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Thank you. These examples are helpful. And, yes, wjserson is correct. I'm looking for words that do not refer to concepts specific to the culture from which they come (e.g. geisha).

I'm putting together a short list of words which English has stolen from other languages. Does anyone know any non-food words that we have incorporated from Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) and Korean? Japanese would be helpful too, but I'm really stuck on Chinese and Korean. Thanks!