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  2. List of Japanese typographic symbols - Wikipedia

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    komejirushi (米印, "rice symbol") This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) as a reference mark, similar to an asterisk * 2196: 1-1-86: FF0A: hoshijirushi (星印, "star symbol") asterisk (アステリスク, "asterisk") This symbol is used in notes (註, chū) 〽: 1-3-28: 303D: ioriten (庵点) This mark is used to show the start of a ...

  3. Mono no aware - Wikipedia

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    Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware [1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ), [a] lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient ...

  4. List of jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table. This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed ( 勺 , 銑 , 脹 , 錘 , 匁 ).

  5. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.

  6. Karuṇā - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the Mahāyāna world, Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit; Chinese: Guan Yin; Japanese: Kannon; Tibetan: Chenrezig) is a bodhisattva who embodies karuṇā. In the Intermediate section of the Stages of Meditation by Kamalaśīla, he writes: Moved by compassion[karunā], Bodhisattvas take the vow to liberate all sentient beings.

  7. Hiragana (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... Hiragana is a Unicode block containing hiragana characters for the Japanese ... T. K. (2000-09-04), JIS X 0213 symbols part-1: ...

  8. Ninjō - Wikipedia

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    Ninjō (人情, "human emotion or compassion") in Japanese, is human feeling that complements and opposes the value of giri, or social obligation, within the Japanese worldview. [1] Broadly speaking, ninjō is said to be the human feeling that inescapably springs up in conflict with social obligation. [ 2 ]

  9. Johrei - Wikipedia

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    It has the Japanese symbol for 'light' written on or in it, copied from Okada's sacred art calligraphy and is blessed by the current Kyoshu Spiritual Leader. [13] It is a symbol of membership of a Johrei organisation and the member's dedication to Meishu-Sama and his teachings. [ 13 ]