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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 ...
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They can be either stateless, South Korean, North Korean, or Japanese. Pages in category "Zainichi Korean baseball players" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
An ethnic Korean, his birth name is Jang Hun (Korean: 장훈; Hanja: 張勳). [1] Harimoto has spent his life as a resident of Japan and adopted a Japanese name, but remains a Korean citizen, [2] thus making him a Zainichi Korean. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 and now works as a television baseball analyst.
The Japan–South Korea baseball rivalry is a sports rivalry contested between the national baseball teams of Japan and South Korea.One of many rivalries between the two East Asian countries, the two teams met officially at the 1954 Asian Baseball Championship and have contested several high-profile games since, including several Summer Olympics and the final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
A slang term for play that is of minor league or unprofessional quality. The "bushes" or the "sticks" are small towns where minor league teams may operate. A "busher" refers to someone from the "bush leagues": see subtitle of Ring Lardner's first book, You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters.
Pages in category "South Korean expatriate baseball players in Japan" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...