for "Zero Intelligence Potential" (IE: just kill them, no reason to interrorgate them) 3) Many times the Asians would be run over by military Jeeps, which left tire tracks on them that resembled zippers. 4) Asians tend to part their hair down the middle, leaving a zipper-like strip. 5) I'm not sure if the military used body bags to transfer dead enemy soldiers, but theres a possibly reference to the zipper on said bag. 6) WWII Japanese pilots wore leather helmets with zippers down the middle |