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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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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I picked “Farming the Home Place” at the beginning of this semester is because a particular Japanese American Community story seems more interesting to me than a general immigrants and American Society book. Valerie J. Matsumoto is the author of the book‚ she is a PhD graduated from Stanford and she is a professor in UCLA‚ department of history. “Farming the Home Place” is one of her books about the ethnic community studies. Matsumoto’s books more focus on the study of small rural ethnic communities
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The best part is helping people through whatever problems people encounter like –a court situation it’s a matter of getting their ideas across to the judge- they are in court clarifieng what problem they had. one time a guy with his girlfriend‚ his child was making a fuss‚ the guy had to explain the situation‚ they were at a stop light the kid went to the front seet‚ but it’s a illegal‚ interpreting their situation‚ but he had to go to a child class‚ but in the testimony he was the passenger‚ he
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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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Geane Louise J. Mendoza BSBA-MM 4-5D JAPANESE LITERATURE I. History A. Ancient Literature (until 764)- “Nara Period” (AD 710 to 794) Kan’ji- Logographic Chinese Characters which is first writing system used by Japanese that was introduce by Chinese. Kana- are syllabic Japanese scripts‚ a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji. 3 Kana Scripts: Man’yogana- (old syllabic) Katakana- (modern angular) Hiragana – (modern cursive)
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to separate historical fact from myth. Some legendary abilities include invisibility‚ walking on water‚ and control over natural elements. The ninja is also prevalent in popular culture‚ appearing in many forms of entertainment media Ninja were people in black costumes who had extraordinary skills and abilities. The origin of ninja isn’t clear‚ but it’s said that might be around 6th century. In the 15th century‚ ninja flourished as spys who helped feudal lords and samurai warriors with special
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SCHOOL OF LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE STUDIES St. Patrick’s‚ Carleton University 日本語３０１０A JAPA3010A Third-Year Japanese Academic Year: 2014 秋学期 Course Title/Number: 三年生の日本語 JAPA3010A Time/Location: JAPA3010A Tuesdays and Thursdays‚ 2:35-3:55pm‚ RC209 Department: The School of Linguistics and Language Studies Instructor: Yoko Azuma-Prikryl Office/Hours: 324 St.Patrick’s building Phone: 613-520-2600 Ext. 6635 Wednesdays 2:00-3:00 pm and Thursday 4:20~5:20pm or by appointment
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characters in Japanese: hiragana‚ katakana‚ and kanji. All three characters can be seen in a single sentence. テレビを見ます Katakana Kanji Hiragana Hiragana and katakana‚ like the alphabet‚ represent sounds. As you can see in the above example‚ hiragana has a roundish shape and is used for conjugation endings‚ function words‚ and native Japanese words not covered by kanji. Katakana‚ which has rather straight fines‚ is normally used for writing loanwords and foreign names. For example‚ the Japanese word for
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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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