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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 · 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 ...
2 days ago · t. e. Akihito [a] (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei (平成) era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.
1 day ago · The phonology of Japanese features a phonemic inventory including five vowels ( /a, e, i, o, u/) and 12 [1] or more consonants (the number of consonant phonemes varies greatly depending on how certain sounds are analyzed). The phonotactics are relatively simple, allowing for few consonant clusters.
6 days ago · Gyaru (Japanese: ギャル) pronounced [ɡʲa̠ꜜɾɯ̟ᵝ], is a Japanese fashion subculture. The term gyaru is a Japanese transliteration of the English slang word gal. The initial meaning as a Japanese slang word during the Showa era was similar to the English meaning and referred to a young woman in her late teens to twenties.
3 days ago · With the opening of Japan to European visitors in the Meiji era (1868–1912), the previously normal states of undress, and the custom of mixed public bathing, became an issue for leaders concerned with Japan's international reputation. A law was established with fines for those that violated the ban on undress.
2 days ago · Australia. India. Japan. United States. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue ( QSD ), commonly known as the Quad, [3] [4] is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the United States that is maintained by talks between member countries. The dialogue was initiated in 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with the ...
