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  2. Yaoki - Wikipedia

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    Yaoki refers to the Japanese proverb 七転び八起き (nana korobi ya oki). This proverb means "To get back up again and again, no matter how many times you fail" (literally: "Seven times falling down, eight times risen up"). [7]

  3. Japanese proverbs - Wikipedia

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    Japanese commonly use proverbs, often citing just the first part of common phrases for brevity. For example, one might say i no naka no kawazu (井の中の蛙, 'a frog in a well') to refer to the proverb i no naka no kawazu, taikai o shirazu (井の中の蛙、大海を知らず, 'a frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean').

  4. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.

  5. Warugaki 1 - Wikipedia

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    Warugaki 1 (悪ガキッ①, Warugaki Ichi) is the first studio album by Japanese girl idol group S/mileage. It was released on 8 December 2010 on the label Hachama . Release

  6. Koi ni Booing Boo! - Wikipedia

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    "Koi ni Booing Boo!" (恋にBooing ブー!) is the 5th major single by the Japanese girl idol group S/mileage.It was released in Japan on April 27, 2011 on the label Hachama.

  7. Japanese wordplay - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese, each digit/number has at least one native Japanese (), Sino-Japanese (), and English-origin reading.Furthermore, variants of readings may be produced through abbreviation (i.e. rendering ichi as i), consonant voicing (i.e sa as za; see Dakuten and handakuten), gemination (i.e. roku as rokku; see sokuon), vowel lengthening (i.e. ni as nii; see chōonpu), or the insertion of the ...

  8. Uchōten Love - Wikipedia

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    "Uchōten Love" (有頂天LOVE, Uchōten Rabu) is the 6th major single by the Japanese girl idol group S/mileage. It was released in Japan on August 3, 2011 on the label Hachama. The physical CD single debuted at number 4 in the Oricon daily singles chart. In the Oricon weekly chart, it debuted at number 5. [1]

  9. Ye (kana) - Wikipedia

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    In the Edo period and the Meiji period, some Japanese linguists tried to separate kana e and kana ye again. The shapes of characters differed with each linguist. 𛀁 and 𛄡 were just two of many shapes. They were phonetic symbols to fill in the blanks of gojuon table. Japanese people didn't separate them in normal writing.