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Jjokbari Japanese name Katakana チョッパリ Transcriptions Romanization Choppari Korean name Hangul 쪽발이 / 쪽바리 Transcriptions Revised Romanization Jjokbari McCune–Reischauer Tchokpari Jjokbari is a Korean language ethnic slur which may refer to Japanese citizens or people of Japanese ancestry. A variation on the slur, ban-jjokbari, meaning literally "half-jjokbari", has been ...
Jjokbari (쪽발이) – a slur normally used to refer to Japanese people that is also used towards Zainichi Korean people. A more specific variant of the slur is ban-jjokbari, meaning "half jjokbari". [145] Josen-jing (조센징) – used internally in South Korea by South Koreans as a reference to the Japanese slur for Koreans, Chōsenjin.
The term Zainichi Korean refers only to long-term Korean residents of Japan who trace their roots to Korea under Japanese rule, distinguishing them from the later wave of Korean migrants who came mostly in the 1980s, [5] and from pre-modern immigrants dating back to antiquity who may themselves be the ancestors of the Japanese people.
Korea was ruled by the Japanese Empire from 1910 to 1945. Japan's involvement began with the 1876 Treaty of Ganghwa during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea and increased over the following decades with the Gapsin Coup (1882), the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), the assassination of Empress Myeongseong at the hands of Japanese agents in 1895, [10] the establishment of the Korean Empire (1897 ...
Gaijin (外人, [ɡai(d)ʑiɴ]; "outsider", "alien") is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese citizens in Japan, specifically being applied to foreigners of non-Japanese ethnicity and those from the Japanese diaspora who are not Japanese citizens. [1] The word is composed of two kanji: gai (外, "outside") and jin (人, "person").
The word Nip became a frequently-used slang word amongst the British Armed Forces. [2] The 1942 Royal Air Force journal made numerous references to the Japanese as Nips, even making puns such as "there's a nip in the air". [2] This phrase was later re-used for Hirohito's visit to the UK in 1971 by the satirical magazine Private Eye. [4]
Jap-Fest is an annual Japanese car show in Ireland. [17] In 1970, the Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada opened the Jungle Jap boutique in Paris. [18] Neutral sign advertising "Jap Rice" in Singapore. In Singapore [19] and Hong Kong, [20] the term is used relatively frequently as a contraction of the adjective Japanese rather than as a ...
The word is made up of the Korean word "guk" (국), which means country, and "pon" (뽕) which is believed to have originated from the word "philopon" (覚醒剤), which is a Japanese slang for the drug methamphetamine. As a result, the word literally means "intoxicated with nationalism". [citation needed]