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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 ...
The word is made up of the Korean word "guk" (국), which means country, and "pon" (뽕) which is believed to have originated from the word "philopon" (覚醒剤), which is a Japanese slang for the drug methamphetamine. As a result, the word literally means "intoxicated with nationalism". [citation needed]
Chiizu gyudon (Japanese: チーズ牛丼, Hepburn: Chīzu gyūdon, lit. ' Cheese beef bowl ' ) , or simply Chigyu ( Japanese : チー牛 , Hepburn : Chī gyū ) is a Japanese internet slang term used to refer to so-called " otaku ", and "uncool", "introverted" and "gloomy" people.
Kuso is a term used in East Asia for the internet culture that generally includes all types of camp and parody.In Japanese, kuso (糞,くそ,クソ) is a word that is commonly translated to English as curse words such as fuck, shit, damn, and bullshit (both kuso and shit refer to feces), and is often said as an interjection.
The term Zainichi Korean refers only to long-term Korean residents of Japan who trace their roots to Korea under Japanese rule, distinguishing them from the later wave of Korean migrants who came mostly in the 1980s, [5] and from pre-modern immigrants dating back to antiquity who may themselves be the ancestors of the Japanese people.
In 1959, Akiko Kojima, a Japanese woman, became the first non-White woman to win the Miss Universe beauty pageant. [23] That same year, Miyoshi Umeki, also a Japanese woman, won an Academy Award. This period marked the beginning of the phenomenon known as the 'Oriental wave' – during which Asian women first gained prominence in Western media. [8]
Anti-Korean sentiment or Koryophobia describes negative feelings towards Korean people, Korean culture, or the countries, North Korea and/or South Korea. Anti-Korean sentiment has varied by location and time. Major historical events that impacted it include the Japanese occupation of Korea, Vietnam War, the Korean War and its aftermath.
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 ...