NounRyukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

NounOkinawan fixed form poetry

Nounryūsō; traditional Okinawan clothing

Nounryūkin goldfish (Carassius auratus); fringetail

NounBank of The Ryukyus (abbr)

NounRyukyuan languages

Nounsweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) · potato (Solanum tuberosum)

NounAssam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)

NounRyukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)

NounRyukyuan (person)

NounRyukyu Kingdom

Nounluchu pine (Pinus luchuensis); Okinawa pine

NounPacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)

NounKandelia obovata (species of mangrove)

NounRyūkyū tatami; sturdy and durable tatami that has a facing weaved from Shichito matgrass

NounRyukyu archipelago

NounRyukyu dog (dog breed)

NounRyukyu Islands

NounRyukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

NounOkinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)

NounRyukyu Kingdom

NounRyukyuan food; Ryukyuan cuisine

NounDisposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

NounRyukyuan mission to Edo

NounInvasion of Ryukyu (1609)

NounGovernment of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)

NounHabenaria longitentaculata (species of bog orchid)

NounRyukyuan religion

NounRyukyu black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda japonica); Ryukyu leaf turtle

NounRyukyuan languages

NounBank of The Ryukyus

NounUniversity of the Ryukyus

NounOkinawan kobudo; traditional martial arts of the Ryukyu Islands

NounUnited States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR

NounUnited States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)