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Their name is a portmanteau of danmari (黙り), meaning silence, and deredere, "lovey dovey" (でれでれ). [ 10 ] denpa ( 電波 ) , also denpa-kei ( 電波系 ) or denpa-san ( 電波さん ) , is a Japanese term for individuals or persons who may feel disconnected from reality or dissociated from the people around them.
The following glossary of words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) are related to owarai (Japanese comedy). Many of these terms may be used in areas of Japanese culture beyond comedy, including television and radio, music. Some have been incorporated into normal Japanese speech.
"Good Friend(ship)") – The Japanese Shinto-Buddhist name for the Buddhist concept of Kalyāṇa-mittatā; similar to a Death doula. Zen-dō* (禅堂) – lit. "hall of Zen". [1] The building where monks practice zazen, and one of the main structures of a Zen garan. [1] Zokumyō (俗名) – the name a Buddhist priest had before taking his ...
Ancient clan names are still prominent today, if altered somewhat, due to those ties with ancestry and history. As you'll see, there are many variations of Japanese last names with similar meanings.
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 ...
The same 馬鹿 "horse deer" characters that transcribe baka are also used for names in Chinese zoological nomenclature and Japanese mythology. In Chinese, mǎlù (馬鹿) refers to the red deer (Cervus elaphus), Japanese akashika 赤鹿. Mumashika is a rare alternate Japanese reading of 馬鹿 that names a yōkai demon with a horse's head and ...
Chiaki J. Konaka (小中 千昭, Konaka Chiaki, born April 4, 1961) is a Japanese writer and novelist. He was the head writer of anime series such as Serial Experiments Lain (1998), The Big O (1999-2003), Digimon Tamers (2001-02), Hellsing (2001-02), and Texhnolyze (2003), as well as the television drama Ultraman Tiga (1996-97).
Shiori Hirata (born 1999), Japanese sports shooter; Shiori Ino (猪野 詩織), 21-year-old Japanese female university student who was murdered in October 1999; Shiori Itō (伊藤 詩織, born 1989), Japanese journalist; Shiori Izawa (井澤 詩織), Japanese voice actress; Shiori Kaneko , Japanese actress and former member idol group SKE48