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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.
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.
Therefore, the South Korean media opposes the Japanese people's comparison of South Korea's "反日" and Japan's "嫌韓" on the same line. [23] [25] Manga Kenkanryu (often referred to as "Hating the Korean Wave Manga") by Sharin Yamano discusses these issues while making many other arguments and claims against Korea. [citation needed]
In 1959, Akiko Kojima, a Japanese woman, became the first non-white woman to win the Miss Universe beauty pageant. [23] That same year, Miyoshi Umeki, also a Japanese woman, won an Academy Award. This period marked the beginning of the phenomenon known as the 'Oriental wave' – during which Asian women first gained prominence in Western media. [8]
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.
Otokonoko (男の娘, "male daughter" or "male girl", also pronounced as otoko no musume) is a Japanese term for men who have a culturally feminine gender expression. [1] [2] This includes, among others, males with feminine appearances, or those cross-dressing.
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 ...
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]