Perhaps the best known Japanese woman artist is Yoko Ono, a multimedia artist, activist, and widow of former Beatle John Lennon. Other Japanese artist examples include Nobuyoshi Araki and Kou Yaginuma. For further information on these historic artists from Japan, click on their names. If ...
Although the most common surname in Japan is “Sato,” it turns out that there’s a far more popular name combination that doesn’t includeour quirkiest reporter‘s last name. Let’s take a look at the most common given and family names in Japan and the meanings behind them. ...
The fact that the same-sounding word can be spelled with different kanji characters and have multiple meanings makes Japanese names unique. Nature, virtue, character depth, hopes, and plans for the future predominate in the qualities embodied by traditional Japanese baby names. Here are a few of...
Another change is that the voice is now emulating a male speaker instead of a female one. However, if you prefer the “regular” synthesized female voice, you can configure your account to use it. Just go tosettingsand select it. The Latest news in home page While we will still post th...
The Japanese names, Nihon and Nippon, are alternative readings of written characters that mean "origin of the sun" ("Land of the Rising Sun"). European names for the country probably originated with Marco Polo, who most likely adopted a name for Japan used in a Chinese dialect. The nam...
In the collections, the local and Japanese common names of the plants are provided, with the exception of those for which only one name is available. In cases where only the local name was known, the common name was identified by consulting the Collection of Plants Dialects of Japan [49] ...
There were lots of names and nouns, and you dealt with onomatopoeia that’s so great in the Japanese language for its simplicity, but can be a real headache for J to E translators for whom that simplicity is elusive. How did you decide which words to leave in Japanese? Did you have a...
In both China and Japan, the character for "dragon" (龍) is used often in temple names, and dragon carvings adorn many temple structures. Most Japanese Zen temples, moreover, have a dragon painted on the ceiling of their assembly halls. See below photos. ...
First, the boom is part of the larger global phenomenon of the “metrosexual” male, which has spread throughout both the East and the West. The metrosexual man is one who takes care of his physical appearance through means that were once considered feminine. The FM is just one example of...
Unlike Buddhism, whose deities are generally genderless or male, the Shintō tradition has long revered the female element. The emperor of Japan, even today, claims direct decent from the Shintō Sun Goddess Amaterasu. In modern Japan, both Shintō and Buddhist practice among the common folk has...