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  2. 1998 Winter Olympics closing ceremony - Wikipedia

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    NAOC Vice President Goro Yoshimura delivered a farewell speech in Japanese, thanked everyone. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch delivered a speech in French, and English, and congratulations to the athletes, the 7 International Olympic Winter Sports Federations, under 72 National Olympic Committee that participated in this Games.

  3. Genkō yōshi - Wikipedia

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    However, when writing quoted text such as direct speech, the opening quotation mark (﹁ or ﹃ in vertical writing) is placed in the first square of the column. Like printed vertical Japanese, full stops, commas, and small kana are placed in the top right corner of their own square. In Chinese, they are placed in the middle of the square.

  4. Template:Japanese writing/doc - Wikipedia

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    This is a documentation subpage for Template:Japanese writing. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. This template uses TemplateStyles :

  5. Template:Nihongo - Wikipedia

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    This template is used to display Japanese text, applying the correct code and formatting. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status English text 1 The word as translated into English. Note this will sometimes be the actual Japanese word if it has been adopted into English. String optional Kanji/kana text 2 ...

  6. Template:Japanese writing - Wikipedia

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    Template:Japanese writing/styles.css; Usage. Articles that include this template will appear in Category:Japanese writing system. See also Category:Japanese writing ...

  7. Honorific speech in Japanese - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese language has a system of honorific speech, referred to as keigo (Japanese: 敬 ( けい ) 語 ( ご ), literally "respectful language"), parts of speech one function of which is to show that the speaker wants to convey respect for either the listener or someone mentioned in the utterance. Their use is widely seen in a ...

  8. Kenzaburō Ōe - Wikipedia

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    Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎, Ōe Kenzaburō, 31 January 1935 – 3 March 2023) was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory , deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including ...

  9. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.