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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.
The Tagalog language and the Filipino language have developed unique vocabulary since the former's inception from its direct Austronesian roots and the latter's inception as the developed and formally adopted common national language or national lingua franca of the Philippines from 1973 to 1987 and as the national and co-official language of the Philippines from 1987 and onward, incorporating ...
The Japanese version of fairies, and the term for spirits from Western legends. Yosuzume A mysterious bird yōkai that sings at night, sometimes indicating that the okuri-inu is near. Yuki-onna A malevolent spirit that manifests as a beautiful woman wandering snowy mountain passes. Yume no seirei A wizened, emaciated old man yōkai that causes ...
Tomoyuki Dan (檀 臣幸, Dan Tomoyuki, August 6, 1963 – October 10, 2013) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Osaka Prefecture. He was affiliated with Seinenza Theater Company at the time of his death. With his unique voice, Dan was best known for the voices of Kisame Hoshigaki in Naruto and Cronicle Asher in Mobile Suit Victory Gundam.
The Nippo Jisho (日葡辞書, literally the "Japanese–Portuguese Dictionary") or Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam (Vocabulário da Língua do Japão in modern Portuguese; "Vocabulary of the Language of Japan" in English) is a Japanese-to-Portuguese dictionary compiled by Jesuit missionaries and published in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1603.
This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
In the earlier version of "Rumpelstiltskin," The Miller's Daughter has a perplexing, but empowering problem, she can only spin straw into gold, and is unable to complete her needed domestic duties. In the now popular 1812 version of "Rumpelstiltskin," The Miller's daughter is forced to spin straw into gold by a greedy king, but continually ...
Often refers to politicians or other influential persons who put on a false face. From the Japanese word shibai, meaning "a (theatre) play." Skebe: Horny. From Japanese sukebe. In Japanese, "H" is used for the same purpose, and sukebe refers to a pervert. Skosh: Just a little. From Japanese sukoshi "a little".