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Yamato-damashii, the Glossary

or is a Japanese language term for the cultural values and characteristics of the Japanese people.^[1]

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Cultural history of Japan
Japanese aesthetics
Japanese values
Yamato people

Akazome Emon

was a Japanese waka poet and early historian who lived in the mid-Heian period.

is a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle, formalized in the Edo period (1603–1868). Yamato-damashii and Bushido are Japanese aesthetics, Japanese values and Japanese words and phrases.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chinese character radicals

A radical, or indexing component, is a visually prominent component of a Chinese character under which the character is traditionally listed in a Chinese dictionary.

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Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture.

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Chinese culture

Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Chosen people

Throughout history, various groups of people have considered themselves to be the chosen people of a deity, for a particular purpose.

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Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from.

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Compound (linguistics)

In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem.

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Daijirin

is a comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by, and first published by in 1988.

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Daijisen

The is a general-purpose Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan in 1995 and 1998.

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Dianthus superbus

Dianthus superbus, the fringed pink or large pink, is a species of Dianthus native to Europe and northern Asia, from France north to arctic Norway, and east to Japan; in the south of its range, it occurs at high altitudes, up to 2,400 m.Den Virtuella Floran: Flora Europaea: Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Edward Seidensticker

Edward George Seidensticker (February 11, 1921 – August 26, 2007) was a noted post-World War II American scholar, historian, and preeminent translator of classical and contemporary Japanese literature.

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Emperor Jimmu

was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the and.

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Emperor Toba

was the 74th Emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Endonym and exonym

An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.

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Enson Inoue

Enson Shoji Inoue (born April 15, 1967) is a Japanese-American jiu-jitsu practitioner and retired professional mixed martial artist.

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Ethnic nationalism in Japan

or minzoku nationalism means nationalism that emerges from Japan's dominant Yamato people or ethnic minorities. Yamato-damashii and ethnic nationalism in Japan are Japanese nationalism.

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First Sino-Japanese War

The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) or the First China–Japan War was a conflict between the Qing dynasty and the Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Korea. Yamato-damashii and First Sino-Japanese War are Empire of Japan.

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Geist

Geist is a German noun with a significant degree of importance in German philosophy.

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Gesaku

is an alternative style, genre, or school of Japanese literature.

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Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese

Some historical Chinese characters for non-Han peoples were graphically pejorative ethnic slurs, where the racial insult derived not from the Chinese word but from the character used to write it.

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Gukanshō

is a historical and literary work about the history of Japan.

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Han dynasty

The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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Historical kana orthography

The, or, refers to the in general use until orthographic reforms after World War II; the current orthography was adopted by Cabinet order in 1946. Yamato-damashii and Historical kana orthography are Empire of Japan.

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Hun and po

Hun and po are types of souls in Chinese philosophy and traditional religion.

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Japanese dictionary

have a history that began over 1300 years ago when Japanese Buddhist priests, who wanted to understand Chinese sutras, adapted Chinese character dictionaries.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Japanese literature

Japanese literature throughout most of its history has been influenced by cultural contact with neighboring Asian literatures, most notably China and its literature.

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Japanese nationalism

is a form of nationalism that asserts the belief that the Japanese are a monolithic nation with a single immutable culture, and promotes the cultural unity of the Japanese. Yamato-damashii and Japanese nationalism are Empire of Japan.

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Japanese people

are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago.

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Kamakura period

The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.

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Kana

are syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae.

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Kanji

are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.

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Kōjien

is a single-volume Japanese dictionary first published by Iwanami Shoten in 1955.

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Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary

First published in 1918, has long been the largest and most authoritative Japanese-English dictionary.

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Konjaku Monogatarishū

, also known as the, is a Japanese collection of over one thousand tales written during the late Heian period (794–1185).

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Kotodama

refers to the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names. Yamato-damashii and Kotodama are Japanese words and phrases.

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Kun'yomi

, is a reading based on the pronunciation of a native Japanese word, or yamato kotoba, that closely approximated the meaning of the corresponding Chinese character when it was introduced.

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Lafcadio Hearn

, born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Patríkios Lefkádios Chérn), was a Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West.

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Lexicography

Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines.

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List of ethnic slurs

The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnic, national, or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or otherwise insulting manner.

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Magic word

Magic words are phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians.

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Magokoro

, (まごころ) also sometimes archaically rendered as without the "impurity" of rendaku, is a principle known in Japanese kokugaku related in particular to the origin of the country, the. Yamato-damashii and Magokoro are cultural history of Japan, Empire of Japan, Japanese values, Japanese words and phrases and yamato people.

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Manifest destiny

Manifest destiny was a phrase that represented the belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America, and that this belief was both obvious ("manifest") and certain ("destiny").

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Meiji Restoration

The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Militarization

Militarization, or militarisation, is the process by which a society organizes itself for military conflict and violence.

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Minamoto no Tametomo

, also known as, was a samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.

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Modern kana usage

is the present official kanazukai (system of spelling the Japanese syllabary).

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Modernization theory

Modernization theory holds that as societies become more economically modernized, wealthier and more educated, their political institutions become increasingly liberal democratic.

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Motoori Norinaga

was a Japanese scholar of active during the Edo period.

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Murasaki Shikibu

was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794.

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Nara Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.

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Nihongo Daijiten

The is a color-illustrated Japanese dictionary edited by Tadao Umesao and published by Kodansha in 1989 and 1995 (2nd edition).

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Nihonjinron

Nihonjinron (日本人論: treatises on Japaneseness) is a genre of historical and literary work that focuses on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity. Yamato-damashii and Nihonjinron are Japanese nationalism.

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On'yomi

, or the Sino-Japanese reading, is the reading of a kanji based on the historical Chinese pronunciation of the character.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Phonetics

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds or, in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign.

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Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.

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Rendaku

is a phenomenon in Japanese morphophonology that governs the voicing of the initial consonant of a non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word.

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Roy Andrew Miller

Roy Andrew Miller (September 5, 1924 – August 22, 2014) was an American linguist best known as the author of several books on Japanese language and linguistics, and for his advocacy of Korean and Japanese as members of the proposed Altaic language family.

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Russian soul

The term "Russian soul" (русская душа) has been used in literature in reference to the uniqueness of the Russian national identity.

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Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.

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Samurai

were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.

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Semantic equivalence (linguistics)

In semantics, the best-known types of semantic equivalence are dynamic equivalence and formal equivalence (two terms coined by Eugene Nida), which employ translation approaches that focus, respectively, on conveying the meaning of the source text; and that lend greater importance to preserving, in the translation, the literal structure of the source text.

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Seppuku

, also called, is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. Yamato-damashii and Seppuku are Japanese words and phrases.

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Shinto

Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.

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Sugawara no Michizane

was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian period of Japan.

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Takizawa Bakin

(italic), a.k.a. (italic, 4 July 1767 – 1 December 1848), was a Japanese novelist of the Edo period.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.

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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (AHD) is a dictionary of American English published by HarperCollins.

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The Tale of Genji

, also known as Genji Monogatari is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century.

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Variant Chinese characters

Chinese characters may have several variant forms—visually distinct glyphs that represent the same underlying meaning and pronunciation.

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Voice (phonetics)

Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).

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Wa (Japan)

Wa is the oldest attested name of Japan and ethnonym of the Japanese people.

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Waka (poetry)

is a type of poetry in classical Japanese literature.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yamato nadeshiko

Yamato nadeshiko (やまとなでしこ or 大和撫子) is a Japanese term meaning the "personification of an idealized Japanese woman.". Yamato-damashii and Yamato nadeshiko are Japanese aesthetics, Japanese values and Japanese words and phrases.

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Yamato people

The or the David Blake Willis and Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu:, p. 272: "Wajin," which is written with Chinese characters that can also be read "Yamato no hito" (Yamato person).

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Yamato period

The is the period of Japanese history when the Imperial court ruled from modern-day Nara Prefecture, then known as Yamato Province.

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Yamato Province

was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū.

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Yamato-e

is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Tang dynasty paintings and fully developed by the late Heian period.

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Yankee ingenuity

Yankee ingenuity is an American English idiom in reference to the inventiveness, rugged expertise, self-reliance and individual enterprise associated with the Yankees, who originated in New England and developed much of the industrial revolution in the United States after 1800.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamato-damashii

Also known as Yamato Damaishii, Yamato Damashi, Yamato Damashii, Yamato Spirit, Yamato-gokoro, Yamatodamashii, .

, Militarization, Minamoto no Tametomo, Mixed martial arts, Modern kana usage, Modernization theory, Motoori Norinaga, Murasaki Shikibu, Nara period, Nara Prefecture, Nihongo Daijiten, Nihonjinron, On'yomi, Oxford English Dictionary, Phonetics, Prefix, Rendaku, Roy Andrew Miller, Russian soul, Russo-Japanese War, Samurai, Semantic equivalence (linguistics), Seppuku, Shinto, Sugawara no Michizane, Takizawa Bakin, Tang dynasty, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, The Tale of Genji, Variant Chinese characters, Voice (phonetics), Wa (Japan), Waka (poetry), World War II, Yamato nadeshiko, Yamato people, Yamato period, Yamato Province, Yamato-e, Yankee ingenuity.

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See also

Cultural history of Japan

Japanese aesthetics

Japanese values

Yamato people

References