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  2. Japanese honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when talking to, or referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns.

  3. Itadakimasu - Wikipedia

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    The term Itadakimasu can be traced back to ancient Japan's Asuka period when Buddhism was the dominant religion in the region. [1] In contrast to western religions, which have a hierarchy (God > people > animals > etc.), eastern religion, specifically Buddhism, views all on an equal level, and as a result, uses Itadakimasu as a symbolistic phrase to share their respect and honor.

  4. Chaac - Wikipedia

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    Chaac (also spelled Chac or, in Classic Mayan, Chaahk) is the name of the Maya god of rain, thunder, and lightning. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds, causing them to produce thunder and rain.

  5. Rattle (percussion instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Rattle from Papua New Guinea, made from leaves, seeds and coconut shell, to be tied around a dancer's ankle Maracas from Mexico Rattles from Pompeii.. A rattle is a type of percussion instrument which produces a sound when shaken.

  6. Chac - Wikipedia

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    Chac can refer to: Chaac the Maya civilization rain god; Chac: Dios de la lluvia, a 1975 film in the Maya language; Red in the Yucatec Maya language; Clonliffe Harriers;

  7. Japanese profanity - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese culture, social hierarchy plays a significant role in the way someone speaks to the various people they interact with on a day-to-day basis. [5] Choice on level of speech, politeness, body language and appropriate content is assessed on a situational basis, [6] and intentional misuse of these social cues can be offensive to the listener in conversation.

  8. Chan Chak Kʼakʼnal Ajaw - Wikipedia

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    Here Lord Chac is depicted as a Chaahk impersonator, wearing a cutaway mask of the deity, his broad hat, conch-shell trumpet, axe and incense bag. The hieroglyphic inscription transcribes as ubaah kʼahkʼ pulaj chan chaahk tzeh kab kʼin , meaning "it is the image of K'ahk' Pulaj Chan Chaahk, left hand of the sun" (transcription and ...

  9. Mori Chack - Wikipedia

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    Mori Chack (森チャック Mori Chakku, born on March 23, 1973 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan) is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer. Biography