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The usual Japanese word for "encyclopedia" is hyakka jiten (百科事典 "100/many subject dictionary", see Japanese encyclopedias). The jiten, jisho, and jibiki terms for dictionaries of kanji "Chinese characters" share the element ji (字 "character; graph; letter; script; writing").
A vessel sink is a free-standing sink, generally finished and decorated on all sides, that sits directly on the surface of the furniture on which it is mounted. These sinks have become increasingly popular with bathroom designers because of the large range of materials, styles, and finishes that can be shown to good advantage. [9
Often wrongly connected to the Spanish pan or the French pain, both with the same meaning and the same Latinate origin. The word was introduced into Japan by Portuguese missionaries. [12] † [1] paraiso: パライソ paradise. Specifically in reference to the Christian ideal of heavenly paradise. paraíso paraíso paradise
However, unlike kanji, kana have no meaning, and are used only to represent sounds. Hiragana are generally used to write some Japanese words and given names and grammatical aspects of Japanese. For example, the Japanese word for "to do" (する suru) is written with two hiragana: す (su) + る (ru).
Yes! You can take your email on the go with an iOS & Android app.
Sink (computing), an object implementing the interface to receive incoming events; Sink (geography), an area of dry land below sea-level; Sink (graph theory), a vertex with 0 out-degree; Sink, a point where the divergence of a vector field is negative; Sink, a flow network node that has more incoming flow than the outgoing flow
Komatsu took nine years to complete the work. It was published in two volumes, both released at the same time. The novel received the 27th Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Seiun Award for a Japanese novel-length work.
Sinking of Japan (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu, lit. ' Japan Sinks ') is a 2006 Japanese tokusatsu disaster film directed by Shinji Higuchi.It is an adaptation of the novel Japan Sinks and a remake of its earlier film adaptation Submersion of Japan, both released in the year 1973.