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WebJapanese (日本語, Nihongo, ()) is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language.Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such …

WebThe Ryukyuan people are indigenous people who live on the Ryukyu Islands, and are ethnically, culturally, and linguistically distinct from Japanese people.During the Sanzan period, Okinawa was divided into the three polities of Hokuzan, Chūzan and Nanzan.In 1429, Chūzan's chieftain Shō Hashi unified them and founded the autonomous Ryukyu …

WebThe phonology of Japanese features about 15 consonant phonemes, the cross-linguistically typical five-vowel system of /a, e, i, o, u/, and a relatively simple phonotactic distribution of phonemes allowing few consonant clusters.It is traditionally described as having a mora as the unit of timing, with each mora taking up about the same length of time, so that the …

WebOct 25, 2022 · Those who have a checking or savings account, but also use financial alternatives like check cashing services are considered underbanked. The underbanked represented 14% of U.S. households, or 18. ...

WebPork, seafood, chicken, rice, and soy are common ingredients. Traditionally, rice formed the basis of most Taiwanese diets. Before the Japanese colonial period, most rice grown in Taiwan was long-grained indica rice.The Japanese introduced short-grained japonica rice which quickly changed both the farming and eating patterns of the Taiwanese. Due to …

WebEtymology. The origin of the word nunchaku (ヌンチャク) is not known.Another name for this weapon is "nūchiku"(ヌウチク).In the English language, nunchaku are often referred to as "nunchuks". It is a variant of a word from the Okinawan dialect, which itself may come from a Taiwanese word for a farming tool, neng-cak.. Origins

WebChinese characters (traditional Chinese: 漢字; simplified Chinese: 汉字; pinyin: hànzì; Wade–Giles: han 4 tzŭ 4; Jyutping: hon3 zi6; lit. 'Han characters') are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are …

WebU.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement (formally, the "Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan") is an agreement between Japan and the United States signed on 19 January …

WebThe modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalised Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, …