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Learn how to speak to Japanese hearts - how to sound reliable - how to become their indispensable partner (all levels)

Toshio Odate, "Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use"
English | 1998 | ISBN: 0941936465, 0918804191 | 190 pages | PDF | 54.7 MB
The classic work on the tools and spirit of the Japanese master craftsman.

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Learn most useful N5 Japanese in once! ( Full Units with : Vocatbulary, Common Usage, Conversation & Grammar )

The Social Life of Kimono: Japanese Fashion Past and Present By Sheila Cliffe
2017 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 1472585534 | PDF | 12 MB
The kimono is an iconic garment with a history as rich and colourful as the textiles from which it is crafted. Deeply associated with Japanese culture both past and present, it has often been thought of as a highly gendered, rigidly traditional and unchanging national costume. This book challenges that perception, revealing the nuanced meanings and messages behind the kimono from the point of view of its wearers and producers, many of whom - both men and women - see the garment as a vehicle for self-expression. Taking a material culture approach, The Social Life of Kimono is the first study to combine the history of the kimono as a fashionable garment with an in-depth exploration of its multifaceted role today on both the street and the catwalk. Through case studies covering historical advertising campaigns, fashion magazines, interviews with contemporary kimono designers, large scale and small craft producers, and consumers who choose to wear them, The Social Life of Kimono gives a unique insight into making and meaning of this complex garment.

Diachrony of Personal Pronouns in Japanese: A Functional and Cross-Linguistic Perspective By Osamu Ishiyama
2019 | 183 Pages | ISBN: 9027202370 | PDF | 2 MB
Personal pronouns in Japanese form a heterogeneous category. This book investigates their historical development from a functional perspective. It shows that while nouns give rise to personal pronouns through semanticization of pragmatic inferences, the use of non-nominal forms such as demonstratives and reflexives for person referents can be resolved within their original functions, offering little reason to treat them as personal pronouns. The cross-linguistic investigation into the common sources of personal pronouns reveals that the development of personal pronouns from nouns is largely consistent with grammaticalization, but that of forms of non-nominal origins requires separate mechanisms such as spatial/empathetic perspectives and displacement of semantic features for politeness, showing that a one-size-fits-all approach to diachrony of personal pronouns is not sufficient. This book will be of special interest to researchers and students in historical linguistics, pragmatics, and Japanese linguistics, who take a functional view of language.

English | 2021 | ASIN : B09BBZXT3S | 118 pages | PDF, AZW3, EPUB, MOBI | 16.01 MB
Want to make a wonderful Japanese Ramen that will be the highlight of the day in your home because everyone who takes a bite can't stop talking about it?
If you haven't tried it yet, there's a strong chance your taste buds are missing out on a delectable culinary delight. The inventive dishes in "A Japanese Ramen Cookbook" employ both traditional and unusual ingredients to produce fresh spins on comfort-food favourites, such as Beef and Broccoli Ramen Stir Fry. I've taught a few friends how to make authentic Japanese Ramen from scratch over the years, and it's no secret that some of my friends come to visit just to eat my Ramen recipes.

English | 2021 | ASIN : B09BCBD1S2 | 196 pages | PDF, AZW3, EPUB, MOBI | 3.86 MB
Are you looking for a Vegetarian Asian Cookbook with 100 traditional recipes?
In this 2 books in 1 edition by Maya Zein you will discover the 100 most famous and easy to make vegetarian recipes from Asian cuisine, with a bit of history, interesting facts and more.

The Politics and Literature Debate in Postwar Japanese Criticism, 1945 - 52
pdf | 2.51 MB | English | Isbn:‎ 0739180754 | Author: Atsuko Ueda | Year: 2017

Pornography, Ideology, and the Internet: A Japanese Adult Video Actress in Mainland China By Mei Zhang
2018 | 242 Pages | ISBN: 1498560881 | EPUB | 9 MB
This book starts from the discussion of a pornography, but does not end with pornography. Rather, it suggests that a pornographic star can be treated as a cultural product which obtains rich cultural meanings. It contributes to the debate between the global homogenization paradigm and the creolization paradigm which predominates in multiple disciplines, through a thorough examination of the entire process of the cross-cultural migration of Aoi Sola, a Japanese adult video (AV) actress who has achieved amazing popularity in mainland China since 2010. Through fifteen-month participant observation inside the two Chinese agencies of Sola, this study reveals that the transformative intermediaries play a significant role in the transformation of the cultural product in the Chinese context, even though their operations are usually invisible to outsiders. The findings challenge the conventional scholarly assumption that foreign products produced by global producers are consumed "directly" by local consumers or that the significance of these intermediaries can be ignored. This study further extends the participant observation inside the realistic field to the virtual space of media in different countries, which can be called the second field. It demonstrates that multiple local groups, including intermediaries, Chinese commercial news portals, Party media, and Chinese Internet users, respond to the dominant ideologies in Chinese society by reinterpreting Sola in different, even contradictory, ways. Thus, this research refutes the presumption that a local society is a coherent monolith in the acceptance of foreign cultural products. The book also deepens the reader's understanding of Chinese Internet usage.

Japanese Language & Culture : How To Discover The Ins And Outs Of Japanese Society So You Can Learn Japanese In The Right Way (Japanese Learning, Travel & Culture) by Yuto Kanazawa
English | July 23, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08DBYPXCG | 124 pages | EPUB | 1.85 Mb
Are you planning to travel to Japan but are worried about the language & culture barrier?