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It was the adoption of this term by the government of Japan that first gave rise to the prominence of the word abroad. In 1945, mokusatsu was used in Japan's initial rejection of the Potsdam Declaration, where the Allies demanded Japan to surrender unconditionally in World War II.
Spirits such as whisky or brandy are seldom drunk as snaps. One of Finland's strongest alcohol drinks served with snaps is Marskin ryyppy, named after Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim. [1] The word "snaps" also has the same meaning as German Schnapps (German:), in the sense of "any strong alcoholic drink". [2]
From the verb bokeru 惚ける or 呆ける, which carries the meaning of "senility" or "air headed-ness," and is reflected in a performer's tendency for misinterpretation and forgetfulness. The boke is the "simple-minded" member of an owarai kombi ( "tsukkomi and boke" , or vice versa ) that receives most of the verbal and physical abuse from ...
Japanese construes the genitive by using the grammatical particle no の. It can be used to show a number of relationships to the head noun. For example: 猫の手 neko-no te ("cat's paw") 学生の一人 gakusei-no hitori ("one of the students) 金の指輪 kin-no yubiwa ("a ring of gold") 京都のどこ Kyouto-no doko ("where of (in) Kyoto")
Vela International Marine, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco; Vela, a playable character in the video game Jet Force Gemini; Vela, a religious, cultural celebration from the city of Tehuantepec, Mexico; Vela, an alternative appellation for Mokosh, the consort of the Slavic god of thunder; Vela, a genus of land crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae
A kakekotoba (掛詞) or pivot word is a rhetorical device used in the Japanese poetic form waka.This trope uses the phonetic reading of a grouping of kanji (Chinese characters) to suggest several interpretations: first on the literal level (e.g. 松, matsu, meaning "pine tree"), then on subsidiary homophonic levels (e.g. 待つ, matsu, meaning "to wait").
It is a general term for devils, demons and evil beings. In Japanese polytheism, it is an antonym of 神族 (shinzoku), "the tribe of gods". A maō is a king or ruler over mazoku. For instance, in Bible translations, Satan is a maō. In polytheism, the counterpart of maō is 神王 (shin'ō), "the king of gods".
In Japanese culture, social hierarchy plays a significant role in the way someone speaks to the various people they interact with on a day-to-day basis. [5] Choice on level of speech, politeness, body language and appropriate content is assessed on a situational basis, [6] and intentional misuse of these social cues can be offensive to the listener in conversation.