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• Ryukyuan languages
  ...ko language]], [[Yaeyama language]], and [[Yonaguni language]]. Along with Japanese, they form the Japonic family of languages. *Amami language:
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• Chinese language
  *''Japanese'': 中国語 ''(Chûgoku go)'' ...uages and dialects that can all be subsumed under the category of "Chinese language(s)."
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• Okajima Kanzan
  ...her of [[Chinese language]] and calligraphy, known for compiling the first Japanese dictionary of vernacular Chinese in [[1716]]. ...d up becoming a notable contributor to [[Ogyu Sorai|Ogyû Sorai's]] Chinese-language association. In [[1716]], he compiled the ''Tôwa san'yô'', a dictionary o
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• Nagasaki interpreters
  ...d interpreters) specialized in the translation & interpretation of [[Dutch language|Dutch]], while a category of ''Tô tsûji'' ("[[Tojin|Chinese]]" interprete ...u Sorai|Ogyû Sorai's]] Chinese-language society and who compiled the first Japanese dictionary of vernacular Chinese, is an oft-cited example.<ref>Rebeckah Cle
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• Tateishi Tokujuro
  *''Japanese'': [[立石]] 得十郎 ''(Tateishi Tokujuurou)'' ...[[1860]] as part of the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States|first Japanese embassy to the US]].
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• Yonahasedo Tuyumya
  *''Japanese'': 與那覇世頭豊見親 ''(Yonahasedo Tuyumya)'' ...he had some twenty Miyako Islanders remain on Okinawa to study [[Okinawan language]].
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• Moriyama Einosuke
  *''Japanese'': [[森山]] 栄之助 ''(Moriyama Einosuke)'' ...gn relations interactions in the mid-1850s, especially in terms of foreign language translation and interpretation.
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• Samuel Wells Williams
  Samuel Wells Williams was the Chinese & Japanese interpreter and translator on [[Commodore Matthew Perry|Commodore Perry's]] ...issionary the mission met in Ryûkyû, are harshly critical of one another's language abilities, manner, and approach.
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• Fudoki
  ==Language== ...notable linguistic hybrid seen in the ''Kojiki'', it contained interwoven Japanese when citing word-for-word or presenting poetry.
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• Gaoquan Xingdun
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 高泉性潡 ''(Gāoquán Xìngdùn / Kôsen Shôton)'' ...have played a significant role in sparking Yoshiyasu's interest in Chinese language and culture, and initiating his training in it, though Gaoquan passed away
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• James Hepburn
  ...oing it in Japan. The result was the ''Hepburn'' style of romanization of Japanese words. ...ides publishing the first Christian tract; also a Bible dictionary in that language. He was one of the founders of the Christian College, known as the Meiji Ga
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• Ito Kansai
  *''Japanese'': [[伊東]] 貫斎 ''(Itô Kansai)'' Itô Kansai was an English-language interpreter and translator who served the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in interac
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• Kuraoka Bunjiro
  ...a notable role in [[Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu|Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu's]] Chinese-language salon. ...saki]]-based Japanese family of hereditary [[Nagasaki interpreters|Chinese-language interpreters]], or the illegitimate son of a Nagasaki-based Chinese merchan
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• Jeremias van Vliet
  ...translated into English in the 20th century, are among the chief European-language sources on the history of the kingdom and its capital city, and on the hist Van Vliet is said to have learned the Thai language quite quickly, and to have mingled among Siamese elites, Buddhist monks, an
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• Ezra Pound
  ...s today generally write that Pound's knowledge of Noh, and of the Japanese language, was minimal, and that the book contains numerous errors, misunderstandings
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• Amamikyo
  ...弥姑 ''(Amamiko, Amamikyo; [[Amami language]]: Amamiku, Amamikyu; [[Okinawan language]]: Amanchu, Amamichu)'' ...oddess is often called Amamichu in the [[Okinawan language]]; in that same language, a person from Amami would be called ''Amaminchu''. "[https://ryukyushimpo.
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• Treaty of Shimoda
  The [[1855]] Treaty of Shimoda, also known as the Russo-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Amity, signed between the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and [[ ...panese-language version. The Japanese were not given a copy of the Russian-language version of the document, but it was the Dutch which the Russians said would
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• Asadoya yunta
  *''Japanese'': 安里屋ユンタ ''(asadoya yunta)'' ...Islands]] which, in a version with lyrics in [[Japanese language|standard Japanese]], has become the most popular, or most widely-known Okinawan folk song.
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• Matteo Ricci
  ...y adopting the robes and manners of a Confucian official, studying Chinese language, [[Confucianism|Confucian]] teachings, and so forth, rather than more stubb ...ng Christianity in classical Chinese.<ref>Watanabe Hiroshi, ''A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901'', International House of Japan (2012), 156.</
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• Higa Shuncho
  *''Japanese'': [[比嘉]]春潮 ''(Higa Shunchou)'' ...the compilation of the ''Okinawa-go jiten'' ("Dictionary of the [[Okinawan language]]"), and produced a survey of the University of Hawaii's Sakamaki-Hawley Co
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• Ruunpe
  *''Japanese'': ルウンペ ''(ruunpe)'' The [[Ainu language|Ainu]] word ''ruunpe'' refers to "things that have a path." This name for t
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• Hojo Tokimune (NHK Taiga Drama)
  Japanese Title: '''Hojo Tokimune''' * Language: Japanese
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• Kaifuso
  *''Japanese'': 懐風藻 ''(kaifuusou)'' The ''Kaifûsô'', compiled in [[751]], is the oldest compilation of Japanese poetry written in Chinese.
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• Maeno Ryotaku
  *''Japanese'': [[前野]] 良沢 ''(Maeno Ryoutaku)'' ...ting Dutch materials, and organizing opportunities for others to learn the language.
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• Azumi
  Japanese Title: '''あずみ''' * Language: Japanese
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• Motoda Eifu
  *''Japanese'': 元田永孚 ''(Motoda Eifu)'' Motoda is also credited with playing a significant role in drafting the language of the ''[[Imperial Rescript on Education]]'', promulgated in [[1890]].
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• Taketomi Island
  *''Japanese'': 竹富島 ''(Taketomi jima)'' ...yrics invented and promoted in the 20th century, the traditional [[Yaeyama language]] lyrics tell the story of a young woman who resists being given to (marrie
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• Lake Akan
  *''Japanese'': 阿寒湖 ''(akan ko)'' ...words for "eternal" or "unchanging." It is written in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] [[kanji]] using ''[[ateji]]'' (characters which emulate the sounds of a p
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• The Abandoned Swords
  Japanese Title: '''Onmitsu Shichishoki''' * Language: Japanese
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• Ro Sosetsu
  *''Japanese'': 盧草拙 ''(Ro Sôsetsu)'' ...own for his role in making Chinese texts on European sciences available to Japanese scholars, and for his own writings, such as ''Nagasaki senmin den'' ("Lives
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• Assassination (Movie)
  Japanese Title: '''Ansatsu''' * Language: Japanese
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• Anthony Bryant
  ...of interest also included [[Heian period]] court structure and society and Japanese literature. ...ryant resided in Japan from 1986 to 1992. He also had an Master of Arts in Japanese from Indiana University.
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• Yoshitsune (NHK Taiga Drama)
  Japanese Title: '''Yoshitsune''' * Language: Japanese
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• Adventure in Kigan Castle
  Japanese Title: '''Kiganjo no Boken''' * Language: Japanese
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• Shogun Sexecutioner
  * Language: Japanese
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• Assassination Orders (Movie)
  Japanese Title: '''Ansatsu Shirei''' * Language: Japanese
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• 13 Assassins
  Japanese Title: '''Jusan-Nin no Shikaku''' * Language: Japanese
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• August Pfizmaier
  ...verganglichen Welt''. The first widely circulated English translation of a Japanese work was not to come out until [[1871]]. ...shed alongside the original Japanese. Pfizmaier himself was self-taught in Japanese.
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• Isaac Harbottle
  ...turning to Hawaii, the brothers established worker assistance programs for Japanese immigrants to the islands.
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• Chuzan seifu
  *''Japanese'': 中山世譜 ''(chuuzan seifu)'' ...oken|Shô Shôken]] around [[1650]], re-presenting the contents in [[Chinese language|Chinese]]; in addition, while the historical facts and overall historical n
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• Jitodai
  *''Japanese/Okinawan'': 地頭代 ''(jitoudai / jitudee)'' ''Jitôdai'', or ''jitudee'' in [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]], were local village officials appointed to administer and overse
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• Komyo ga Tsuji (NHK Taiga Drama)
  Japanese Title: '''Komyo ga Tsuji''' (功名が辻) * Language: Japanese
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• Sho Dairetsu
  *''Titles'': 読谷山王子 ''(Yomitanzan ôji / [[Okinawan language|O]]: Yuntanzan wuuji)'' *''Japanese'': [[向]] 大烈 ''(Shou Dairetsu)''
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• Japanese newspapers in Hawaii
  ...and events in Japan, among members of the [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii|Japanese community in Hawaii]] in its early decades. Some continued to circulate tod ...al today (ハワイ). These papers played a key role in informing members of the Japanese community, especially those who did not speak English or Hawaiian, about lo
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• 1857
  ...suggest a connection between [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and the Altaic language family.
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• Ganryujima (Movie)
  * Language: Japanese The famed Japanese swordsman [[Miyamoto Musashi]] of the 17th century is not the violent yet p
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• Ryukyu-koku yuraiki
  *''Japanese'': 琉球国由来記 ''(Ryuukyuu koku yuraiki)'' It was later translated by [[Tei Heitetsu]] into a [[Chinese language]] version, entitled ''[[Ryukyu-koku kyuki|Ryûkyû-koku kyûki]]''. This wa
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• Goda Kiyoshi
  *''Japanese'':　合田清　''(Gouda Kiyoshi)'' ...or newspapers and magazines. He also briefly worked as a teacher of French language at the Tokyo Fine Arts School.
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• Ako Roshi (Movie)
  Japanese Title: '''Ako Roushi''' * Language: Japanese
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• Japanese schools in Hawaii
  ...ed in [[1895]]-[[1896]], roughly ten years after the beginning of formal [[Japanese immigration to Hawaii]]. ...re, customs, and morals (''shûshin''), and the history of Japan and of the Japanese community in Hawaii.
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