Language+of+Japan

  • 1japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 2Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 3Japan — • Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …

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  • 4Language attrition — is the loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by individuals; it should be distinguished from language loss within a community (the latter process is referred to as language shift or language death). Language attrition… …

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  • 5Language education — Language Teaching redirects here. For the journal, see Language Teaching (journal). Linguistics …

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  • 6Japan and East Asia Studies Program — (JASEP) is an inter departmental academic program of Japan and East Asia Studies for international students at Kwansei Gakuin University in Nishinomiya, Japan. The program is administrated through [http://www.kwansei.ac.jp/ciec/index e.html… …

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  • 7JAPAN — JAPAN, Asian state. In early medieval times Jews from Europe and the Middle East may have been involved in trade with Japan through their connection with the silk route. Later, during Japan s so called Christian Century (1542–1639), some Jews… …

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  • 8Japan's non-nuclear policy — Japan exhibits a firm non nuclear weapons policy, most popularly articulated as the Three Non Nuclear Principles of nonpossession, nonproduction, and nonintroduction of nuclear weapons.The policy only applies to nuclear weapons, not all nuclear… …

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  • 9Japan Railfan Magazine — (鉄道ファン Tetsudō fan ) is a Japanese language monthly magazine for railfans covering the mainly Japanese railways published by Koyusha. It has been published in Japan since 1961. A typical issue sells for ¥1100. The Japanese language monthly… …

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  • 10Japan-Center — Datei:Frankfurt Main Japan Tower 6240.jpg Basisdaten Ort: Taunustor 2 (Innenstadt) …

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