nippon
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A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago;
A world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building (synset 108941623)domain member region:- hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, seppuku - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
- sumo - a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
- go, go game - a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
- shogi - a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces
- acupressure, g-jo, shiatsu - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
- jiujitsu, jujitsu, jujutsu - a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength
- ninjitsu, ninjutsu - the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage
- karate - a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
- origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
- chanoyu, tea ceremony - an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea
- futon - mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
- kamikaze - a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
- shoji - a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper
- shingon - a form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible
- japanese - the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese
- ryukyuan - the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands
- miso - a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces
- wasabi - the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish
- sukiyaki - thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce
- sashimi - very thinly sliced raw fish
- sushi - rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
- tempura - vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
- rice beer, sake, saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
- aum, aum shinrikyo, supreme truth - a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity
- chukaku-ha - an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing
- anti-imperialist international brigade, japanese red army, jra - a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
- yakuza - organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises
- diet - a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
- prefecture - the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
- kamikaze - a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
- koto player - a musician who plays the koto
- sumo wrestler - a wrestler who participates in sumo (a Japanese form of wrestling)
- yakuza - a Japanese gangster
- esaki, leo esaki - physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925)
- ozawa, seiji ozawa - United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)
is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continenthas:- kammon strait bridge - a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu
- asahikawa - a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area
- capital of japan, edo, japanese capital, tokio, tokyo, yeddo, yedo - the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
- nagano - a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine
- nagoya - an industrial city in southern Honshu
- omiya - a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo
- osaka - port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
- yokohama - port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan
- naha city - the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands
- ryukyu islands - a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)
- kyoto - a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
- sapporo - a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido
- kitakyushu - a Japanese city on northern Kyushu
- fukuoka - a city in southern Japan on Kyushu
- nagasaki - a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
- toyohashi - a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore
- toyonaki - a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka
- toyota - an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu
- asama, mount asama - a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
- volcano islands - a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas
- iwo jima - the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan
- fuji, fuji-san, fujinoyama, fujiyama, mount fuji - an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
is a part of: asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
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