🎓 Entrance Exams
大学入試の自由英作文・長文で出る日本文化のテーマ
365 entries (page 2 of 7)Tap a title to open the full entry: three lengths of English explanation, the questions people actually ask, ready-made phrases and audio.
- PlacesEssential Fujisan富士山Japan's highest mountain, an active volcano and a World Cultural Heritage site
- Pop CultureEssential animeアニメJapanese animation
- Pop CultureEssential emoji絵文字picture characters
- Pop CultureEssential manga漫画Japanese comics
- School LifeEssential natsuyasumi no shukudai夏休みの宿題the summer holiday homework, including the free research project
- School LifeEssential kyushoku給食school lunch
- School LifeEssential kosoku校則school rules and how strict they are
- School LifeEssential seifuku制服the school uniform
- School LifeEssential soji掃除students cleaning their own school
- School LifeEssential bukatsu部活school club activities
- ShintoEssential jinja to tera no chigai神社と寺の違いhow to tell a Shinto shrine from a Buddhist temple
- ShintoEssential Shinto神道Japan's indigenous way of relating to spirits in nature and ancestors
- Work CultureEssential otsukaresamaお疲れさまthe all-purpose word for acknowledging someone's work
- Work CultureEssential zangyo残業working overtime
- ArtsStandard igo囲碁the board game of go
- ArtsStandard Oku no Hosomichi奥の細道Basho's travel account of the deep north
- ArtsStandard kabuki歌舞伎classical Japanese theater
- ArtsStandard kumadori歌舞伎の隈取kabuki's bold, symbolic stage makeup
- ArtsStandard emaki絵巻the painted handscroll you unroll section by section
- ArtsStandard kyogen狂言the comic theater performed alongside noh
- ArtsStandard mie見得the frozen dramatic pose in kabuki
- ArtsStandard shakuhachi尺八the bamboo flute once played by wandering monks
- ArtsStandard shodo書道Japanese calligraphy
- ArtsStandard suibokuga水墨画ink painting in black and white, brought by Zen monks
- ArtsStandard ikebana生け花Japanese flower arrangement
- ArtsStandard ishidoro to tsukubai石灯籠と蹲踞the stone furniture of a Japanese garden
- ArtsStandard senryu川柳the comic cousin of haiku, about people rather than nature
- ArtsStandard tanka短歌the thirty-one-syllable poem
- ArtsStandard chashitsu茶室the room built for a tea gathering
- ArtsStandard sado茶道the way of tea
- ArtsStandard choju giga鳥獣戯画the twelfth-century animal scrolls often called Japan's first manga
- ArtsStandard nihon buyo日本舞踊classical Japanese dance, largely grown out of kabuki
- ArtsStandard nomen能面the masks worn in noh theater
- ArtsStandard Hyakunin Isshu百人一首a hundred poems and the card game
- ArtsStandard mokuhanga木版画the woodblock printing behind ukiyo-e
- ArtsStandard byobu屏風a folding screen
- BuddhismStandard inga oho因果応報what you do comes back
- BuddhismStandard rinne輪廻the cycle of rebirth
- Martial ArtsStandard karate空手the striking martial art from Okinawa
- Martial ArtsStandard kendo剣道Japanese fencing with bamboo swords
- Martial ArtsStandard zanshin残心staying alert and ready in the instant after a technique lands
- Martial ArtsStandard chugakko no budo hisshuka中学校の武道必修化the compulsory martial arts unit in Japanese junior high gym class
- Martial ArtsStandard rei ni hajimari rei ni owaru礼に始まり礼に終わるit begins with a bow and ends with a bow
- ClothingStandard rikuruto sutsuリクルートスーツthe plain black suit that students wear when job hunting
- ClothingStandard haori羽織the short jacket worn open over a kimono
- ClothingStandard kimono no nedan着物の値段why a formal kimono can cost as much as a car
- ConceptsStandard uchi and sotoウチとソトinside group and outside group
- ConceptsStandard shitsukeしつけbringing up a child to behave considerately
- ConceptsStandard ichigo ichie一期一会one time, one meeting
- ConceptsStandard ichizu一途single-minded devotion to one person or thing
- ConceptsStandard on恩a debt of gratitude that you carry and repay
- ConceptsStandard gaman我慢enduring without complaint
- ConceptsStandard kao wo tateru顔を立てるletting someone keep their standing in front of others
- ConceptsStandard kikubari気配りproactive thoughtfulness toward others' needs
- ConceptsStandard kuki wo yomu空気を読むreading the room
- ConceptsStandard konjo根性grit, and the training culture built around it
- ConceptsStandard sassuru察するworking out what someone means without being told
- ConceptsStandard shikatanai仕方ないit cannot be helped
- ConceptsStandard miuchi to yososama身内とよそ様insiders and the outside world
- ConceptsStandard kazoedoshi数え年the old way of counting age, from one at birth