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Okina may refer to: ʻOkina, a letter used in some Polynesian languages, visually resembling a left single quotation mark; Okina (翁?) or Kashiwazaki Nenji (柏崎 念至), a character from the Rurouni Kenshin manga series; Okina, Spain, a village in the Basque Country; Okina (翁), a particular Japanese Noh, combining play/dance with Shinto ...
Literal meaning Notes Hawaiian: ʻokina: Separator; cutting; breaking The ʻokina is often replaced in computer publications by the grave accent (`), the left single quotation mark (‘), or the apostrophe ('), especially when the correct typographical mark (ʻ) is not available. Samoan: koma liliu "Inverted comma"—inverted (liliu) comma (koma)
Since the Japanese language allows for multiple possible readings, or pronunciations, for each character, the reading of Okinawan family names written with the same characters varies. In addition, the Okinawan language has its own means of reading Japanese kanji, but some surnames like Nakama, Yara have the same reading in both languages.
Okina, a "gentle, run-down-at-the-seams" elderly man, summons his powers and corrects the younger generation when it is confused or does something wrong. Watsuki supposes that a bit of the character Kohei from Shōtarō Ikenami's Kenkyaku Shōbai is in Okina. The author said that he likes Okina since as a character he was able to "tie up loose ...
The modern inhabitants of Okinawa are mainly ethnic Okinawan, Japanese, half Japanese and mixed. Okinawans are known for their longevity . This particular island is a so-called Blue Zone , an area where the people live longer than most others elsewhere in the world. [ 34 ]
Okinawan (沖縄口, ウチナーグチ, Uchināguchi, [ʔut͡ɕinaːɡut͡ɕi]), or more precisely Central Okinawan, is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni and a number of smaller peripheral islands. [4]
Japanese Jōmon influences are dominant on the Okinawa Islands, although clay vessels on the Sakishima Islands have a commonality with those in Taiwan. [note 1] The first mention of the word Ryukyu was written in the Book of Sui. [note 2] Okinawa was the Japanese word identifying the islands, first seen in the biography of Jianzhen, written in 779.
Okinawa Island. Okinawa (沖縄) is a name with multiple referents. The endonym refers to Okinawa Island in southwestern Japan.Today it can cover some surrounding islands (i.e., Okinawa Islands) and, more importantly, can refer to Okinawa Prefecture, a much larger administrative division of Japan, although the people from the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands still feel a strong sense of otherness to ...