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  2. Hikikomori - Wikipedia

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    Often hikikomori start out as school refusers, or futōkō (不登校) in Japanese (an older term is tōkōkyohi (登校拒否)). Hikikomori has been defined by a Japanese expert group as having the following characteristics: [17] Spending most of the time at home; No interest in going to school or working; Persistence of withdrawal for more ...

  3. Ichi-go ichi-e - Wikipedia

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    Ichi-go ichi-e (Japanese: 一 期 一 会, pronounced [it͡ɕi.ɡo it͡ɕi.e], lit. "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese four-character idiom that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. The term has been roughly translated as "for this time only", and "once in a lifetime".

  4. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  5. List of English words of Japanese origin - Wikipedia

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    忍び, literally "one who sneaks". shinro しんろ, a logic puzzle related to sudoku skosh [43] A small amount, from 少し or すこし sukoshi, meaning "a bit" or "a few" sudoku 数独 sūdoku listen ⓘ, a number placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. tanuki

  6. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  7. Mono no aware - Wikipedia

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    Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware [1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ), [a] lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient ...

  8. Jōhatsu - Wikipedia

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    One particular yonige-ya could charge between ¥50,000 ($450) and ¥300,000 ($2,600) for its services, which depend on a number of factors. [2] These factors include: the amount of possessions, the distance, if it is a nocturnal move, if children are included, and if the client is evading debt collectors . [ 2 ]

  9. Ōharae no Kotoba - Wikipedia

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    Ōharae no Kotoba (Japanese: 大祓のことば) is a norito (Shinto prayers or congratulatory words) used in some Shinto rituals. [1] It is also called Nakatomi Saimon, Nakatomi Exorcism Words, or Nakatomi Exorcism for short, because it was originally used in the Ōharae-shiki ceremony and the Nakatomi clan were solely responsible for reading it.