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  2. Color term - Wikipedia

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    ' peach-color ') and gray is either haiiro or nezumiiro (灰色, 鼠色, lit. 'ash-color' for light grays and 'mouse-color' for dark grays respectively). Nevertheless, as languages evolve they may adopt or invent new abstract color terms, as Japanese has adopted pinku (ピンク) for pink and gurē (グレー) for gray from English.

  3. List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Jiren (Dragon Ball) - Wikipedia

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    Despite his humble origins, Jiren is regarded as one of the most powerful mortal beings among the twelve universes in the Dragon Ball mythos. Jiren was once considered as a candidate to become a God of Destruction - deities who are concerned with balancing the development of the universe they preside over by selectively destroying planets, civilizations or external threats.

  5. Haiku in English - Wikipedia

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    A haiku in English is an English-language poem written in a form or style inspired by Japanese haiku.Like their Japanese counterpart, haiku in English are typically short poems and often reference the seasons, but the degree to which haiku in English implement specific elements of Japanese haiku, such as the arranging of 17 phonetic units (either syllables or the Japanese on) in a 5–7–5 ...

  6. Wasei-eigo - Wikipedia

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    Wasei-eigo (和製英語, meaning "Japanese-made English", from "wasei" (Japanese made) and "eigo" (English), in other words, "English words coined in Japan") are Japanese-language expressions that are based on English words, or on parts of English phrases, but do not exist in standard English, or do not have the meanings that they have in standard English.

  7. Ran and the Gray World - Wikipedia

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    Ran and the Gray World (Japanese: 乱と灰色の世界, Hepburn: Ran to Haiiro no Sekai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aki Irie.It was serialized in Harta from December 2008 to April 2015 and published in seven tankōbon volumes.

  8. List of K characters - Wikipedia

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    Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese); Ray Chase (English) The surrogate father of Nagare and a member of Jungle. The Sixth King, The Gray King (灰色の王, Haiiro no Ō), he used to command CATHEDRAL, the 2nd strongest clan after the Gold Clan. During the Kagutsu incident, he saved Nagare although he had lost everything including all his ...

  9. Loanwords in Japanese - Wikipedia

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    Gairaigo (外来語, Japanese pronunciation: [ɡaiɾaiɡo]) is Japanese for "loan word", and indicates a transcription into Japanese.In particular, the word usually refers to a Japanese word of foreign origin that was not borrowed in ancient times from Old or Middle Chinese (especially Literary Chinese), but in modern times, primarily from English, Portuguese, Dutch, and modern Chinese ...