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  2. Japanese wordplay - Wikipedia

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    39 can be read as "san-kyū", referring to "thank you" in English. 44 can be read as "yo-yo" and is thus a common slang term in the international competitive yo-yo community, which has a strong Japanese presence. 56, read as "ko-ro", is used in 56す, an alternate spelling of the verb "korosu" (殺す, to kill) used on the internet to avoid ...

  3. Kansai dialect - Wikipedia

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    Thus, for the verb 言う /iu, juː/ ("to say"), the past tense in standard Japanese 言った /iQta/ ("said") becomes 言うた /juːta/ in Kansai dialect. This particular verb is a dead giveaway of a native Kansai speaker, as most will unconsciously say 言うて /juːte/ instead of 言って /iQte/ or /juQte/ even if well-practiced at ...

  4. Response to sneezing - Wikipedia

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    Thank you "Thank you" Slovak: Na zdravie "To your health" Ďakujem "Thank you" Slovenian: Na zdravje, Res je, or the old-fashioned Bog pomagaj "To your health", "it is true", or "God help to you". Folk belief has it that a sneeze, which is involuntary, proves the truth of whatever was said just prior to it. Hvala "Thank you" Spanish

  5. Bowing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese word お辞儀 (ojigi) was derived from the homophone お時宜, which originally meant "the opportune timing to do something". It did not start to denote specifically the act of bowing in the contemporary sense until late Edo period (1603–1868), when samurai bowing etiquette had spread to the common populace.

  6. Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin - Wikipedia

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    It is often suggested that the Japanese word arigatō derives from the Portuguese obrigado, both of which mean "Thank you", but evidence indicates arigatō has a purely Japanese origin, [22] so these two words are false cognates. Arigatō is an "u"-sound change of arigataku. [23]

  7. JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg’s online trolling does ‘more ...

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    Thank you Elon!! For letting China eat out your a– while you p–s on the constitution. ... Schlossberg studied Japanese history at Yale. AFP via Getty Images. Observers say the family have ...

  8. Etiquette in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Bowing Bowing in the tatami room. Bowing (お辞儀, o-jigi) is probably the feature of Japanese etiquette that is best known outside Japan. Bowing is extremely important: although children normally begin learning how to bow at a very young age, companies commonly train their employees precisely how they are to bow.

  9. 35 of the very best gifts for coffee lovers that they'll ...

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    It’s made by a one-time Japanese baker who designed it using unsold bread from bakeries in Kobe. I've owned one of these cute lamps for years, and it's still one of the best joy triggers in my home.