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  • 81Language planning — This article is about the field of language planning and policy. See Constructed language for details on the creation of planned or artificial languages. Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or… …

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  • 82Japanese occupation of Hong Kong — The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began after the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young surrendered the territory of Hong Kong to Japan on 25 December 1941 after 18 days of fierce fighting between British and Canadian defenders against… …

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  • 83Japanese words of Portuguese origin — Many Japanese words of Portuguese origin entered the Japanese language when Portuguese Jesuit priests introduced Christian ideas, Western science and technology, among other things to the Japanese during the Muromachi period (15 16th century).… …

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  • 84Japanese people in Hong Kong — Ethnic group group=Japanese people in Hong Kong poptime=14,100 popplace=Happy Valley, Shatin, Tai Po, Tai Koo Shing langs=Japanese, English rels= Buddhism, Shintō related=Japanese peopleJapanese people in Hong Kong are composed primarily of… …

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  • 85Japanese — /jap euh neez , nees /, adj., n., pl. Japanese. adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language. n. 2. a native or inhabitant of Japan. 3. a person of Japanese ancestry. 4. the language of Japan. Abbr.: Japn …

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  • 86Japanese poetry — When Japanese poets first encountered Chinese poetry, it was at its peak in the Tang Dynasty. It took them several hundred years to digest the foreign impact, make it a part of their culture and merge it with their literary tradition in their… …

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  • 87Japanese Paraguayan — Infobox Ethnic group group=Japanese Paraguayan Japonés Paraguayo flagicon|Japanflagicon|Paraguay poptime=10,321 popplace=Asunción, Encarnación, rural areas of the nation langs=Paraguayan Spanish, Guaraní, Japanese rels=Christianity, Mahayana… …

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  • 88Japanese communities —    The modern relationship between Britain and Japan dates back to the nineteenth century. As the richest and most advanced industrial power, Britain was the obvious model for Japan’s modernization programme following the Meiji Restoration of… …

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  • 89Japanese pronouns — Pronouns in the Japanese language are used less frequently than they would be in many other languages [Maynard, Senko K: An Introduction to Japanese Grammar and Communication Strategies , page 45. The Japan Times, 4th edition, 1993. ISBN 4 7890… …

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  • 90Japanese books — The book in Japan has had a long history, beginning in the late eighth century A.D. The majority of books were hand copied until the Edo period (1603 1867), when woodblock printing became comparatively affordable and widespread. Movable type… …

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