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3 days ago · Kanji (漢字, Japanese pronunciation: [kaɲdʑi]) are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese. [1] They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of hiragana and katakana.
1 day ago · Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan ( Japanese: washoku) is based on rice with miso soup and other dishes with an emphasis on seasonal ingredients. Side dishes often consist of fish, pickled ...
2 days ago · In modern Japanese, katakana is most often used for transcription of words from foreign languages or loanwords (other than words historically imported from Chinese), called gairaigo. [5] For example, "ice cream" is written アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu). Similarly, katakana is usually used for country names, foreign places, and foreign ...
1 day ago · Kansai International Airport ( Japanese: 関西国際空港, romanized : Kansai Kokusai Kūkō ), commonly known as Kankū ( Japanese: 関空) ( IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB ), is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is located on an ...
1 day ago · v. t. e. A Shinto shrine (神社, jinja, archaic: shinsha, meaning: "place of the god (s)") [1] is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami, the deities of the Shinto religion. [2] The honden [note 1] (本殿, meaning: "main hall") is where a shrine's patron kami is/are enshrined. [2] [3] The honden may be absent ...
2 days ago · Keio University (慶應義塾大学, Keiō Gijuku Daigaku), abbreviated as Keio (慶應) or Keidai (慶大), is a private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It is the oldest institute of western higher education in Japan.
3 days ago · Elections. The Liberal Democratic Party (自由民主党, Jiyū-Minshutō), frequently abbreviated to LDP or Jimintō (自民党), is a major conservative [14] and Japanese nationalist [15] political party in Japan. The LDP was formed in 1955 as a merger of two conservative parties: the Liberal Party and the Japan Democratic Party.
