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Traffic safety slogan signs in Kin, Okinawa, written in Japanese (center) and Okinawan (left and right).. The Ryukyuan languages (琉球語派, Ryūkyū-goha, also 琉球諸語, Ryūkyū-shogo or 島言葉 in Ryukyuan, Shima kotoba, literally "Island Speech"), also Lewchewan or Luchuan (/ l uː ˈ tʃ uː ə n /), are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the ...
Words of Japanese origin have entered many languages. Some words are simple transliterations of Japanese language words for concepts inherent to Japanese culture. The words on this page are an incomplete list of words which are listed in major English dictionaries and whose etymologies include Japanese.
Kintama (Japanese: 金玉, Hepburn: kintama, lit. ' golden balls ') is a Japanese slang term for testicles, similar in use and concept to the English slang "family jewels". Sometimes it is used in the back slang form, tamakin.
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.
Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). [2] Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3 , defines the three-letter codes, aiming to cover all known natural languages , largely superseding the ISO 639-2 three-letter code standard.
Kin'ya or Kinya (written: 欣也, 欣哉, 欽也 or キンヤ in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Kinya Abe (安部 欣哉, born 1969), Japanese fencer; Kinya Aikawa (愛川 欽也, born 1934), Japanese actor and voice actor; Kin'ya Kitaōji (北大路 欣也, born 1943), Japanese actor
Cultural translation obviously implies the notion of culture, which needs here to be defined, in order to understand well the term cultural translation. Culture offers two different meanings: the first one defines culture as a civilized society in a developed country, whereas the second one considers culture as a whole set of behaviors and ways ...
Nattō is a traditional Japanese food made from whole soybeans that have been fermented with Bacillus subtilis var. natto. [1] It is often served as a breakfast food with rice. [ 2 ] It is served with karashi mustard , soy or tare sauce , and sometimes Japanese bunching onion .