Japanese Katakana Origin The katakana syllabary was derived from abbreviated Chinese characters used by Buddhist monks to indicate the correct pronunciations of Chinese texts in the 9th century. At first there were many different symbols to represent one syllable of spoken Japanese‚ but over the years the system was streamlined. By the 14th century‚ there was a more or less one-to-one correspondence between spoken and written syllables. The word katakana "part (of kanji) syllabic script". The
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According to Japanese mythology‚ the world begins with the birth of seven deities. These seven deities arise and then pass away in what the Japanese call the‚ "plain of high heaven." After this‚ five more couples were born‚ the last named‚ Izanagi and Izanami‚ who were ordered by their peers to consolidate the earth‚ which at this point was a chaos of muddy water. Izanagi and Izanami stood on the bridge of high heaven‚ thought to be the rainbow‚ and dipped their jeweled spear in the murky water
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Chapter1 Essay Questions 101. Compare and contrast strategic planning with strategic management. Strategic planning is more often used in the business world‚ whereas strategic management is often used in academia. Sometimes‚ strategic management is used to refer to strategy formulation‚ implementation and evaluation‚ with strategic planning referring only to strategy formulation. The purpose of strategic management is to exploit and create new and different opportunities for tomorrow; long-range
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Hanami Japanese restaurant is the best sushi restaurant in town. This restaurant is located at the Campus Village Shopping Center‚ in front of the building “University View”. The address is 8145-M Baltimore Avenue‚ College Park‚ MD 20740. Open seven days a week‚ Hanami Japanese restaurant is small but lovely and offers home-style Japanese dishes. I first heard about Hanami from my friend who delivers for Hanami. Despite this‚ my first visit was not until October 11. Judging from the outside‚ I could
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McDonalds: Inventory Management Practice and Its Advantages By: Piyush Dewan McDonalds is one of the most popular fast food chains with a worldwide presence. It can be found in 119 countries and has about 31‚000 restaurants. It employs about 1.5 million people and is one of the largest fast food chains‚ serving 47 million customers daily (2). Most restaurants offer both counter service and drive through service with indoor seating (and sometimes outdoor seating too!). McDonalds has become a emblem
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Introduction to Sociology Race & Ethnicity Assignment A Look at Japanese Internment of WWII To start off‚ the definition of internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people‚ commonly in large groups‚ without trial. (The Oxford English Dictionary[->0] 1989) Japanese Americans in 1942 were taken to internment camps during WWII because of suspicions of their allegiance and dedication to the United States. Any Japanese American regardless of citizenship status was incarcerated. In early
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by the Japanese. This led to the wrongful and unjust internment of innocent Japanese Americans. Families were split and torn apart‚ business were let go‚ and homes were lost. All because “Americans” were afraid and made wrong judgments and let emotions play into their decisions. Americans believed that Japanese Americans were dangerous. For example a quote from Congressman Rankin states‚ “These Japs who had been here for generations were making signs‚ if you please‚ guiding the Japanese planes
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Jacklyn Yoon JAPANESE IMPERIALISM DBQ 2/6/12 In the early 20th century‚ the imperialistic ambitions of Japan made several‚ significant impacts on various countries. After the success of Japan’s modernization‚ they wanted to declare to the world how powerful their nation had become. The Japanese began their quest for their empire by occupying Korean. As harsh ruler‚ they forced many Koreans to do things that would only benefit themselves as a growing country. Additionally
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industries which attracted traders from the western hemisphere such as Portugal and helped with the expansion of both economies (568). The Japanese would eventually ban all missionaries due to their success in converting the people. Missions in China were popular because they honored the Confusionist practice of ancestry worship. The Manchu dynasty of China and the Japanese both had powerful states grounded in the use of military and cultural advancement (572). Being that I am female neither of these areas
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Japanese Internment During World War II in February of 1942 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066‚ demanding that all Japanese-Americans be relocated to internment camps (www.ushistory.org). The federal government gave many different reasons as to why the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II was justifiable. Although their reasons may seem valid considering the circumstances of World War II‚ they were not. The internment was an unjustifiable violation
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