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• Kojien Dictionary
  The ''Kôjien'' is the standard Japanese dictionary. It is quoted at the starting point of essays and sits on the d In particular, it includes most standard, historical terms, many bibliographical names with real explanations, and a
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• Kote
  *''Japanese'': 籠手 ''(kote)'' ''Kote'' are a piece of Japanese armor which protects the lower arm.
  735 bytes (111 words) - 10:54, 14 April 2017
• Fujiwara no Yukinari
  ...what is today seen as a standard or central element of standard styles of Japanese calligraphy.
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• Michiyuki
  *''Japanese'': 道行 ''(michiyuki)'' ...[[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]], is a representative example of this now quite standard placement of a ''michiyuki'' scene within a longer play.
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• Koto
  [[Image:Kutu.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A Japanese ''koto'' tuned to serve as an Okinawan ''[[kutu]]'']] *''Japanese'': 琴 ''(koto)''
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• Ryuka
  *''Japanese'': 琉歌 ''(ryuuka)'' ...with an 8-8-8-6 mora structure (in contrast to the 5-7-5-7-7 structure of Japanese ''[[tanka]]'').
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• Japanese long-tailed fowl
  *''Japanese'': 尾長鶏・尾長鳥 ''(onagadori / chôbikei / nagaodori)''<ref>All of ...e ''sankin kôtai'' system had a myriad of profound effects on early modern Japanese culture, historian [[Constantine Vaporis]] cites the ''onagadori'' as perha
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• Kumebe Masachika
  * ''Death: [[1910]]/9/25 11PM Japan standard time'' * Japanese: 粂部 (久米部) 正親 ''(Kumebe Masachika)''
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• Chinese language
  *''Japanese'': 中国語 ''(Chûgoku go)'' ...Chinese" is typically referred to in Mandarin as ''pǔtōnghuà'' 普通話 (lit. "standard language") or as ''guóyǔ'' 国語 ("national language").
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• Hitatare
  *''Japanese'': 直垂 ''(hita tare)'' ''Hitatare'' was one standard style of samurai dress. It consisted of two pieces: a long-sleeved jacket,
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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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• Wagon
  *''Japanese'': 和琴 ''(wagon)'' ...s the only indigenous Japanese string instrument, and in comparison to the standard ''koto'' (which is related to the Chinese ''[[qin]]''), has a number of dis
  608 bytes (88 words) - 01:55, 20 November 2013
• Kakuichi
  ..., [[biwa]]-playing storyteller, credited with creating what came to be the standard version of the ''[[Tale of the Heike]]''. ...ong, which would then come to be adopted by many others, and to become the standard mode of performing the ''Tale of the Heike''. Enkyô-ji, also known as Shos
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• Chugen
  *''Japanese'': 中間 ''(chuugen)'' ...riod]], who held a societal status below that of [[samurai]] but above the standard commoner. People in this position typically served as attendants to samurai
  937 bytes (143 words) - 01:09, 24 October 2012
• 大学 (Daigaku)
  ...'Dà xué'', J: ''daigaku'') is the standard term today, in both Chinese and Japanese, for "college" or "university." Historically, however, it can also refer to
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• Chonin
  *''Japanese'': 町人 ''(chounin)'' ...he ''chônin'' are most commonly placed in contrast to the samurai, and the standard narrative of the Edo period emphasizes it as a period of the "rise" of the
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• Court costume
  ...ssed in ''sokutai'' (left) and ''nôshi'' (right) at the National Museum of Japanese History (Rekihaku)]] ''Sokutai'' (束帯) was the most standard form of formal ceremonial dress for male members of the court. Somewhat dif
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• Chinese name
  ...the Chinese scholar-aristocracy typically had a series of different names; Japanese artists, Confucian scholars, and the like often emulated this system, adopt *Personal name 姓名 ''(C: xìngmíng, J: seimei)'' - one's standard family name and given name.
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• Andon
  *''Japanese'': 行燈・行灯 ''(andon)'' ...od]] as a handheld style of lantern, by the [[Edo period]] it was the most standard form of lighting fixture used indoors; various types of ''andon'' were desi
  804 bytes (116 words) - 08:57, 30 April 2020
• Tizheng
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 提筝 ''(tí zhēng / teisou)'' ...ringed musical instrument related to the ''[[guzheng]]'', ''[[qin]]'', and Japanese ''[[koto]]''. Unlike most zithers which are plucked with the fingers, the '
  908 bytes (125 words) - 22:18, 30 December 2016

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