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Japanese Language
Japanese (日本語 nihongo) is spoken in Japan, and essentially nowhere else. The language is distinct from Chinese and Korean, although the written form uses…
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Japanese Phrases Problems
Leave me alone. ほっといて。 ( hottoite. ) Don't touch me! さわらないで! ( sawaranaide! ) I'll call the police. 警察をよびます。 ( keisatsu o yobimasu ) Police! 警察! (…
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Japanese Translation
Here is a guide to Japanese translation and some useful resources for Japanese translation. Machine Translation Machine translation is the use of software…
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Chugoku
Chūgoku (中国) is the westernmost part of the main Japanese island Honshu. Chugoku Cities Hiroshima — site of the infamous nuclear bomb attack Okayama —…
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Kyushu
Kyūshū (九州) is the southernmost of the 4 main islands of Japan. The climate is slightly warmer and more tropical than Honshu, and the southern and eastern…
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Okinawa
Okinawa (沖縄) is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It is itself an island chain consisting of 41 inhabited islands and 16 uninhabited islands. Okinawa is…
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Shikoku
Shikoku (四国) is an oft-forgotten island in Japan. The smallest of Japan's Big 4, it lies to the south of Honshu. The island remains a rural backwater with…
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Tohoku
Tōhoku (東北, literally "East-North") is the northeastern region of Japan's Honshu island. Understanding Tohoku Traditionally a poor rural backwater with a…
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Yokohama Japan
Located on the western coast of Tokyo Bay directly south of Tokyo, Yokohama (横浜) is one of the largest cities in Japan and one of the cities most used to…
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Chubu
Chūbu (中部) is the central region of Japan's Honshu island and includes Mount Fuji. The region is often further divided into three more areas, namely Tōkai…
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Hokkaido
Hokkaidō (北海道) is the northernmost of Japan's four main islands. Understand Home to Japan's aboriginal Ainu race, Hokkaido continues to represent the…
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Kansai
Kansai (関西) is the western region of the main Japanese island of Honshu, second only to Tokyo's Kanto in population. The area is also known as Kinki (近畿),…