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Kabuto (兜, 冑) is a type of helmet first used by ancient Japanese warriors that, in later periods, became an important part of the traditional Japanese armour worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. Note that in the Japanese language, the word kabuto is an appellative, not a type description, and can refer to any ...
Tankō. [] Tanko Armor by Sugiyama Sueo. The tankō is the first uniquely definable type of Japanese armor. Other types that were used earlier such as Jòdai no Katchù (ancient armor, as described by armor historian Suenaga Masao) have been mentioned, but are not entirely verifiable. The tankō was made of sheet iron and tanned leather, laced ...
The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (日本語能力試験, Nihongo Nōryoku Shiken), or JLPT, is a standardized criterion-referenced test to evaluate and certify Japanese language proficiency for non-native speakers, covering language knowledge, reading ability, and listening ability. [ 1 ] The test is held twice a year in Japan and ...
Honda N600 Honda Z600. The Honda Civic (Japanese: ホンダ・シビック, Hepburn: Honda Shibikku) is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1972. As of 2023, the Civic is positioned between the Honda Fit / City and Honda Accord in Honda's global passenger car line-up. The first-generation Civic was introduced in July 1972 as a ...
The original language of Japan, or at least the original language of a certain population that was ancestral to a significant portion of the historical and present Japanese nation, was the so-called yamato kotoba (大和言葉 or infrequently 大和詞, i.e. "Yamato words"), which in scholarly contexts is sometimes referred to as wago (和語 ...
The kyōiku kanji (教育漢字, literally "education kanji"), sometimes called the gakushū kanji (学習漢字, literally "learning kanji"), are those kanji listed on the Gakunenbetsu kanji haitō hyō (学年別漢字配当表, literally "list of kanji by school year"), a list of 1,026 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education that ...
Interest from foreign language learners was limited prior to World War II, and instruction for non-heritage speakers was established more slowly. One 1934 survey found only eight universities in the United States offering Japanese language education, mostly supported by only one instructor per university; it further estimated that only thirteen American professors possessed sufficient fluency ...
Japanese version of Kevlar PASGT helmet, replacing Type 66 helmet. Combat Bullet-Proof Vest [ ja ] Bullet-proof vest. The first body armor to be fully introduced by the Japan Self-Defense Forces in 1992. It is one piece of equipment adopted as part of the combat wear set, and is modeled after the US military's PASGT.