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  2. Momme (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The latter term for Momme refers to when it was used as a unit of currency during the Edo period in the form of silver coins. [2] [3] As a term, the word "Momme" and its symbol "匁" are unique to Japan. [2] [4] The Chinese equivalent to Momme is qián (Chinese: 錢), which is also a generic word for "money".

  3. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]

  4. Kansai dialect - Wikipedia

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    Ya originated from ja (a variation of dearu) in late Edo period and is still commonly used in other parts of western Japan like Hiroshima, and is also used stereotypically by old men in fiction. Ya and ja are used only informally, analogically to the standard da , while the standard desu is by and large used for the polite (teineigo) copula.

  5. Rōnin - Wikipedia

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    The criminal segment gave the rōnin of the Edo period a persistent reputation of disgrace, with an image of thugs, bullies, cutthroats, and wandering vagrants. [2] After the abolition of the Samurai, some of the ronin continued with their thuggery and their mercenary work and activities, such as participating in the infamous assassination of ...

  6. Tansu - Wikipedia

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    Edo citizens trying to escape advancing flames with their chests on wheels during the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. Woodblock print taken from the Musashi Abumi published in 1661. Merchant's house from the Edo to Meiji periods. During the Edo period (1603–1867), the type of tansu a person owned and used was largely determined by social class.

  7. Line breaking rules in East Asian languages - Wikipedia

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    The line breaking rules in East Asian languages specify how to wrap East Asian Language text such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.Certain characters in those languages should not come at the end of a line, certain characters should not come at the start of a line, and some characters should never be split up across two lines.

  8. Kimigayo - Wikipedia

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    In the Kamakura period, "Kimigayo" was used as a festive song among samurai, and then became popular among the people in the Edo period. In the later part of the Edo period, "Kimigayo" was used in the Ōoku (harem of Edo Castle , current Tokyo Imperial Palace ) and Satsuma-han (current Kagoshima Prefecture ) as a common festive new year song.

  9. Kuge - Wikipedia

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    The kuge (公家) was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto. [1] The kuge were important from the establishment of Kyoto as the capital during the Heian period in the late 8th century until the rise of the Kamakura shogunate in the 12th century, at which point it was eclipsed by the bushi.