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• Wako
  *''Japanese/Chinese/Korean'': [[倭]]寇 ''(wakou / wōkòu / waegu)'' ...jor centers of ''wakô'' activity, and Japanese came to be used as a common language among the ''wakô''. However, while many ''wakô'' groups enjoyed some kind
  30 KB (4,952 words) - 09:46, 1 February 2020
• Naha
  *''Japanese/Okinawan'': 那覇 ''(Naha / Naafa)'' ...lts by [[Fang Guozhen]]<!--方國珍--> and [[Zhang Shicheng]]<!--張士誠-->, caused Japanese merchants to take a different route to China, passing through the Ryukyus a
  25 KB (3,835 words) - 04:01, 18 September 2021
• Joseon Dynasty
  *''Korean/Japanese'': 朝鮮 ''(Joseon, Chosŏn / Chousen)'' It was the last dynasty to rule Korea before [[Colonial Korea|Japanese colonization]] at the beginning of the 20th century, and was characterized
  23 KB (3,412 words) - 08:18, 21 August 2020
• Meiji period
  *''Japanese'': 明治時代 ''(Meiji jidai)'' ...of samurai privileges, and their successful suppression by the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] was an important step in the cementing of the new government's autho
  48 KB (7,319 words) - 07:04, 21 April 2017
• Chinese Imperial examinations
  ...rks a stark contrast with earlier periods of Chinese history, and with the Japanese system, in which official positions were, indeed, to a large extent determi ...enter the schools with a certain degree of competency already in classical language and classical texts; though the system was open to anyone in theory, regard
  25 KB (3,871 words) - 12:19, 26 September 2017
• Satsuma han
  *''Japanese'': 薩摩藩 ''(Satsuma han)'' or, more correctly, 鹿児島藩 ''(Kagoshim ...chants to visit their shores and engage in trade; the domain hired Chinese language interpreters to speak with these merchants, who arrived sporadically, in or
  27 KB (4,169 words) - 02:53, 13 September 2022
• Korean embassies to Edo
  ...used at the time, in the Edo period, while ''tsûshinshi'' was used by the Japanese more commonly in the Muromachi period. See: Lillehoj. p107n3.</ref> *''Japanese/Korean'': （朝鮮）通信使 ''((Chousen) tsuushinshi / (Joseon) t'ongsi
  37 KB (5,739 words) - 08:49, 25 July 2022
• Ming Dynasty
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 明 ''(Míng / Min)'' ...found responsibility to set the weights & measures, the musical tones, and language in order, all of which were simply metaphors or microcosms of the greater I
  44 KB (6,979 words) - 13:28, 31 March 2018
• Shuri castle
  *''Japanese/Okinawan:''首里城''(Shuri-jou / Sui gusuku)'' ...ave uncovered foundation stones and the remains of grey, 14th-15th century Japanese-style roof tiles, suggesting that some structure of note did once exist on
  73 KB (11,198 words) - 02:06, 8 December 2021

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