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Dajare (駄洒落, "wordplay") is a kind of comic Japanese word play, similar in spirit to a pun that relies on similarities in the pronunciation of words to create a simple joke. Dajare are popular in advertising.
Shigechiyo Izumi (泉 重千代, Izumi Shigechiyo, ? – 21 February 1986) was a Japanese man who was titled the oldest living person after the death of Niwa Kawamoto on 16 November 1976, also from Japan.
Konaki-jiji (子泣き爺, Konaki-Jijī, translated into Old man crying) is a kind of Japanese yōkai, a supernatural spirit in Japanese folklore. It is similar to the Scandinavian myling, the Slavic poroniec and the Germanic Aufhocker
Pages in category "Japanese internet slang" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chigyu; D. Dokuo; P.
"Books" for OT or NT, as in Old Testament or New Testament. "Sailor" for AB, abbreviation of able seaman. "Take" for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning "take". Most abbreviations can be found in the Chambers Dictionary as this is the dictionary primarily used by crossword
Distraught, the old man carves a wooden mask of the baby, the eponymous Hyottoko, and hangs it within sight of the realm that it came from, in the hopes that it might one day return. Traditional dance. Hyottoko also appears in traditional dance dengaku (田楽). He plays the role of a clown.
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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 ...