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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 ...
For example, Imperial Japanese Navy submarines during the Second World War had official designations beginning with I (displacement 1,000 tonnes or more), Ro (500 to 999 tonnes), and Ha (less than 500 tonnes). Also, Japanese tanks had official designations partly using Iroha ordering, such as Chi-ha (ha meaning the third model).
Known popularly as onomatopoeia, these words do not just imitate sounds but also cover a much wider range of meanings; [1] indeed, many sound-symbolic words in Japanese are for things that make no noise originally, most clearly demonstrated by 'silently' (しーんと, shīnto), not to be confused with the religion Shintō.
The Many Dream Journeys of Meme (ミームいろいろ夢の旅, Miimu Iro Iro Yume no Tabi, also translated as Mimu, the Traveller of Many Dreams and Discoveries Unlimited) is a Japanese anime television series created by Nippon Animation. The show originally aired from 1983 to 1985 and was primarily educational.
From the verb bokeru 惚ける or 呆ける, which carries the meaning of "senility" or "air headed-ness," and is reflected in a performer's tendency for misinterpretation and forgetfulness. The boke is the "simple-minded" member of an owarai kombi ( "tsukkomi and boke" , or vice versa ) that receives most of the verbal and physical abuse from ...
Hiro Ozawa (小澤 寛, born 1998), Japanese footballer; Hiro Peralta (born 1994), is a Filipino actor; Hiro Matsuda (小島 泰弘, born 1937), a Japanese wrestler and trainer; Hiro Fujikake (藤掛 廣幸, born 1949), a Japanese composer, conductor and synthesizer player. Hiro Ando (born 1973), a Japanese contemporary artist
The average (mean) annual cost of raising a child across America’s 100 most populous metros is $22,989, according to an analysis by Creditnews Research of Department of Labor data. These costs ...
The meaning of the name differs based on the kanji used to write it. ... Japanese idol, actor, singer, and former member of the J-pop group Kanjani8; Ryō Takahashi ...