The meaning of the kanji (in Japanese) The various 異体字 of the kanji jpdb Kanji Download Kanji information of around 6,000 characters from https://jpdb.io: The 15 most common vocab applicable The kanji decomposition according to jpdb (has inaccuracies because it's meant for memorizing key...
or a demon fox. They can be found all over Japan, and the history of the Japanese kitsune goes back to the beginning of Japan itself. Actually, there are 13 different types of kitsune. The thirteen different kinds of Kitsune each have their own element, including Heaven, Dark, Wind, Spir...
The National Gallery’s Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings, Dr Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax hopes that Geelong and Victorian audiences will add the names Spowers and Syme to their knowledge of ground-breaking women artists from the era including Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Dorrit Black and G...
The study is devoted to the meaning and the main types of divinatory practices in the Japanese antiquity. The main objects of the study are the texts written in 8th c., such as two mythological and historic annals, “Records of Ancient Matters” (“Kojiki”) and “The Chronicles of Japan...
This precise meaning not only eliminates other possible aspects of loyalty but also camouflages issues that center on justice and equality. Japanese Americans were citizens by birth, taxpayers, and voters. They had to prove their loyalty by serving in the military. During World War II, Japanese ...
Her father was a little boy when this happened and this marks the last time they will visit before moving to Boston. Their final visit sums up the attitude of most Japanese-Americans who were forced to relocate: a terrible thing that happened to them. But, as the Dad says, “Sometimes,...
Akuru sacrifices himself by using his very last ounce of his powers to open a portal for the half-demon princesses to return to the feudal era, meaning he dies in this episode which marks his last physical appearance. The chant that Miroku uses to seal the Grim Butterfly is the same he...
For more Japanese dog names, let’s turn to popular areas in the country. Tokyo– the capital and most populous city of Japan Osaka– one of the country’s largest cities. Kobe– the sixth-largest city in Japan, near Osaka. Kyoto –a city located in central Japan. ...
Bu 部. Japanese term meaning “division” or “family.” Esoteric deities are generally classified into one of the following families: Buddha Family (Butsu-bu 仏部), Buddha-Crown Family (Butchō-bu or Bucchō-bu 仏頂部), Sutra-Rite Family (Kyōbō-bu 経法部), Bodhisattva Family (Bosatsu-...
In similar fashion, the Japanese pronunciation of Kōshin 庚申 (the inauspicious 57th year of the cycle, closely associated with the monkey) is a homophone for Koushin 更神, meaning “exchange of the gods.” Says Professor Livia Kohn of Boston University: “On the Koushin day, the spirit ...