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Japan Bowl Trivia
Education and Outlook
16
Language - Japanese
12th Grade
02/07/2007

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Term
はたち
Definition
Legal age of adulthood in Japan
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ろうにん
Definition
Students spending another year preparing for college entrance exams
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じゅく
Definition
Cram schools.
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あまえ
Definition
"Dependence"; one indulging another's behavior
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はじ
Definition
Shame (Is Japan a shame society?)
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もののあわれ
Definition
Sober sense of the transient nature of things
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ほんね / たてまえ
Definition
What one truly feels vs. the face one shows in society
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うち/そと
Definition
Insider (in-group)/outsider (out-group)
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ねまわし
Definition
Behind-the-scene efforts for getting consensus
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だんそんじょひ
Definition
The phrase describing the socially superior position of men over women.
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おん
Definition
moral indebtedness (owning a favor to someone in a superior position)
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ぎり
Definition
Mutual obligations
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はらきり / せっぷく
Definition
Ritual suicide by disembowelong oneself
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よびこう
Definition
preparatory school for entrance exams
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しゅうがkyりょこう
Definition
school excursion (like seniors going to Disneyland)
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そろばん
Definition
An abacus
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