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Japanese Culture
Food, Festivals, Holidays, Geography, Prefectures, and Other Random General Trivia about Japan
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Social Studies
Undergraduate 3
11/26/2012

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Cards

Term

年中行事

ねんちゅうぎょうじ

Definition
annual events
Term

正月

しょうがつ

Definition

New Year's

1/1

Term

成人の日

せいじんのひ

Definition

Coming-of-Age Day

1月第2月曜日

Term

節分

せつぶん

Definition

the day before the official beginning of spring

2月3日ごろ

Term

ひな祭り

ひなまつり

Definition

Doll's Festival

3月3日

Term

花見

はなみ

Definition

flower viewing

4月

Term
ゴールデンウィーク
Definition

Golden Week

end of 4月 to the first few days of 5月

Term
こどもの日
Definition

Children's Day

5月5日

Term

七夕

たなばた

Definition

Star Festival

7月7日

Term

お盆

おぼん

Definition

Bon Festival

8月13日~15日

Term
クリスマス
Definition

Christmas

12月25日

Term

大晦日

おおみそか

Definition

New Year's Eve

12月31日

Term

祝日

しゅくじつ

Definition
public holiday
Term

幼稚園

ようちえん

Definition
nursery school
Term
七五三
Definition

festive day for children of 3, 5, and 7 years of age

November 15

Term

義務教育

ぎむきょういく

Definition
compulsory education; from elementary school to middle school (from age 6 to age 14/15; 9 years)
Term

大学進学

だいがくしんがく

Definition
start university
Term
成人式
Definition
coming-of-age ceremony
Term

就職

しゅうしょく

Definition
finding employment
Term

定年退職

ていねんたいしょく

Definition
retirement age
Term
年金
Definition
pension
Term

平均寿命

へいきんじゅみょう

average life span

Definition

男性:78.36歳

女性:85.33歳

Term

建国記念日

けんこくきねんび

Definition

National Founding Day

2月11日

Term

春分の日

しゅんぶんのひ

Definition

Vernal Equinox

on the day of the spring equinox

Term

昭和の日

しょうわのひ

Definition

Day of Showa

4月29日

Term

減法記念日

げんぽうきねんび

Definition

Constitution Memorial Day

5月3日

Term

みどりの日

 

Definition

Green Day

5月4日

Term
海の日
Definition

Day of the Sea

7月第三月曜日

Term

敬老の日

けいろうのひ

Definition

Respect for the Aged Day

9月第三月曜日

Term

秋分の日

しゅうぶんのひ

Definition

Autumnal Equinox

day of the autumn equinox

Term
体育の日
Definition

Health Sports Day

10月第2月曜日

Term
文化の日
Definition

Culture Day

11月3日

Term

勤労感謝の日

きんろうかんしゃのひ

Definition

Labour Thanksgiving Day

November 23

Term

天皇誕生日

てんのうたんじょうび

Definition

The Emperor's Birthday

12月23日

Term
ratio of junior high school students going on to senior high school
Definition
97%
Term
ratio of students going on to a university education
Definition
50%
Term
二十歳になってできること
Definition

飲酒(drinking alcohol)

喫煙(smoking)

選挙での投票(voting in elections)

Term

出生率

しゅっせいりつ

birth rate

Definition
女性1人に1.32人
Term

大卒就職率

だいそつしゅうしょくりつ

graduate employment rate

Definition
56.9%
Term

フリーター比率

フリーターひりつ

part-timer ratio

Definition
31.3%
Term

一軒家

いっけんや

Definition
detached house
Term

間取り

まどり

Definition
floor plan
Term

障子

しょうじ

 

Definition
paper door with cross bars
Term

床の間

とこのま

Definition
alcove where art or flowers are displayed
Term

ふすま

Definition
sliding paper door without cross bars
Term

縁側

えんがわ

Definition
veranda
Term

大家

おおや

Definition
landlord
Term

不動産屋

ふどうさんや

Definition
real estate agent
Term

家賃

やちん

Definition
rent
Term

敷金

しききん

Definition
deposit
Term

礼金

れいきん

Definition
recompense
Term

仏壇

ぶつだん

Definition
household Buddhist altar
Term

都:

how many?

name?

Definition
1; Tokyo
Term

道:

how many?

name?

Definition
1; 北海道(ほっかいどう)
Term

府(ふ):

how many?

names?

Definition
2; 大阪(おおさか),京都
Term

県(けん):

how many?

Definition
43
Term

面積

めんせき

size of area

Definition
380,000 square kilometers
Term

長さ

length

Definition
3000 kilometers
Term

国土

こくど

large islands

Definition

北海道(ほっかいどう)

本州(ほんしゅう)

四国(しこく)

九州(きゅうしゅう)

Term

地方区分

ちほうくぶん

regions

Definition

北海道(ほっかいどう)

東北(とうほく)

関東(かんとう)

中部(ちゅうぶ)

近畿(きんき)

四国(しこく)

中国(ちゅうごく)

九州(きゅうしゅう)

沖縄(おきなわ)

Term
percentage of mountainous land
Definition
75%
Term
height of Mt. Fuji
Definition
3,776 km
Term
population of Japan
Definition
130,000,000
Term
rainy season
Definition
5月~6月
Term
typhoon season
Definition
7月~9月
Term
percentage of Japanese who live in Tokyo, Osaka, or Nagoya
Definition
40%
Term

旧石器文化

きゅうせっきぶんか

Definition

Paleolithic culture

30,000 BCE

Term

縄文文化

じょもんぶんか

Definition

Jomon culture

10,000 BCE

Term

弥生文化

やよいぶんか

Definition

300 BCE

- started growing rice

Term

古墳時代

こふんじだい

Definition

Kohun Period (300 BCE - 710 CE)

538 - Buddhism reaches Japan

604 - Shoutoku Taishi builds first road

Term

奈良時代

ならじだい

Definition

Nara Period (710 - 794)

710 - Nara became the capital

712 - Kojiki, Japan's first historical book, was written

Term

平安時代

へいあんじだい

Definition

Heian Period (794 - 1185)

794 - Kyoto became the capital

996 - Sei Shounagon wrote The Pillow Book (makura no soushi)

1008 - Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji (genji monogatari)

Term

鎌倉時代

かまくらじだい

Definition

Kamakura Period (1192 - 1333)

1192 - Minamoto no Yoritomo unfied Japan

- Kamakura became the capital

Term

室町時代

むろまちじだい

Definition

Muromachi Period (1333 - 1568)

1333 - Kyoto became the capital again

1397 - Kinkakuji was built

1543 - Guns first brought to Japan

1549 - Christianity reaches Japan

Term

安土桃山時代

あづちももやまじだい

Definition

Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568 - 1600)

1573 - Oda Nobunaga unifies Japan

1582 - Oda is killed

1590 - Toyotomo Hideyoshi unifies Japan

Term

江戸時代

えどじだい

Definition

Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

1603 - Tokugawa Ieyasu unifies Japan

1639 - isolationism begins

1853 - Commodore Perry arrives in Uraga

Term

明治時代

めいじじだい

Definition

Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)

1868 - Meiji Restoration

1889 - Great Japanese Imperial Constitution 

1894 - 1895 - Sino-Japanese War

1904-1905 - Russo-Japanese War

1905 - Natsume Souseki writes I Am a Cat (waganai ha neko de aru)

Term

昭和時代

しょうわじだい

Definition

Showa Period (1926 - 1989)

1929 - Great Depression

1937 - 1945 - Japan-China War

1941 - 1945 - Pacific War, i.e. WWII

1945 - atom bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1946 - Constitution of Japan - US Occupation

1953 - Start of television broadcasting

1964 - opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen line

Term

大正時代

たいしょじだい

Definition

Taisho Period (1912 - 1926)

1914 - WWI

1923 - Great Kanto Earthquake

Term

平成時代

へいせいじだい

Definition

Heisei Period (1989 - present)

1994 - Ooe Kenzaburou won Nobel Prize for Literature

1995 - bubble economy dies and the worst recession since the end of WWI starts

2000 - Shirakawa Hideki wins Nobel Prize for Chemisty

Term

主食

 

Definition
staple food
Term

調味料

ちょうみりょう

Definition
seasoning
Term

割り勘

わりかん

Definition
sharing a restaurant bill
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