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| congratulations in japanese language: Japanese Words & Their Uses II Akira Miura, 2001-01-01 Many students dutifully memorize the simple English equivalents that are usually given for Japanese words—with the result that they speak poor Japanese. Effective communication requires an understanding of the unique usages of Japanese vocabulary items, which often differ greatly from those of their English equivalents. Until now, one of the biggest problems has been the lack of adequate reference materials on Japanese usage. This book fills the gap by concisely explaining 300 troublesome but essential words and phrases, which are alphabetically arranged for easy reference. It discusses not only how they should be used but also how they should not be used, contrasting them with their English equivalents. The entries include many sample sentences and cross-references, along with notes on usage mistakes committed by the author's own students. Drawing on his long experience in teaching Japanese, as well as scholarly research, Professor Miura has produced a work that offers real help to students and teachers of the language everywhere. |
| congratulations in japanese language: The Japanese Language Francis E. Miller, 2002 |
| congratulations in japanese language: Japanese Language as Essential Heritage: Nihongo for Japanese Americans Weston Koyama, 2023-08-05 In the vibrant tapestry of American society, the Japanese diaspora occupies a unique position, bearing the rich cultural legacy of Japan while being deeply woven into the fabric of the United States. For Japanese Americans, language is an integral part of their identity, connecting them to their ancestors, heritage, and roots. However, as we stand at the crossroads of multiple generations, we find ourselves grappling with a profound challenge - the preservation and revival of our heritage language, Japanese. This book is dedicated to Japanese Americans, especially those who find themselves as third, fourth, fifth, or even sixth-generation descendants. Our journey in embracing the Japanese language is both a testament to our resilience and an acknowledgment of the hurdles we face in preserving our ancestral ties. |
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| congratulations in japanese language: Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology Shigeko Okamoto, Janet S. Shibamoto Smith, 2004-10-28 This is a collection of previously unpublished articles by established as well as promising young scholars in Japanese language and gender studies. |
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| congratulations in japanese language: Redefining the Role of Language in a Globalized World Wang, Ai-Ling, 2021-01-22 Language, while seemingly static, is dynamic and ever-changing, necessitating adaptability in various fields of language studies. It is especially true in a globalized world and an information age. In the field of language and its applications, it is essential to reconsider and redefine existing issues and envision how the changes may have impacts on human beings and on the entire globe. Redefining the Role of Language in a Globalized World is an essential scholarly publication that explores the role language will play in a globalized world and how language changes over time through its interdependent relationship with technology. Featuring a wide range of topics such as bilingualism, native speaker prejudice, and social inequality, this book is essential for educators, linguists, researchers, curriculum designers, academicians, policymakers, librarians, and students. |
| congratulations in japanese language: The True Believers Louis Martin, 2017-12-08 The critically acclaimed true story about the human cost of hero worship in martial arts. Featured on numerous shows and podcasts, The True Believers struck a chord with both traditional and modern martial artists across the world when it was first published in 2017. Now, in this special second edition, readers can go further down the rabbit hole in this true story about rampant fanaticism taking over a worldwide martial arts organization, and the chaos that it sowed in the lives of its True Believers. True Believers is the story of how a small, California marital arts school grew into a new age religion. Promoting black belts in mere months to maintain an army of fanatical young converts, while creating a business of endless monetization, trapping the most dedicated students in a spiral of financial ruin. Follow the rise and fall through the eyes of a young student on a seven year journey, attaining one of the highest ranks in the system, while secretly doubting his own abilities and fearing that his dojo has become a cult. Along the way, he discovers the truth about the business of selling fantasy and creating a codependent community that is fearful of the outside world and increasingly reliant on their master for direction. The True Believers is about the darker side of martial arts that robs real people of years of training and tens of thousands of dollars. But it's ultimately a story of triumph, as a group of senior students take a stand against wrongdoing and cripple an organization, their senior students resigning in protest. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Advanced Japanese Noriko Ishihara, Magara Maeda, 2017-10-23 This innovative advanced level course in Japanese teaches appropriate language use in real life situations. With an emphasis on listening and speaking skills, the course takes a descriptive approach, demonstrating the variations that exist among Japanese speakers. Authentic sample dialogues demonstrate a range of generally preferred language uses, giving the student the tools to communicate in an effective and culturally appropriate manner. Organized according to frequently used functions of speech, such as requesting, apologizing, refusing and thanking and complimenting, Advanced Japanese presents commonly-used expressions and typical speech routines, providing the learner with the opportunity to familiarize themselves with their usage within the social context. Advanced Japanese: Communication in Context not only introduces commonly-used formulaic expressions, but also teaches learners how Japanese speakers assess crucial contextual factors such as relative social status, level of familiarity, and content of speech as they interpret a message and use language to convey their intentions. Key features of the textbook include: exercises throughout, including ‘core’ and ‘optional’ activities self-assessment section in each chapter unit summaries, grammar notes and role-play activities a separate Teacher’s Guide which fully supports the textbook featuring extensive notes and guidance also available through the companion website. Key features of the companion website include: complete audio files to accompany all dialogues within the textbook optional extra activities for students wishing to progress beyond the textbook teacher's guide – downloadable in both Japanese and English. Advanced Japanese: Communication in Context is the ideal resource for all intermediate to advanced learners of Japanese. The course is also an invaluable tool for anyone involved in the teaching of Japanese language. Noriko Ishihara is Associate Professor of EFL/TESOL at Hosei University, Japan. Magara Maeda teaches Japanese at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, USA. |
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| congratulations in japanese language: Japanese Business Culture and Practices Isao Takei, Jon P. Alston, 2018-05-25 Japanese Business Culture and Practices presents detailed insights and descriptions on the proper ways to conduct business with contemporary Japanese. It focuses on the traditional and nontraditional business-related practices, including the internal mechanisms of promotion and decision-making in Japanese corporations. From advice on how to avoid cultural misunderstandings and how to develop trust with Japanese colleagues, readers will gain insights on how to communicate, negotiate, entertain, and socialize with Japanese as well as the minutiae of correct behavior. Using linguistic examples to facilitate how Japanese themselves view their work environment, authors Isao Takei and Jon P. Alston describe the social etiquette and protocols Japanese expect all foreigners to adopt in order to successfully conduct business. With a glossary of terms and practical real-life experiences, this is an essential guide for anyone who wants to forge deeper business relationships with Japanese. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Idioms in English Jürg Strässler, 1982 |
| congratulations in japanese language: 外交文牘 China. 外交部, 1923 |
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| congratulations in japanese language: Purrieties of Language Edith Podhovnik, 2023-03-31 A fun entrance point to linguistics, this accessible book uses online cat discourse to introduce a wide range of concepts. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Pragmatic Competence Naoko Taguchi, 2009-09-04 In the disciplines of applied linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA), the study of pragmatic competence has been driven by several fundamental questions: What does it mean to become pragmatically competent in a second language (L2)? How can we examine pragmatic competence to make inference of its development among L2 learners? In what ways do research findings inform teaching and assessment of pragmatic competence? This book explores these key issues in Japanese as a second/foreign language. The book has three sections. The first section offers a general overview and historical sketch of the study of Japanese pragmatics and its influence on Japanese pedagogy and curriculum. The overview chapter is followed by eight empirical findings, each dealing with phenomena that are significant in Japanese pragmatics. They target selected features of Japanese pragmatics and investigate the learners' use of them as an indicator of their pragmatic competence. The target pragmatic features are wide-ranging, among them honorifics, speech style, sentence final particles, speech acts of various types, and indirect expressions. Each study explicitly prompts the connection between pragmalinguistics (linguistic forms available to perform language functions) and sociopragmatics (norms that determine appropriate use of the forms) in Japanese. By documenting the understanding and use of them among learners of Japanese spanning multiple levels and time durations, this book offers insight about the nature and development of pragmatic competence, as well as implications for the learning and teaching of Japanese pragmatics. The last section presents a critical reflection on the eight empirical papers and prompts a discussion of the practice of Japanese pragmatics research. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Mutual Help Networks in Japanese Society Morio Onda, 2024-11-29 Onda compares Japan’s traditional mutual help practices, an integral part of the nation’s societal fabric, with those of other countries across Asia, including Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam, and the Pacific islands region, namely Palau and Pohnpei. The book advocates for the revitalization of mutual help, which has declined due to modernization, characterized by changes in production and our urban lifestyle. It sheds light on the fading awareness of traditional mutual help practices and encourages the discovery of new connections and bonds in contemporary society. Onda’s comparative approach reveals the characteristics of mutual help networks based on the similarities (universality) with and differences (uniqueness) from Japan’s mutual help practices, which stem from the social structures of individual regions. A vital resource for scholars in sociology, folklore studies, social welfare, or economics and those interested in human connections, mutual help, and cooperation. |
| congratulations in japanese language: 麥氏漢英大辭典 Robert Henry Mathews, 1943 Published for the Harvard-Yenching Institute. |
| congratulations in japanese language: The Sacramento Missionary , 1905 |
| congratulations in japanese language: Japan Quarterly , 1994 |
| congratulations in japanese language: Statehood for Hawaii United States. Congress. Joint committee on Hawaii, 1938 |
| congratulations in japanese language: Assembly West Point Association of Graduates (Organization)., 1963 |
| congratulations in japanese language: English texts China. Wai chiao pu, 1923 |
| congratulations in japanese language: Sport, Memory and Nationhood in Japan Andreas Niehaus, Christian Tagsold, 2013-09-13 This book clarifies and verifies the role sport has as an alternative marker in understanding and mapping memory in Japan, by applying the concept of lieux de mémoire (realms of memory) to sport in Japan. Japanese history and national construction have not been short of sports landmarks since the end of the nineteenth century. Western-style sports were introduced into Japan in order to modernize the country and develop a culture of consciousness about bodies resembling that of the Western world. Japan’s modernization has been a process of embracing Western thought and culture while at the same time attempting to establish what distinguishes Japan from the West. In this context, sports functioned as sites of contested identities and memories. The Olympics, baseball and soccer have produced memories in Japan, but so too have martial arts, which by their very name signify an attempt to create traditions beyond Western sports. Because modern sports form bodies of modern citizens and, at the same time, offer countless opportunities for competition with other nations, they provide an excellent ground for testing and contesting national identifications. By revealing some of the key realms of memory in the Japanese field of sports, this book shows how memories and counter-memories of (sport) moments, places, and heroes constitute an inventory for identity. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review , 1905 |
| congratulations in japanese language: Luzac & Co.'s Oriental List , 1915 |
| congratulations in japanese language: The Fuji Agenda James E. Couch, 2002 The story of The Fuji Agenda revolves around the immense, current trade deficit between the U.S. and Japan, how it is likely to become more of a problem without some drastic U.S. action, and how two people by chance seemingly discover a way to lead the U.S. out of its predicament. Ambassador John S. O’Hara, an aging career diplomat at the American Embassy in Tokyo, is visited by his son, Kevin, a university professor of journalism on sabbatical leave. They stumble upon the very core of Japanese plans for world economic conquest, but are frustrated in their attempts to divulge them. Apparently no one can stop the Japanese as long as their secret plan, the Fuji Agenda, remains unknown and unrevealed for what it is. The stakes are monumental for the Japanese and U.S. alike. Developed gradually, the plot becomes increasingly involved and intriguing until its shocking conclusion, one which will leave the reader wondering, “Is this true, or is it fiction?” |
| congratulations in japanese language: Japan Weekly Mail , 1894 |
| congratulations in japanese language: Defining Buddhism(s) Karen Derris, Natalie Gummer, 2016-04-08 'Defining Buddhism(s)' explores the multiple ways in which Buddhism has been defined and constructed by both Buddhists and scholars. In recent decades, scholars have become increasingly aware of their own role in the construction of how Buddhism is represented - a process in which multiple representations of Buddhism compete with and complement one another. The reader brings together key essays by leading scholars to examine the central methods and concerns of Buddhism. The essays aim to illuminate the challenges involved in defining historical, social, and political contexts and reveal how definitions of Buddhism have always been contested. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Saint Hildegard Susan Garthwaite, 2021-09-13 Saint Hildegard: Ancient Insights for Modern Seekers is a treasure trove of St. Hildegard’s bracing, rich, and transforming insights. Written for today’s seekers and spiritual directors, it takes us deeper into our own experiences in the company of the mystic visionary St. Hildegard, whose twelfth-century wisdom, still strikingly relevant to our contemporary struggles, enriches our journeys. Spiritual director and retreat guide Susan Garthwaite knows this journey well—she’s traveled it for years. St. Hildegard has influenced Garthwaite’s spiritual life, as well as her work as a spiritual director, and here she gives concrete examples of spiritual experiences and practices in which St. Hildegard’s insights can draw out our own wisdom. She also gently touches our worst experiences and offers St. Hildegard’s light for our liberation and fullness of life. Like all of us today, St. Hildegard dealt with a world in turmoil. She believed spiritual development was the key to peace in troubled times. With her guidance, read, reflect, pray, discern, journal, heal, befriend your soul, and discover your mystic self. A richer life awaits. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Hitching Rides with Buddha Will Ferguson, 2010-06-04 Originally published as Hokkaido Highway Blues, with limited distribution in Canada, Will Ferguson’s classic book about Japan, for all fans of the bestselling Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw. With the same fervour they have for outlandish game shows and tiny gadgets, the Japanese go nuts each spring when the cherry blossoms sweep from island to island towards the country’s northerly tip. Will Ferguson was celebrating the event in the standard fashion. And after way too much sake he announced he would be the first person in recorded history to follow the blossom’s progress end to end. To make it a challenge worth doing, he’d hitchhike all the way: relying on the kindness of some very weird and wonderful strangers. Mixing his penchant for biting observation with wicked humour, Ferguson starts at the southernmost tip of Cape Sata and heads north for distant Hokkaido. Whether he is doing the forbidden and not knowing it, or holding conversations by non sequitur, it is a journey full of misadventures and revelations. The resulting travelogue is one of the funniest and most illuminating books ever written about Japan. To make matters worse, I decided to hitchhike. Striking a heroic stance, I declared my intention to my Japanese friends to become the first person ever to hitchhike the length of Japan, end-to-end, cape-to-cape, sea-to-sea. This did not impress them as much as I had hoped. “Why would you want to do that?” they asked, genuinely puzzled. “There is no reason to hitchhike. That’s why we built the Bullet Train.” Others worried about my safety. “But,” I would argue, “Japan is a very safe country, is it not?” “Oh, yes. Very safe. Safest in the world.” “So why shouldn’t I hitchhike?” “Because Japan is dangerous.” And so on. Now, I will admit that mooching rides across Japan is not a major achievement—I mean, it’s not like I paddled up the Amazon or discovered insulin or anything—but I am the first person ever to do this, so allow me my hubris. When I left my home in Minamata City aboard a southbound train, I felt suitably bold with my backpack and muscular thumb. “I’m going to hitchhike the length of Japan,” I told the man beside me. He smiled and nodded. “I’m going to follow the cherry blossoms.” He nodded. “All the way to Russia,” I said. He smiled again, and soon after changed seats. —from Hitching Rides with Buddha |
| congratulations in japanese language: Outline of Postal Services of Japan Japan. Yūseishō, |
| congratulations in japanese language: Japanese in MangaLand Marc Bernabe, 2004 Japanese In Mangaland is a Japan Publications publication. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Uncovering Heian Japan Thomas LaMarre, 2000 Literary criticism of classical Japanese poetry, focusing on the emergence of Kokinwakashu, ' an imperial anthology of waka poetry compiled in the 9th century. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Sea Music Sara MacDonald, 2005-05-17 A haunting story of family ties and wartime secrets. Three generations of the Tremain family have occupied the idyllic cliffside cottage on the Cornish coast. There's Fred, the country doctor who built this house for his wife, Martha; their daughter Anna, an esteemed lawyer, and son Barnaby, a vicar to the local parish; and beloved granddaughter Lucy, who, on the cusp of adulthood, is faced with the prospect of leaving home—and her family history—forever. But the past is never far behind, and before long Lucy discovers that the Tremain estate also harbors tragic lies and dangerous truths. When she finds a cache of long-hidden documents, the family will be forced to confront upheavals caused by wartime secrets and domestic disputes—and unlock the door to new beginnings, and new loves. Set in Cornwall, London, and Warsaw, Sea Music is a sonorous, transcendent journey that no reader will soon forget. |
| congratulations in japanese language: Himawari House Harmony Becker, 2021-11-09 A young adult graphic novel about three foreign exchange students and the pleasures, and difficulties, of adjusting to living in Japan. Living in a new country is no walk in the park—Nao, Hyejung, and Tina can all attest to that. The three of them became fast friends through living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo and attending the same Japanese cram school. Nao came to Japan to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, while Hyejung and Tina came to find freedom and their own paths. Though each of them has her own motivations and challenges, they all deal with language barriers, being a fish out of water, self discovery, love, and family. |
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