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A Japanese urban legend (日本の都市伝説, Nihon no toshi densetsu) is a story in Japanese folklore which is circulated as true. These urban legends are characterized by originating in or being popularized throughout the country of Japan.
Buddhahead: Hawaii person of Japanese descent. In this context, “Buddha” is likely a corruption of Japanese “豚 (buta)”, meaning “pig”. In contrast, the term “Katonk” means a Japanese-American from the US mainland. Habut/Habuteru: To feel grumpy or resentful, especially after feeling offended by something.
Hawaii's grade schools (and higer schools) teach Japanese. And many Hawaiians learn Japanese as a second language. Not only that, since Japanese people have intermingled with Hawaiians for such a long time, you just cannot completely deny any relation exists between the Japanese shishi and the Hawaiian Pidgin shishi .
Screenshot from Twilight Syndrome: Tansaku-hen with Yukari, Chisato, and Mika in a classroom. The game features pseudo-3D graphics for levels. [1]The games are set in contemporary Japan, and follow high school students investigating urban legends about ghosts and other paranormal events in their school and neighborhood.
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 .
Note: The word ʻewa can also mean crooked, out of shape, imperfect, ill-fitting. The word ewa, (without the okina), means unstable, swaying, wandering; strayed . This section is here to highlight some of the most common words of the Hawaiian Language, ʻŌlelo , that are used in everyday conversation amongst locals.
The Queen's Prayer, or in Hawaiian Ke Aloha O Ka Haku. It was published as Liliʻuokalani's Prayer, with the Hawaiian title and English translation ("The Lord's Mercy") now commonly called "The Queen's Prayer". [35] It is a famous mele, composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani, March 22, 1895, while she was under house arrest at ʻIolani Palace.
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