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Pronunciation: toɕi : Gender: Male: Origin; Word/name: Japanese: Meaning: Different meanings depending on the kanji used: Other names; Alternative spelling: Tosi (Kunrei-shiki) Tosi (Nihon-shiki) Toshi
Research on Japanese men's speech shows greater use of "neutral" forms, forms not strongly associated with masculine or feminine speech, than is seen in Japanese women's speech. [12] Some studies of conversation between Japanese men and women show neither gender taking a more dominant position in interaction.
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Many generalizations about Japanese pronunciation have exceptions if recent loanwords are taken into account. For example, the consonant [p] generally does not occur at the start of native (Yamato) or Chinese-derived (Sino-Japanese) words, but it occurs freely in this position in mimetic and foreign words. [2]
Yūya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: 勇也, "courage, to be" 悠也, "calm, to be" 雄也, "male, to be" 優也, "gentleness, to be"
Otokonoko (男の娘, "male daughter" or "male girl", also pronounced as otoko no musume) is a Japanese term for men who have a culturally feminine gender expression. [1] [2] This includes, among others, males with feminine appearances, or those cross-dressing.
Satoshi Miyagi (宮城 聰, born 1959), Japanese theatre director; Satoshi Mizukami (水上 悟志, born 1980), Japanese manga artist; Satoshi Mori (basketball) (森 哲, born 1949), Japanese basketball player; Satoshi Mori (skier) (born 1971), Japanese Nordic combined skier; Satoshi Morimoto (森本 敏, born 1941), Japanese scholar
In Japanese this accent is called 尾高型 odakagata ("tail-high"). If the word does not have an accent, the pitch rises from a low starting point on the first mora or two, and then levels out in the middle of the speaker's range, without ever reaching the high tone of an accented mora. In Japanese this accent is named "flat" (平板式 ...