Japan: The PeopleThis updated book includes new information on the distinctive blend of traditional and modern ways of life in Japan, the challenges faced by Japanese society today, and leisure activities such as manga and karaoke. Brilliant new photographs depict their homes, workplaces, and schools. |
Contents
The people of Japan | 6 |
The Japanese family | 8 |
The family home | 10 |
Rice noodles and fish | 12 |
Rules of language | 15 |
Getting an education | 16 |
Tetsuos school | 18 |
The working world | 20 |
Seeking solutions | 22 |
Leisure time | 24 |
Sports modern and traditional | 26 |
Sadako and the thousand paper cranes | 28 |
Sadakos spirit lives | 31 |
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Common terms and phrases
Ainu live animé character atomic bombs baby balls bath bento boxed lunch brush strokes burakumin called a futon chopsticks classmates colored comic cram schools different from Japanese difficult exams dress Education moms employees family members feel secure folded Harajuku high school Hiragana Hiroshima Hokkaido homework house slippers Instant noodles Japanese books Japanese cities Japanese families Japanese home Japanese kitchen Japanese mother Japanese parents Japanese society kanji and kana Kanji characters kanji symbol Karaoke katakana kendo manga Martial arts meal noodles called origami Pachinko paid lower wages pastimes popular fast food put on house quilt rice-farming room contains Ryukuan Sadako Sadako's monument seaweed Shinto soya sauce soybean study long hours Sumo wrestling sushi take the train tasty tatami room Tetsuo Tetsuo's class thousand paper cranes Today tofu Tokyo traditional Japanese wishes granted women wrestlers Writing Japanese written in columns