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Giri [1] [2] is a Japanese value roughly corresponding to "duty", "obligation", or even "burden of obligation" in English. Namiko Abe [clarification needed] defines it as "to serve one's superiors with a self-sacrificing devotion". [citation needed] It is among the complex Japanese values that involve loyalty, gratitude, and moral debt. [3]
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{{verse transliteration-translation | lang = ja | originalHeading = Original Japanese | 屋根より 高い 鯉のぼり 大きい 真鯉は お父さん 小さい 緋鯉は 子供たち 面白そうに 泳いでる | transliterationHeading = Rōmaji | yane yori takai koinobori ōkii magoi wa otōsan chiisai higoi wa kodomo-tachi omoshirosō ni oyoideru | translationHeading = English ...
When the long tunic of the Ancient era was the typical garment, the phrase "gird one's loins" described the process of raising and securing the lower portion of the tunic between one's legs to increase mobility for work or battle. [15] In the modern age, it has become an idiom meaning to prepare oneself for action, as in:
[4] 歌舞伎, a traditional form of Japanese theatre; also any form of elaborate theatre, especially metaphorically. [5] kaiju 怪獣, Japanese genre of horror and science fiction films featuring giant monsters. kakemono [6] 掛け物, a vertical Japanese scroll, of ink-and-brush painting or calligraphy, that hangs in a recess on a wall inside ...