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Ie (家) is a Japanese term which translates directly to household. It can mean either a physical home or refer to a family's lineage. It is popularly used as the "traditional" family structure. The physical definition of an ie consists of an estate that includes a house, rice paddies and vegetable gardens, and its own section in the local ...
Uchi–soto is the distinction between in-groups (内, uchi, "inside") and out-groups (外, soto, "outside"). [1] This distinction between groups is a fundamental part of Japanese social custom and sociolinguistics and is even directly reflected in the Japanese language itself.
Uchi (here, the contemporary family) were considered the living members of an ie, which had no formal existence. Yet, in each generation, there occurred a sorting of members into permanent and temporary members, defining different levels of uchi. Various family life-styles exist side by side in contemporary Japan.
The following is a list of alumni of Uchi and Uchiko who are currently operating their own restaurants or running kitchens: Blake Aguillard (chef-owner, Saint-Germain in New Orleans) Take Asazu ...
Uchi Kuro Bushi In the depression of the lower border of the medial malleolus or one cun (inch) below the medial malleolus. Just below and slightly to the front of the knobby protruding of bone on the in side of the ankle of the right leg.
Shuto Sakotsu Uchi (knife-hand strike to clavicle) Shuto Hizo Uchi (knife-hand strike to spleen) Shuto Jodan Uchi (inside knife-hand to neck) Sokumen Empi Uchi: Augmented elbow strike (e.g. in the kata, Tekki shodan) Tate Zuki: Half reverse punch, with a vertical fist; Amuba Tsukami: Arm-Bar hold; Teisho Furi Uchi: Sideways palm-heel strike
However, as particles in Japanese directly modify the preceding noun, some Japanese language courses call this the "goal of movement" usage because it marks the goal of the movement. For example, in the sentence 私はうちに帰ります (Watashi wa uchi ni kaerimasu or "I'm going back home") the goal of the movement is home (uchi ni).
A palm-strike. Open-hand strikes include various techniques used in the martial arts to attack or defend without curling the hand into a fist. The most famous of these techniques is probably the so-called "karate chop", which is also described as a knife-hand strike (shuto uchi) although there are many other techniques.