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OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [ 3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [ 4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
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 ...
Religion portal. v. t. e. Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō[ a] ( 南無妙法蓮華経) are Japanese words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism. In English, they mean "Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra" or "Glory to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra". [ 2][ 3] The words 'Myōhō Renge Kyō' refer to the Japanese title of the Lotus Sūtra.
Naver Papago. Naver Papago ( Korean : 네이버 파파고 ), shortened to Papago and stylized as papago, is a multilingual machine translation cloud service provided by Naver Corporation. The name "Papago" comes from the Esperanto word for "parrot", Esperanto being a constructed language [ 1] .
Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [ 11] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [ 11] The input text had to be translated into English first ...
The Wiktionary uses the English word dictionary to define a few synonyms including lexicon, wordbook, vocabulary, thesaurus, and translating dictionary. It also uses dictionary to translate six Japanese words. jiten (辞典, lit. "word reference-work") "dictionary; lexicon; glossary" jiten (字典, lit. "character reference-work") "character ...
koto. [8] 琴, a traditional stringed musical instrument from Japan, resembling a zither with 13 strings. makimono. [9] 巻物, a horizontal Japanese hand scroll, of ink-and-brush painting or calligraphy. manga. まんが or 漫画 listen ⓘ, (English IPA : [mæŋgɜː]) Japanese comics; refers to comics in general in Japanese. noh.
sangō (山号) – the so-called "mountain name" of a temple, always ending in "mount" (山), read -zan (e.g. "Tōei zan Kan'ei-ji Endon'in") or -san. The other two are, in order, the jigō and the ingō. The use of the sangō came into fashion after the arrival of Zen Buddhism to Japan, therefore not all temples have one.