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Giri giri is an onomatopoeic word with a different meaning in standard Japanese. This use of the word originates from local dialects spoken in mainly western Japan where it means tsumuji, the standard Japanese word for the cowlick. Hanakuso: Dried nasal mucus. Hana means nose, and kuso means waste. Kuso in Japanese typically refers to human ...
The Minister of the Left (左大臣, Sadaijin) [1] was a government position in Japan during the Asuka to Meiji era.The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the Sadaijin in the context of a central administrative body called the Daijō-kan (太政官, Council of State). [1]
Hawaiian vocabulary often overlaps with other Polynesian languages, such as Tahitian, so it is not always clear which of those languages a term is borrowed from. The Hawaiian orthography is notably different from the English orthography because there is a special letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, the ʻokina.
Japanese Pidgin English is any of several English-based pidgins spoken or influenced by the Japanese. Cape York Japanese Pidgin English, spoken in the pearling area at Thursday Island; Hawaiian Pidgin English, which began as a pidgin jargon spoken by immigrant plantation workers in Hawaii; Japanese Bamboo English, a pidgin jargon used in U.S ...
The Japanese influence in Hawaii is so significant. 16% of Hawaiian residents are of Japanese descent. Hawaii's grade schools (and higer schools) teach Japanese. And many Hawaiians learn Japanese as a second language.
You clearly don't understand how borrowing works. All English words of Japanese origin were borrowed into English. "English word of Japanese origin" means the same thing as "Japanese word borrowed into English". See loanword. Nohat 11:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC) It is true that all English words of Japanese origin were borrowed into English.
The Kansas City Chiefs were rolling to the best record in the NFL when they faced a bit of a crisis. Moving All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney a few feet over to tackle helped plug that hole. It's one ...
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 ...