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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. The archipelago has 6,852 islands, the four biggest of which are Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido and Honshu. It has a total area of 145,925 sq mi and an estimated population of 127.4 million as of 2010.
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How many years do children in japan go to school for?
Japan has a mandatory education that lasts through middle school. This breaks down into 9 years of mandatory education with 6 years in primary school and an additional 3 in middle school. Most Japanese students do however go to High School which is an additional 3 years meaning the average Japanese citizen has more likely than not gone through at least 12 years of education.
How can you say Lets drinks in Japanese?
pan, (pahn) written in katakana because it is borrowed from Portuguese
What types of jobs do people in Japan usually have?
A lot of men work in factories that build a kind of things. Men will also work as a cop, fire men, paramedic, doctor, nurse, or just have an office job. Women tend to work as a waitress, secretaries, cashier, and a teacher.
How long is the school year in japan?
In Japan, the academic school year consists of students attending classes for 220 out of 365 days in the year; this is further broken down into a trimester schedule, meaning the school year is broken into 3 semesters.
The school day generally begins around 8AM and concludes around 3PM; although, many students are involved with school clubs and sports, so this time is lengthened.
The first semester/term is from the first of April till mid July; this is followed by a summer break lasting anywhere from 1-2 months.
The second semester is from early September till near the end of December; this is followed by a winter break till the end of the year.
The third semester is from the beginning of January till sometime in early March; this is followed by a short spring break consisting of a few weeks.
Graduation ceremony takes place in March while the enrollment ceremony occurs in early April.
This schedule varies from grade school to university, as some universities vary when they accept and graduate, as well as when they take breaks between semesters.
Students in Japan go to school 240 days a year. This has lead to overly stressed students and an increase in bullying and suicide. Japan's government has been trying to soothe this academic nightmare, but only slowly as I understand it. :)
What is a school day like in Japan?
students may leave their home around5 or 6 in the morning and ride the triain for an hour or so depending on how far they live and enter school. the classrooms are rather small. when the teacher enters the room all the students rise and bow to their teacher to show respect. The day is filled with complex studies on class is English. after school (students eat lunch in the cafeteria) students are in assigned groups that receive chores to clean the room or bathrooms. there are after school activites and clubs. Often a student is in some study group that goes until 7 at night.
What religion do they practice in Japan?
the major two religions in Japan are Shinto and Bhuddism.
Shinto is a polytheistic relision origined in Japan, and Bhuddism came through China in CE 593. Many Japanese don't have any specific faith, but it doesn't mean they don't belive in the God.
What is the literacy rate of Japan?
In 2008 this was the literacy (sorry i cant find 2010)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%
Hope this helps ^^
How do you write i will go to japan in Japanese?
私わ日本に行く
watashi WA nippon ni iku
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nihon, not nippon.
No one ever says "nippon" in spoken japanese, ever, unless they're doing it in a sarcastic way (or are super right-wing), as it carries extremely right wing and imperialistic connotations. It would be kind like saying "these united states of America, one nation under god, forever" every time you would normally say the word "america".
What does anata no nihongo jozu desu ne mean?
This can be translated as "Your Japanese is very good," or "You speak Japanese very well".
How much money does Japan spend on education?
about 139 billion in 2001. so they probably spend about 139 billion and between 200 billion.
To count to 5 in Japanese: Ichi (1), Ni (2), San (3), Chi (4), and Go (5). (I also know that "roku" is 7 and "gu" is 10.)
I also know that "baka" means stupid, "arigato" means thank you, and "domo arigato atashimas" means thank you very much.
You may say, 'kyou wa nanyoubi desu ka,' written in Japanese as: 今日は何曜日ですか。
What is japan in the Japanese alphabet?
Japanese doesn't have an alphabet; it has 3 writing systems that aren't alphabetic:
- Hiragana (syllable writing, used for writing Japanese-unique words, particles, etc...)
- Katakana (syllable writing, used to write foreign words)
- Kanji (Chinese characters)
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Hiragana and Katakana Syllables
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A - あ ア
I - い イ
U - う ウ
E - え エ
O - お オ
KA - か カ
KI - き キ
KU - く ク
KE - け ケ
KO - こ コ
SA - さ サ
SHI - し シ
SU - す ス
SE - せ セ
SO - そ ソ
TA - た タ
CHI - ち チ
TSU - つ ツ
TE - て テ
TO - と ト
NA - な ナ
NI - に ニ
NU - ぬ ヌ
NE - ね ネ
NO - の ノ
HA - は ハ
HI - ひ ヒ
FU - ふ フ
HE - へ ヘ (same characters)
HO - ほ ホ
MA - ま マ
MI - み ミ
MU - む ム
ME - め メ
MO - も モ
YA - や ヤ
YU - ゆ ユ
YO - よ ヨ
RA - ら ラ
RI - り リ
RU - る ル
RE - れ レ
RO - ろ ロ
WA - わ ワ
WO - を ヲ
N - ん ン
The first word indicates that this is a conversation between males who know each other well (it is therefore informal language).
Kimi = you
no = genitive
kao = face, expression, facial appearance
wa = as for
Nippon-jin = a historic term for Japanese person, not used today
mitai = looks like
dayone = (not a Japanese word).
Itsuka = 5 days, 5th day of month (should be itsu ka = at some time)
kanarazu = certainly
nippon ni = historic term for "in Japan", not used today
kite ne? = won't you come?
So the Japanese bits almost say, in pre-1946 informal Japanese, "Your face looks Japanese. Won't you certainly come to Japan?"
After 1946 the name of the country was changed to Nihon - nobody uses Nippon any more.
How do you translate thank you into Japanese?
- Kudasai means: please
- Arigatou means: thank you (normal)
- Arigatou Gozaimasu means: thank you (formal)
- Douzo means: here you go
- In Japanese the Rs are kind of a rolled sound, not like in Spanish though. The R is a roll on between R and D.
- Endings like masu, the u is silent. It's like saying mas, Arigatou Gozaimas...
- The Japanese Langauge is VERY confusing.
I hope this helped...
How do you write Japan in japanese script?
日本 Nihon well that is written in chinese but it is used in japan, but if you want it in "Japanese" its
Nihongo
"Japan" is called "Nihon" by the Japanese. The word "Nihon" written in Japanese characters would be "Ni", "ho", and "n".
In the Southern Oceans they have got a massive whaling fleet. The Japanese whaling fleet is like a massive industry which have various ships for certain purposes, in general, it contains a factory ship, two or three harpoon ships and a spotter ship, along with others but not relevant to this. The spotter ships relay the coordinates of a pod of whales to the harpoon vessels and the harpoon vessels would hunt and chase them down. Once a harpoon vessel is within range to kill a whale or whales, they would load the harpoon gun and when they are ready, they would shoot the harpoon and they would try to aim for the head, so it would be killed quicker but this is rarely the case and there are occasions where some whales suffer for at least twenty minutes and they would suffocate on their own blood. If a whale wasn't killed immediately, they should drag it using a rope towards the harpoon vessel and shoot a rifle into its skull. Once the whale is dead, it would be dragged by the harpoon vessels to the mother ship or in this case, it is known as the factory ship. When a harpoon vessel is close to the factory ship, if the whale hasn't been killed more than twelve hours prior to the transportation of the whale, it would be transferred from the harpoon vessel to the factory ship via a long thick rope up the slip way. After the whale has been transferred to the factory ship, the slaughtering begins; they would cut open the stomach and simply butcher a whole whale with a group of 100 Japanese butchers. They would pack and freeze the meat where it would be transported to another vessel, where it would be transported back to Japan to be sold. Once the whale is packed and frozen, the whalers would through any worthless parts of the whale, mainly the vital organs off the boat and into the ocean.
Sugi or Bosai is the National Tree of Japan
More National Symbols of Japan:-
National animal of Japan - Raccoon Dog
National language of Japan - Japanese
National bird of Japan - Green pheasent
National flower of Japan - Sakura ( Cherry Blossom )
National Anthem - Kimigayo
~ Hope I helped~ Thank You!
Why do Japanese beetles do relatively little damage in japan?
Because they have already destroyed every plant form in Japan that they like, thousands of years ago. All that's left is the stuff they don't care for. To them, a new country is like a fresh, new buffet of exotic deserts!
What does the giraffe symbolize in Japan?
It does not symbolize anything in particular, being an African, not a Japanese, animal.
Why is whaling important for Japan?
It isn't.
Whaling in Japan exists purely for selfish reasons, such as luxury whale meat in top restaurants.
Whaling is illegal by international law. So Japan are breaking the law.
Iceland is also a whaling country. When Iceland made an application to join the European Union, they were rejected, purely because they allow whaling and Europe doesn't want to be associated with such illegal activity.
Dozens of species of whales are on the brink of extinction because of whalers. There are many organisations trying to protect whales from Japanese whalers, such as Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace - who often attack Japanese whaling ships with smoke bombs, paint grenades and water cannons.
The government of Chile even threatened to sink the Japanese whaling ships if they came near Chilean waters.
