A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower (121 page)
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Authors: Kenneth Henshall
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| ko | | child or junior in relationship |
| kofun | | ancient burial mound, and period name |
| koku | | measure of rice and land, equivalent to yield sufficient for one person for one year |
| kokugaku | | ‘national learning’, Tokugawa period nationalism |
| kokusaika | | ‘internationalisation’, buzz-word of 1980s |
k reika | | the trend of aging in society |
| kshokubon | | see ukiyo-z shi |
| kzoku | | imperial family |
| manga | | cartoon |
| mapp | | Buddhist belief in final decline of humankind, esp. in late Heian period |
| mentsu | | ‘face’, reputation |
| mono no aware | | aesthetic value of the ‘sadness of things’ |
| mretsu-gata | | ‘fiercely determined type’, used of hard workers of postwar period committed to rebuilding nation |
| musubi | | bonding with nature, natural purity |
| Nihonjinron | | ‘theories about the Japanese’, type of self-congratulating and usually simplistic literature of 1970s and 80s seeking to explain Japan’s success, often stressing uniqueness and superiority |
| n | | restrained form of high class drama |
| oitsuke, oikose | | ‘catch up (the west), overtake’, slogan popular in early Meiji period |
| okashi | | aesthetic value of the unusual and diverting |
| omote | | front or surface appearance |
| onna bugeisha | | female warrior |
| otaku | | a computer geek or nerd |
| oya | | parent or senior in relationship |
| o-yatoi gaikokujin | | foreign specialists employed in the Meiji period |
| rangaku | | ‘Dutch learning’, usually western learning in general |
| risshishugi | | successism, achievement-orientation, self-help |
| ritsury | | ancient law code, ritsu being penal sanctions and ry instructions for officials |
| rnin | | masterless samurai |
| sabi | | aesthetic value of elegant simplicity |
| sakoku jidai | | ‘closed country period’, later applied to Tokugawa period |
| samurai | | retainer, later warrior |
| sankin ktai | | ‘alternate attendance’ of daimy at Edo in Tokugawa period |
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