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Most notably, in Japanese accounting, the word noren is used to describe the goodwill of a company after an acquisition. [ 5 ] Sentō (commercial bathhouses) also place noren across their entrances with the kanji yu ( 湯 , lit. "hot water") or the corresponding hiragana ゆ , typically blue in color for men and red for women. [ 6 ]
Teru teru bōzu dolls. A teru teru bōzu (Japanese: てるてる坊主 or 照る照る坊主, lit. ' shine, shine monk ') is a small traditional handmade doll hung outside doors and windows in Japan in hope of sunny weather.
Japanese name; Kana: ... om mani padme hung, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform ...
' Kami Shelf ') – A miniature shrine placed or hung high on a wall in some Japanese homes. Kamikakushi – A term used to refer to the mysterious disappearance or death of a person that happens when an angered god takes a person away. Japanese folklore contains numerous tales of humans abducted to the spirit world by kami.
Originally, the Japanese language referred to any character or real person that possessed masculine and feminine traits as futanari. [citation needed] This changed in the 1990s, as drawn futanari characters became more popular in anime and manga. Today, the term commonly refers to fictional hermaphroditic female characters.
Li hung mui was introduced to Japan from China through Okinawa, and was simply called Hoshiume (干し梅, dried plum). Its import, however, was stopped soon, as cyclamate was found being used. As the dried plum using candyleaf was developed in 1981 by such confectionaries as Uema Confectionary in Okinawa, [ 7 ] it has become popular among the ...
The following glossary of words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) are related to owarai (Japanese comedy). Many of these terms may be used in areas of Japanese culture beyond comedy, including television and radio, music. Some have been incorporated into normal Japanese speech.
Inro with the characters for longevity and good fortune and the "Seven Lucky Treasures" on checkerboard ground, Edo period, 18th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art. An inro (印籠, Inrō, lit. "stamp case") is a traditional Japanese case for holding small objects, suspended from the obi (sash) worn around the waist when wearing a kimono.