Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ukelele

 noun see ukulele UKIYO-E  also ukiyo-ye  noun  Etymology: Japanese ~ genre picture, from ukiyo world, life + e picture  Date: 1879 a Japanese art movement that flourished from the 17th to the 19th century and produced paintings and prints depicting the everyday life and interests of the common people; also the paintings and prints themselves