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  2. Aizuchi - Wikipedia

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    Aizuchi. In the Japanese language, aizuchi (Japanese: 相槌 or あいづち, IPA: [aizɯ (ꜜ)tɕi]) are interjections during a conversation that indicate the listener is paying attention or understands the speaker (backchanneling). In linguistic terms, these are a form of phatic expression. Aizuchi are considered reassuring to the speaker ...

  3. Chinese Food (song) - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Food (song) " Chinese Food " is a song performed by American singer Alison Gold. It was released on October 5, 2013, as her debut single with Patrice Wilson 's label PMW Live. Wilson also wrote and produced the record. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at number 29, selling 1,000 downloads [1] and being streamed on YouTube ...

  4. Sensei - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The term "先生", read sensei in Japanese, hsien sheng / xiansheng in Chinese, seonsaeng in Korean, and tiên sinh in Vietnamese, is an honorific used in the Sinosphere. The term literally means "person born before another" or "one who comes before". [1] In general usage, it is used, with proper form, after a person's name and means ...

  5. Kansai dialect - Wikipedia

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    Do not let your bag get snatched!" The Kansai dialect (関西弁, Kansai-ben, also known as Kansai-hōgen (関西方言)) is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese, Kansai-ben is the common name and it is called Kinki dialect (近畿方言, Kinki-hōgen) in technical terms.

  6. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...

  7. Japanese wordplay - Wikipedia

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    Japanese wordplay. Japanese wordplay relies on the nuances of the Japanese language and Japanese script for humorous effect, functioning somewhat like a cross between a pun and a spoonerism. Double entendres have a rich history in Japanese entertainment (such as in kakekotoba) [1] due to the language's large number of homographs (different ...

  8. Honne and tatemae - Wikipedia

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    and. tatemae. In Japan, honne and tatemae are Japanese terms relating to a person's feelings and outward behaviors. [1] Honne refers to a person's true feelings and desires (本音, hon'ne, "true sound"), and tatemae refers contrastingly to the behavior and opinions one displays in public (建前, tatemae, "built in front", "façade").

  9. Japanese punctuation - Wikipedia

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    Japanese can be written horizontally or vertically, and some punctuation marks adapt to this change in direction. Parentheses, curved brackets, square quotation marks, ellipses, dashes, and swung dashes are rotated clockwise 90° when used in vertical text (see diagram). Japanese punctuation marks are usually "full width" (that is, occupying an ...

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