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  2. List of English words of Malay origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of loanwords in English language, that were borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from Malay language.Many of the words are decisively Malay or shared with other Malayic languages group, while others obviously entered Malay both from related Austronesian languages and unrelated languages of India and China.

  3. Hanakotoba - Wikipedia

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  4. Names of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Malay and Indonesian words Jepang, Jipang, and Jepun were borrowed from non-Mandarin Chinese languages, and this Malay word was encountered by Portuguese traders in Malacca in the 16th century. It is thought the Portuguese traders were the first to bring the word to Europe. It was first recorded in English in 1577 spelled Giapan.

  5. Flora of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.

  6. Housing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Danchi (団地, lit. "group land") is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by a government authority.

  7. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    The Malay language has many loanwords from Sanskrit, Persian, Tamil, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, Dutch, Siam (Old Thailand), Korean, Deutsch and Chinese languages such ...

  8. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    すべて Subete の no 人間 ningen は、 wa, 生まれながら umarenagara に ni して shite 自由 jiyū で de あり、 ari, かつ、 katsu, 尊厳 songen と to 権利 kenri と to に ni ついて tsuite 平等 byōdō で de ある。 aru. 人間 Ningen は、 wa, 理性 risei と to 良心 ryōshin と to を o 授けられて sazukerarete おり、 ori, 互い tagai に ni ...

  9. Hakkō ichiu - Wikipedia

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    10-sen Japanese banknote, illustrating the hakkō ichiu monument in Miyazaki, first issued in 1944. Hakkō ichiu (八紘一宇, "eight crown cords, one roof", i.e. "all the world under one roof") or hakkō iu (Shinjitai: 八紘為宇, 八紘爲宇) was a Japanese political slogan meaning the divine right of the Empire of Japan to "unify the eight corners of the world."