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Japanese dictionary. Japanese dictionaries ( Japanese: 国語辞典, Hepburn: Kokugo jiten) have a history that began over 1300 years ago when Japanese Buddhist priests, who wanted to understand Chinese sutras, adapted Chinese character dictionaries. Present-day Japanese lexicographers are exploring computerized editing and electronic dictionaries.
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Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal...
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Raymond Brownell (17 May 1894 – 12 April 1974) was a senior...
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Nippon-koku. Nihon-koku. Japan ( Japanese: 日本; romanised as...
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The Japanese Wikipedia (ウィキペディア日本語版, Wikipedia Nihongoban, lit. 'Japanese-language version of Wikipedia') is the Japanese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-source online encyclopedia. Started on 11 May 2001, [1] the edition attained the 200,000 article mark in April 2006 and the 500,000 article mark in June 2008.
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Japan has over 125 million inhabitants and is the 11th most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its highly urbanized population on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional ...
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A Japanese word has a stem called a "body", and additional parts (called suffixes). Changing the suffix can change the meaning or the grammar of the word. After World War II, many English words entered the Japanese language . An example of one would be "アイスクリーム (romanized: aisukurīmu)”, meaning “ice cream”.
