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Hakama – A type of traditional Japanese clothing; originally inspired from kù (simplified Chinese: 裤; traditional Chinese: 褲), trousers used by the Chinese imperial court in the Sui and Tang dynasties. This style was adopted by the Japanese in the form of the hakama, beginning in the sixth century.
大鷲, "Big Eagle" (Steller's sea eagle) 大取 ·大取り, "a key performer; last performer of the day" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana .
Soga Nichokuan's "Eagle on a Rock" ink on paper, c. 1624–44 In Japan, records indicate that falconry from Continental Asia began in the fourth century. [1] According to a passage in the Nihon Shoki (720), continental falconry was introduced by the Baekje noble Sakenokimi in 359 during the reign of Emperor Nintoku. [2]
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni (A) Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus; Amur falcon, Falco amurensis (A) Merlin, Falco columbarius; Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo; Saker falcon, Falco cherrug (A)
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. ... 1888 – commonly known as the Japanese golden eagle.
shortnose eagle ray [8] southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Argentina. Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877: Australian/New Zealand eagle ray: near rocky reefs around New Zealand and southern Australia Myliobatis tobijei Bleeker, 1854: Japanese eagle ray [7] Indonesia and the Philippines,Japan, Korea, and China.
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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 ...