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  2. Japanese profanity - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese culture, social hierarchy plays a significant role in the way someone speaks to the various people they interact with on a day-to-day basis. [5] Choice on level of speech, politeness, body language and appropriate content is assessed on a situational basis, [6] and intentional misuse of these social cues can be offensive to the listener in conversation.

  3. Kiseru - Wikipedia

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    A man smoking a kiseru. Illustration of the cover of the novel Komon gawa ("Elegant chats on fabric design") by Santō Kyōden, 1790.. There are two main types of kiseru; rau kiseru, which are made of three parts; the mouthpiece (吸口, suikuchi), stem (羅宇, rau), and shank (雁首, gankubi), and nobe kiseru, which are made with a single piece of metal.

  4. Category:Lists of Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    List of shoguns; List of Japanese spies, 1930–1945; List of spouses of prime ministers of Japan; List of people on the postage stamps of Japan; Japanese students in the United Kingdom; List of Japanese supercentenarians

  5. Category:Profanity - Wikipedia

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    العربية; বাংলা; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Чӑвашла; Čeština; Dansk; Deutsch; Español; Esperanto; Euskara; فارسی

  6. Talk:Japanese profanity - Wikipedia

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    Japan portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Japan , a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Japan -related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate , please visit the project page , where you can join the project, participate in relevant discussions , and see lists of open tasks .

  7. Seppuku - Wikipedia

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    Obata was posthumously promoted to the rank of general. Many other high-ranking military officials of Imperial Japan would go on to commit seppuku toward the latter half of World War II in 1944 and 1945, [40] [31] as the tide of the war turned against the Japanese, and it became clear that a Japanese victory of the war was not achievable. [41 ...

  8. Jōhatsu - Wikipedia

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    It has been theorized that Japan's harsh work culture in combination with the lack of familial and community support has contributed to the prevalence of jōhatsu in Japan. Furthermore, quitting a company is seen as shameful in Japanese culture. Suicide, working to death , and becoming jōhatsu are thus potential outcomes. It can also spare the ...

  9. List of Japanese people - Wikipedia

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    (Birth–Death) Took Office Left Office Days Gen. Coun. 33 Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 Katayama Tetsu (1887–1978) Rep for Kanagawa 3rd: 24 May 1947 10 March 1948 291 JSP Nihon Shakaitō: 46. Katayama JSP–DP–PCP: 1947: 1947 [203] Under Allied Occupation. The first Prime Minister and the first socialist to serve as Prime Minister of Japan.