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Japanese
Japanese , language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and Brazil. Japanese appears to be unrelated to any other language; however, ... Read more
Japanese literature
Japanese literature literary works produced in the language of the islands of Japan . See also Asian drama . Earliest Writings Although Japanese and Chinese are different languages, the Japanese borrowed and adapted Chinese ideographs early in the 8th cent. in order to render the... Read more
Japanese beetle
Japanese beetle common name for a destructive beetle, Popillia japonica, of the scarab beetle family. Accidentally imported to the United States from Japan, it was first discovered in New Jersey in 1916 and is now widespread in the northeastern states, where it is a serious pest of lawns, orcha... Read more
Japanese architecture
Japanese architecture structures created on the islands that constitute Japan. Evidence of prehistoric architecture in Japan has survived in the form of models of terra-cotta houses buried in tombs and by remains of pit houses of the Jomon, the neolithic people of Japan. Religious Architectur... Read more
Japanese art
Japanese art works of art created in the islands that make up the nation of Japan. Early Works The earliest art of Japan, probably dating from the 3d and 2d millennia BC, consisted of monochrome pottery with cord-impressed designs ( Jomon ), also the name for the early period of Japanese ... Read more
Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War 1904-5, imperialistic conflict that grew out of the rival designs of Russia and Japan on Manchuria and Korea . Russian failure to withdraw from Manchuria and Russian penetration into N Korea were countered by Japanese attempts to negotiate a division of the area into spheres o... Read more
Second Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-45, conflict between Japanese and Chinese forces for control of the Chinese mainland. The war sapped the Nationalist government's strength while allowing the Communists to gain control over large areas through organization of guerrilla units. Thus, it was an important ... Read more
First Sino-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War 1894-95, conflict between China and Japan for control of Korea in the late 19th cent. The Li-lto Convention of 1885 provided for mutual troop withdrawals and advance notification of any new troop movements into Korea. Accordingly, when a Korean revolt erupted in 1894, both c... Read more
Yone Noguchi
Yone Noguchi (Yonejiro Noguchi) , Japanese poet and critic of Japanese art and poetry. Noguchi traveled and lectured in the United States and England, and later taught English literature at Keio Univ. in Tokyo. Writing in English as well as Japanese, he helped to stimulated Western interest in man... Read more
Yosai
Yosai (Kikuchi Yosai) , 1788-1878, Japanese painter, known for his depiction of historical subject matter. Although he was well trained in the Chinese and Western painting styles, he advocated a revival of the medieval style of Japanese painting. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Japanese"

Japanese American Evacuation Cases
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law JAPANESE AMERICAN EVACUATION CASES In the midst...1942 to 1944, the U.S. Army evacuated Japanese Americans living on the West Coast from...evacuate both citizens and noncitizens of Japanese ancestry, and its actions were supported...
Japanese Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Japanese Americans There may well be no other group...States. Like other immigrant groups, Japanese Americans ( Nikkei ) embody the struggles...in the United States, the attempts of Japanese Americans to take advantage of what American...
Japanese-Americans
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Japanese-Americans. The war led to profound changes in the status of Japanese-Americans in the USA. For members of the American...test of the assimilationist aspirations that led Japanese-Americans to believe that they could gain acceptance...
Japanese Management
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Management Japanese Management JAPANESE KEIRETSU The Japanese have had a phenomenal impact on world markets. Many industries, such as electronics, cameras, watches, motorcycles, machine tools, automotive products, shipbuilding, and even some aspects...
Japanese–Soviet campaigns and relations, 1939–45
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Japanese–Soviet campaigns and relations...Soviet bombing raids on Manchukuo, and Japanese air attacks on Mongolia which were not...Contemporary History , 18, 1983). On 2 July Japanese infantry of the Kwantung Army crossed...
Incarceration, Japanese American
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Incarceration, Japanese American SOME LEAVE CAMPS: “ DISLOYALS...TULE LAKE From 1885 to 1924 approximately 200,000 Japanese immigrated to Hawaii, and 180,000 Japanese immigrated to the mainland United States. This first...
Japanese
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Japanese , language of uncertain origin that is...Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and Brazil. Japanese appears to be unrelated to any other language...
Second Sino-Japanese War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-45, conflict between Japanese and Chinese forces for control of the Chinese mainland...Following the Manchurian Incident (Sept., 1931), the Japanese Kwantung army occupied Manchuria and established the...
Incarceration of Japanese Americans
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Incarceration of Japanese Americans. The forced removal from...Summer of 1942 of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans, more than two‐...immigrating to the United States. When Japanese military forces attacked Pearl Harbor...
Japanese‐American Internment Cases
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Japanese‐American Internment Cases. During World War II, the...ratified by Congress a month later), ordered nearly 120,000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans from the West Coast where the majority of them lived...

Dictionary entries related to "Japanese"

Japanese Philosophy, Japanese Thought
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY, JAPANESE THOUGHT. To write about Japanese intellectual history is to take part in the lasting Japanese scholarly tradition of recalling the past in order to make sense out of the present, that is, the writing of Japanese...
Japanese Americans
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History JAPANESE AMERICANS JAPANESE AMERICANS have contributed significantly to the political strength...group, the most obvious distinction being between those from the Japanese home islands and those from Okinawa, which was an independent kingdom...
Japanese American Incarceration
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION. In the spring and summer of 1942...matter of military necessity, incarcerated virtually the entire Japanese American population of the West Coast states. All told, more...
Japanese religion
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Japanese religion. A brocade of religious traditions...original strands and added strands in Japanese religious history, none discarded, always...intertwine and permeate each other, and Japanese people typically participate at different...
Sino-Japanese War
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) Although the Japanese had occupied Manchuria since 1931 and created the colony...with the Communists and form a United Front against the Japanese. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937 provided the...
Japanese American Internment
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Japanese American Internment the forced relocation of Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans in the United States to camps during World War II . On February 19, 1942, the U.S. Army, acting under an order signed by President Franklin D...
The Japanese Internment Camps (1942)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS (1942) In 1942, President...9066 which forced upwards of 110,000 Japanese-Americans to relocate to a number of...concentration camps, on the West Coast. These Japanese-Americans, a majority being American...
Russo-Japanese War
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) An important...control of Manchuria and Korea. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on Russian...from Manchuria. Port Arthur fell to the Japanese, as did Mukden, the capital of Manchuria...
Japanese Cherry Trees
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History Japanese Cherry Trees JAPANESE CHERRY TREES, in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., attract...first two were planted by then first lady Helen Taft and the wife of Japanese ambassador Count Sutemi Chinda on 27 March 1912. BIBLIOGRAPHY Jefferson...
Imperial Japanese Navy
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Imperial Japanese Navy IJN a formidable well-trained...supported the military expansion of the Japanese Empire in Asia and the Pacific during...following month at Midway , the Imperial Japanese Navy, hampered by a lack of oil reserves...

Thesaurus entries related to "Japanese"

preference
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...choice, selection; informal cup of tea, thing, druthers.   3. preference will be given to applicants speaking Japanese synonyms : priority, favor, precedence, preferential treatment. phrase: in preference to  the thief chose their...
lamp
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...strobe light, arc lamp; fluorescent lamp, track lights; lava lamp; sunlamp; flashlight; streetlight, streetlamp; Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern; storm lantern, hurricane lamp, oil lamp, kerosene lamp; trademark Coleman lamp.
obliterate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...blot out, rub out, block out, remove all traces of.   2. I want to see the super-turtle obliterate an entire Japanese district in under a minute synonyms : destroy, wipe out, annihilate, demolish, eliminate, decimate, liquidate, wipe...
formal
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...performed according to set rules, but ceremonious suggests a less negative and more ritualized approach to formality (the Japanese woman could not have been more ceremonious than when she was carrying out the ceremonial serving of tea).
citizen
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus citizen • noun   1. a Japanese citizen synonyms : national, subject, passport holder, native.   2. the citizens of Amsterdam synonyms : inhabitant, resident, native, townsman, townswoman, townsperson, denizen; taxpayer; burgher.
conclave
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus conclave • noun  a conclave of American and Japanese business leaders synonyms : (private) meeting, gathering, assembly, conference, council, summit; informal parley, powwow, get-together.
insect
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...glowworm gnat Goliath beetle grasshopper greenbottle harvester ant Hercules beetle honeybee hornet horsefly housefly ichneumon Japanese beetle June bug katydid ladybug leafcutter leafhopper lightning bug locust louse mayfly mealy bug Mexican bean beetle mosquito...
spherical
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus spherical • adjective  a spherical Japanese lantern synonyms : round, globular, globose, globoid, globe-shaped, spheroidal, spheric. See note at round.
version
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...story, rendering, interpretation, explanation, understanding, reading, impression, side, take.   2. the Japanese version will be published next year synonyms : edition, translation, impression.   3. they replaced coal-burning...
interment
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...will take place just after the funeral service ). Internment = detention, esp. of aliens in wartime ( the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II ). Interment is sometimes, especially in obituaries, confounded with internment —...

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Japanese retrench as Eighties California buying spree ends; foreign investment: number of real estate deals hits zero.
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 2/15/1993; ; 700+ words ; The Japanese "Buy America" spree has turned into a bust, with Japanese acquisition of U.S. companies plunging by 50 percent...in the bad news is that California led in terms of Japanese deal making -- such as it was. "The Japanese were...
JAPANESE 1991 INVESTMENT IN U.S. REAL ESTATE PLUMMETS TO $5 BILLION, LEVENTHAL STUDY SHOWS
PR Newswire; 2/20/1992; 700+ words ; JAPANESE 1991 INVESTMENT IN U.S. REAL ESTATE...CHICAGO, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Japanese government's lending restrictions...faltering U.S. real estate market have held Japanese investment to only $5 billion in U...
Japanese relationships in White Australia: the Sydney experience to 1941.(social relationships between Japanese and Australians)
Magazine article from: History Australia; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Japanese people enjoyed good relations with White...These positive relations continued as Japanese immigrated to Australia under the exemptions...1940. This article examines the Sydney Japanese network and its interrelationships with...
Can Japanese Equivalent of 'Yon-sama' Emerge in S. Korea?
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 12/30/2004; 700+ words ; ...TV star Bae Yong-joon, hundreds of Japanese fans, mainly middle-aged women, turned...heartthrob, nicknamed "Yon-sama" in Japanese, showed up at a ribbon-cutting ceremony...One might ask, then, why there is no Japanese equivalent of Bae in South Korea. The...
Japanese steel producers to become first and only steel multinationals, according to Salomon Brothers Stock Research Analysts.
PR Newswire; 3/6/1989; 700+ words ; JAPANESE STEEL PRODUCERS TO BECOME FIRST AND ONLY...RESEARCH ANALYSTS NEW YORK, March 6 -- Japanese steel producers, in joint ventures in...Brothers, Tokyo. In their report, entitled Japanese/U.S. Steel Joint Ventures -- Analysis...
Japanese Immigrants and their Christian Communities in North America: A Case Study of the Fukuinkai, 1877-1896
Magazine article from: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; On 6 October 1877, several Japanese Christian students living in San Francisco...being the first organization established by Japanese in the United States, it was regarded as a "Japanese student's cradle society," which provided...
Japanese spoken here. (investment in Britain)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/14/1991; 700+ words ; ...television production in south Wales. Japanese companies like Nissan and Sony, the...recession-as too have many other, smaller Japanese firms. The total inflow of direct investments in Britain by Japanese business rose from $3.9 billion in...
Japanese credit crunch stalls two local resorts. (Ritz-Carlton Hotel; Four Seasons Aviara Resort)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 4/15/1991; ; 700+ words ; Japanese credit crunch stalls two local resorts A Japanese lending crunch has stalled work on the $65 million Ritz...million. Both projects are now idling as they wait for Japanese construction loans. Meanwhile, two other local resorts...
Japanese consulate survey: Japanese direct investment in the Midwest increased in 1990.
PR Newswire; 1/16/1991; 700+ words ; JAPANESE CONSULATE SURVEY: JAPANESE DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE MIDWEST INCREASED IN 1990 CHICAGO, Jan...Japan at Chicago today announced the results of its 1990 survey of Japanese businesses in the Midwest. Conducted in October of last year...
Japanese economic activities in Sabah from the 1890s until 1941.
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...but neglect the contributions of the Japanese, who have played a major part in the...the Philippines after 1900 forced the Japanese government to give serious consideration to Sabah as a potential destination for Japanese settlers. Japan sent its Consul in Batavia...