Others point to the fact that the art form was flourishing in other countries and origami was chosen because its base words reflect names like English paper folding and German Papierfalten. Both speculations seem reasonable, but the motivation for the initial change is still unclear. “WITH so ...
Regional Japanese Last Names Japan is a vast country spanning approximately the same length as the North American coast. It is also a country of varied landscapes and was not always the easiest to travel at times. As a result, people often adopted surnames that indicated where they were from...
Of the words used in a Japanese office setting, there are those that can be translated quite easily into English and there are a few that don’t have an exact English equivalent. The meaning of these words may change from context and also may be used in a way that may not make sense...
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Beijing Tongwenguan and Shang- hai's Jiangnan Arsenal. The two committees determined to adopt the meaning-based approach to name gaseous and other vital elements. Some of Fryer and Xu's phonic names were forced to change under the new policy, includ- ing, 紫 (zi, violet, iodine), (ke,...
Additionally, the analysis showed that the government's COVID-19 measures drove the contagion effect in the Japanese stock market. Furthermore, the analysis by MST showed the change of the network structures among the industrial sectors; specifically, the small subgraphs indicate that the clustering...
Table 3 summarizes some of these trials, showing the abbreviated trial names, calcium antagonists used, number of patients, mean age, and cardiovascular mor- bidity rate, expressed in terms of cases per 1,000 patient-years for patients treated with calcium antagonists. Although the mean age is...
These results did not change when persons on antihypertensive med- ication were excluded. To our knowledge, this is the first large prospective study to show age-dependence in the rela- tionship of blood pressure and pulse pressure to cardiovascu- lar disease among Japanese men and women. The...
All names are pseudonyms, different from names used in the original documentary film. We have excluded references for state regulations to maintain confidentiality of our research sites. References Bamba, S. & Haight, W. (2011).Child welfare and development: A Japanese case study. Cambridge Univer...
The names of all the children are pseudonyms. Frame 1 featured a male child's (Yu) question. He had previously asked 10–5 in his presentation, and it was his second chance to quiz the other children. He had shown his fingers when presenting his previous questions. However, for this ...