No sooner had she shut the hatch door when the front door of the shop was noisily opened.“Where’s my girl? We saw her come in here. Tell us where she is or we’ll smash up your shop,” the American soldier’s heavily accented English rang out in the shop. Their father murmured ...
The change in the leadership at the BOJ last year signaled the tightening of monetary policy. Last month, the BOJ announced the end of its eight-year negative interest rate policy by raising the short-term rate to a range of 0 to 0.1 percent, from minus 0.1 to 0 percent, while pledging...
以外[いがい]:except for 男[おとこ]:man, male 彼[かれ]:he, one’s boyfriend 女[おんな]:woman 妻[つま]:woman 百[ひゃく]:hundred 辺[あたり]:vicinity 店[みせ]:shop, store 閉まる[しまる]:be shut, be closed 問題[もんだい]:problem, question 必要[ひつよう]:nee...
S2c). These results indicate that full-term expression of male attractiveness in feather color requires several weeks after sexual maturation for a sufficient amount of melanin to accumulate. Indeed, the finding that the melanin content of cheek feathers was significantly correlated with both cloacal ...
This past Valentine's Day, there were even 'soushoku otoko' chocolates, for female bosses to give to their spineless underlings to tell them to get a...um, spine. (see Valentine's Day in Japan). An even more derogatory term for this modern Japanese man is お嬢マン (おじょうま...
That shocked the government, which had (38)the condition mainly affected the young.Tamaki Saito, a psychiatrist who (39)___the term hikikomori, says the government is partly to blame for turning a blind eye. Now the problem has grown. If it is not taken (40), many more might become...
When the camps closed, Japanese Americans were given $25 and a one-way train ticket to go and re-establish their lives. Faced with pressing short-term challenges—finding jobs and housing, feeding their families and getting their kids back in school—few were focused on an apology or reparati...
All the citizens residing in a department and who pay a direct yearly tax of three yen have the right to vote for the election of councilors. Payment of a tax of ten yen is necessary for eligibility. The term of office is four years. At the head of each district is a sub-prefect,...
liking Japan, over China, which is easily seen, “No Shade”. China is just tries to shut out the rest of the world Japan had done that in the 17th century but changed not long after. I like china because they have a vast history but that’s about all I like about them. Japan ...
are the ways in which Kirishima’s life echoes Adachi’s: as a long-term fugitive, as someone misunderstood and isolated from society — not just conventional middle-class comforts but also certain civil rights and privileges many take for granted (not least, being able to receive a passport)...