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  2. Erhua - Wikipedia

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    Erhua. Erhua ( simplified Chinese: 儿化; traditional Chinese: 兒化 [ɚ˧˥xwä˥˩] ); also called erization or rhotacization of syllable finals [1]) is a phonological process that adds r-coloring or the er ( 注音 : ㄦ, common words: 耳 、 尔 、 儿 [2]) sound (transcribed in IPA as [ɚ]) to syllables in spoken Mandarin Chinese.

  3. Japanese language - Wikipedia

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    Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...

  4. 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 that show respect. Their use is mandatory in many social situations. Honorifics in Japanese may be used to emphasize social distance or disparity in rank, or to emphasize social intimacy ...

  5. Buddhism in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Shingon Buddhism (真言宗, Shingon-shū) is a branch of the Vajrayana Buddhism introduced to Japan by Kūkai in 816, who traveled to China and studied the Chinese Mantrayana tradition. Shingon is based mainly on two tantric scriptures, the Mahavairocana Tantra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra (金剛頂経, Kongōchōkyō).

  6. Yakuwarigo - Wikipedia

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    Yakuwarigo. Yakuwarigo ( Japanese: 役割語, "role language") is a style of language, often used in works of fiction, that conveys certain traits about its speaker such as age, gender, and class. [1] It is particularly used in reference to the styles of speech found in Japanese-language media such as manga, anime, and novels.

  7. Mount Horeb - Wikipedia

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    Mount Horeb. Mount Horeb ( Hebrew: הַר חֹרֵב Har Ḥōrēḇ; Greek in the Septuagint: Χωρήβ, Chōrēb; Latin in the Vulgate: Horeb) is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. It is described in two places (the Book of Exodus and the Books of ...

  8. Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Mandarin ( / ˈmændərɪn / ⓘ MAN-dər-in; simplified Chinese: 官话; traditional Chinese: 官話; pinyin: Guānhuà; lit. 'officials' speech') is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard ...

  9. Tamagoyaki - Wikipedia

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    Tamagoyaki (卵焼き or 玉子焼き, literally 'grilled egg') is a type of Japanese omelette made by rolling together several layers of fried beaten eggs. It is often prepared in a rectangular omelette pan called a makiyakinabe or tamagoyaki. The word "tamago" means egg in Japanese, and the word "yaki" means to be cooked over direct heat.

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