大学入試の日本文化（362項目）

伝統芸能必修 俳句haikuthe seventeen-syllable poem

伝統芸能必修 浮世絵ukiyo-ewoodblock prints

仏教必修 お墓参りohakamairivisiting the family grave

仏教必修 禅Zena school of Buddhism built on seated meditation

仏教必修 大仏daibutsuthe great Buddha statues

仏教必修 日本の仏教Buddhism in Japanhow Buddhism arrived, changed, and ended up handling funerals

仏教必修 仏像の見分け方telling Buddhist statues apartthe four ranks of Buddhist image and how to read them

武道必修 気合kiaithe shout that focuses breath and energy into a technique

武道必修 型kataa prearranged sequence of moves practiced alone or against an imagined opponent

武道必修 柔道judothe martial art that became an Olympic sport

武道必修 相撲sumoJapan's national sport and Shinto ritual

ことば必修 おもてなしomotenashiJapanese hospitality

ことば必修 がんばってganbattethe encouragement that is not quite good luck

ことば必修 ただいま・おかえりtadaima and okaerithe greeting exchanged when someone comes home

ことば必修 もったいないmottainaiwhat a waste

ことば必修 よろしくお願いしますyoroshiku onegaishimasuthe phrase with no English equivalent

ことば必修 一生懸命isshokenmeiwith everything you have

ことば必修 漢字・ひらがな・カタカナthe three Japanese scriptswhy Japanese is written with three writing systems at once

ことば必修 思いやりomoiyariimagining how the other person feels

ことば必修 七転び八起きnanakorobi yaokifall seven times, get up eight

ことば必修 出る杭は打たれるderu kui wa utareruthe stake that sticks out gets hammered down

ことば必修 助数詞josushithe counters Japanese puts after a number

ことば必修 石の上にも三年ishi no ue nimo sannenthree years sitting on a stone

ことば必修 迷惑をかけないmeiwaku wo kakenainot causing trouble for others

ことば必修 和製英語wasei-eigoEnglish-looking words made in Japan

年中行事必修 お正月oshogatsuthe Japanese New Year

年中行事必修 お盆obonthe summer festival for returning ancestors

年中行事必修 花見hanamicherry blossom viewing

年中行事必修 日本の祝日Japanese public holidaysthe national holiday calendar

妖怪必修 浦島太郎Urashima Tarothe fisherman who spends three days under the sea and returns three hundred years later

妖怪必修 千羽鶴senbazurua thousand folded cranes, given as a wish for recovery or peace

妖怪必修 桃太郎Momotarothe boy born from a peach who goes to fight demons

妖怪必修 日本の昔話Japanese folk talesthe handful of stories every Japanese child grows up knowing

食べもの必修 いただきますitadakimasuwhat we say before eating

食べもの必修 一汁三菜ichiju sansaione soup and three dishes, the standard shape of a Japanese meal

食べもの必修 米komerice as the center of the meal

食べもの必修 弁当bentoa packed meal in a box

食べもの必修 味噌汁miso soupthe soup served with almost every Japanese meal

食べもの必修 和食washokutraditional Japanese cuisine

食べもの必修 丼ものdonburia bowl of rice with something cooked served on top

歴史必修 元号gengothe Japanese era name

歴史必修 侍samuraithe warrior class of old Japan

冠婚葬祭必修 遺影ieieithe portrait photograph displayed at a funeral

冠婚葬祭必修 年賀状nengajoNew Year greeting cards

マナー必修 お辞儀ojigibowing

マナー必修 さん付けhonorifics sanwhy names always have something attached

マナー必修 列に並ぶqueueingwhy Japanese queues are so orderly

現代の暮らし必修 ゴミの分別gomi bunbetsusorting your rubbish

現代の暮らし必修 マスクmaskswhy people wear masks in Japan

現代の暮らし必修 少子高齢化shoshi koreikaa falling birth rate with an ageing population

現代の暮らし必修 新幹線shinkansenthe bullet train

現代の暮らし必修 満員電車manin denshathe packed commuter train

季節必修 火山と地震volcanoes and earthquakesliving on an unstable archipelago

季節必修 四季shikithe four seasons, as Japan talks about them

季節必修 梅雨tsuyuthe rainy season

名所必修 京都kyotothe capital for a thousand years, and how to explain it

名所必修 広島と平和記念公園Hiroshima Peace Memorial Parkthe park in the middle of Hiroshima built where the city was destroyed

名所必修 大阪osakathe merchant city, and how it differs from Tokyo

名所必修 東大寺と奈良の大仏Todaijithe Nara temple housing a 15-meter bronze Buddha in a vast wooden hall

名所必修 姫路城Himeji Castlethe white castle in Hyogo, the best-preserved original keep in Japan

名所必修 富士山Mount FujiJapan's highest mountain, an active volcano and a World Cultural Heritage site

ポップカルチャー必修 アニメanimeJapanese animation

ポップカルチャー必修 絵文字emojipicture characters

ポップカルチャー必修 漫画mangaJapanese comics

学校生活必修 夏休みの宿題natsuyasumi no shukudaithe summer holiday homework, including the free research project

学校生活必修 給食kyushokuschool lunch

学校生活必修 校則kosokuschool rules and how strict they are

学校生活必修 制服seifukuthe school uniform

学校生活必修 掃除school cleaningstudents cleaning their own school

学校生活必修 部活bukatsuschool club activities

神道必修 神社と寺の違いshrines and templeshow to tell a Shinto shrine from a Buddhist temple

神道必修 神道ShintoJapan's indigenous way of relating to spirits in nature and ancestors

仕事必修 お疲れさまotsukaresamathe all-purpose word for acknowledging someone's work

仕事必修 残業zangyoworking overtime

伝統芸能標準 囲碁igothe board game of go

伝統芸能標準 奥の細道Oku no HosomichiBasho's travel account of the deep north

伝統芸能標準 歌舞伎kabukiclassical Japanese theater

伝統芸能標準 歌舞伎の隈取kumadorikabuki's bold, symbolic stage makeup

伝統芸能標準 絵巻emakithe painted handscroll you unroll section by section

伝統芸能標準 狂言kyogenthe comic theater performed alongside noh

伝統芸能標準 見得miethe frozen dramatic pose in kabuki

伝統芸能標準 尺八shakuhachithe bamboo flute once played by wandering monks

伝統芸能標準 書道shodoJapanese calligraphy

伝統芸能標準 水墨画suibokugaink painting in black and white, brought by Zen monks

伝統芸能標準 生け花ikebanaJapanese flower arrangement

伝統芸能標準 石灯籠と蹲踞stone lanterns and water basinsthe stone furniture of a Japanese garden

伝統芸能標準 川柳senryuthe comic cousin of haiku, about people rather than nature

伝統芸能標準 短歌tankathe thirty-one-syllable poem

伝統芸能標準 茶室chashitsuthe room built for a tea gathering

伝統芸能標準 茶道sadothe way of tea

伝統芸能標準 鳥獣戯画choju gigathe twelfth-century animal scrolls often called Japan's first manga

伝統芸能標準 日本舞踊nihon buyoclassical Japanese dance, largely grown out of kabuki

伝統芸能標準 能面nomenthe masks worn in noh theater

伝統芸能標準 百人一首Hyakunin Isshua hundred poems and the card game

伝統芸能標準 木版画mokuhangathe woodblock printing behind ukiyo-e

伝統芸能標準 屏風byobua folding screen

仏教標準 因果応報inga ohowhat you do comes back

仏教標準 輪廻rinnethe cycle of rebirth

武道標準 空手karatethe striking martial art from Okinawa

武道標準 剣道kendoJapanese fencing with bamboo swords

武道標準 残心zanshinstaying alert and ready in the instant after a technique lands

武道標準 中学校の武道必修化mandatory budo in junior highthe compulsory martial arts unit in Japanese junior high gym class

武道標準 礼に始まり礼に終わるrei ni hajimari rei ni owaruit begins with a bow and ends with a bow

着物標準 羽織haorithe short jacket worn open over a kimono

着物標準 着物の値段the cost of a kimonowhy a formal kimono can cost as much as a car

ことば標準 ウチとソトuchi and sotoinside group and outside group

ことば標準 しつけshitsukebringing up a child to behave considerately

ことば標準 一期一会ichigo ichieone time, one meeting

ことば標準 一途ichizusingle-minded devotion to one person or thing

ことば標準 恩ona debt of gratitude that you carry and repay

ことば標準 我慢gamanenduring without complaint

ことば標準 顔を立てるkao wo tateruletting someone keep their standing in front of others

ことば標準 気配りkikubariproactive thoughtfulness toward others' needs

ことば標準 空気を読むkuki wo yomureading the room

ことば標準 根性konjogrit, and the training culture built around it

ことば標準 察するsassuruworking out what someone means without being told

ことば標準 仕方ないshikata ga naiit cannot be helped

ことば標準 身内とよそ様uchi to yosozamainsiders and the outside world

ことば標準 数え年kazoedoshithe old way of counting age, from one at birth

ことば標準 世間sekenthe watching public around you

ことば標準 世間体sekenteihow you look to the people around you

ことば標準 生きがいikigaiwhat makes life worth living

ことば標準 恥hajishame as a social brake

ことば標準 分をわきまえるbun wo wakimaeruknowing and staying within your place

ことば標準 本音と建前honne and tatemaetrue feelings and public face

ことば標準 無常mujothe impermanence of everything

ことば標準 名字myojiJapanese family names and where they came from

ことば標準 和waharmony as the thing a group protects

ことば標準 侘び寂びwabi-sabibeauty in imperfection and age

ことば標準 絆kizunathe bond between people who will not let go of each other

工芸標準 漆器urushilacquerware

工芸標準 職人shokuninthe craftsman, as an identity

工芸標準 人間国宝ningen kokuhoa Living National Treasure, a state-certified master of a traditional art or craft

工芸標準 陶磁器tojikiJapanese pottery and porcelain

工芸標準 和紙washitraditional Japanese paper

年中行事標準 竿燈まつりkanto matsurithe Akita festival of lantern poles balanced on one hand

年中行事標準 敬老の日Respect for the Aged Daythe September holiday honoring older people

年中行事標準 暑中見舞いshochu mimaithe midsummer greeting card

年中行事標準 書き初めkakizomethe first calligraphy of the year

年中行事標準 正月の遊びnew year gamesthe traditional games played at New Year

年中行事標準 二十四節気nijushi sekkithe twenty-four solar terms of the traditional calendar

年中行事標準 彼岸higanthe weeks around the equinoxes when families visit graves

年中行事標準 門松kadomatsuthe pine and bamboo arrangement placed at the door for the New Year

妖怪標準 かぐや姫Kaguya-himethe girl found in a bamboo stalk who returns to the moon

妖怪標準 鬼onithe horned ogre of Japanese folklore

食べもの標準 懐石料理kaisekithe formal multi-course meal, and the two different things called kaiseki

食べもの標準 魚を食べる文化eating fishhow much fish Japan eats, and how that is changing

食べもの標準 出汁dashithe stock at the base of Japanese cooking

食べもの標準 南蛮菓子nanban-gashithe sweets the Portuguese brought in the 1500s

食べもの標準 洋食yoshokuWestern-style dishes invented in Japan

食べもの標準 和菓子wagashitraditional Japanese sweets

歴史標準 1964年の東京オリンピックthe 1964 Tokyo Olympicsthe games that announced Japan's recovery

歴史標準 そろばんsorobanthe Japanese abacus

歴史標準 バブル経済the bubble economythe asset price bubble of the late 1980s

歴史標準 応仁の乱the Onin Warthe eleven-year conflict that opened Japan's age of civil war

歴史標準 街道と宿場kaido and shukubathe Edo highways and their post towns

歴史標準 関ヶ原の戦いthe Battle of Sekigaharathe 1600 battle that decided who would rule Japan for 265 years

歴史標準 関東大震災the Great Kanto Earthquakethe 1923 earthquake and fires that destroyed Tokyo and Yokohama

歴史標準 遣唐使kentoshithe missions Japan sent to Tang dynasty China

歴史標準 江戸時代the Edo periodJapan's 260 years of self-imposed peace and isolation

歴史標準 高度経済成長the high growth eraJapan's postwar economic boom

歴史標準 国宝と重要文化財national treasures and important cultural propertieshow Japan designates what it protects

歴史標準 黒船kurofunethe American warships that forced Japan to open its ports in 1853

歴史標準 寺子屋terakoyathe neighborhood schools of the Edo period

歴史標準 失われた30年the lost decadesthe long stagnation after the bubble

歴史標準 集団就職shudan shushokuthe mass migration of young workers to the cities after the war

歴史標準 城下町jokamachia town laid out around a castle

歴史標準 信長・秀吉・家康Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasuthe three who unified Japan

歴史標準 戦国時代the Sengoku periodJapan's age of civil war

歴史標準 天皇tennothe Emperor of Japan

歴史標準 日本国憲法the Constitution of Japanthe postwar constitution

歴史標準 廃藩置県haihan-chikenthe abolition of the feudal domains

歴史標準 富国強兵fukoku kyoheithe Meiji-era slogan "rich country, strong army"

歴史標準 平家物語the tale of the heikethe war tale about the fall of a clan, recited to the lute

歴史標準 万葉集manyoshuJapan's oldest surviving poetry collection

住まい標準 囲炉裏irorithe open hearth sunk into the floor

住まい標準 襖と障子fusuma and shojithe sliding paper doors of a Japanese house

住まい標準 合掌造りと茅葺きgassho-zukuri and thatched roofsthe steep thatched farmhouses of the snow country

住まい標準 打ち水uchimizusprinkling water on the ground to cool the air

住まい標準 町家machiyathe narrow deep townhouse of an old merchant quarter

住まい標準 長屋nagayathe Edo row house where most townspeople lived

住まい標準 仏間butsumathe room traditionally set aside for the family Buddhist altar

住まい標準 木造建築wooden architecturewhy Japan builds in wood

住まい標準 木造住宅wooden houseswhy Japanese homes are rebuilt, not resold

冠婚葬祭標準 お見合いomiaian introduction with marriage in mind

冠婚葬祭標準 お葬式osoushikia Japanese funeral

冠婚葬祭標準 初七日shonanokathe memorial service held on the seventh day after death

冠婚葬祭標準 成人式seijinshikithe coming-of-age ceremony

冠婚葬祭標準 仲人nakodothe go-between who arranged and formally witnessed a marriage

冠婚葬祭標準 夫婦の姓married surnameswhy couples must share one name

冠婚葬祭標準 離婚divorcehow divorce works in Japan

マナー標準 敬語keigothe honorific levels of Japanese

マナー標準 謝るapologizingwhy Japanese people apologize first

マナー標準 土下座dogezakneeling with your forehead on the floor

マナー標準 名刺交換meishi exchangeexchanging business cards

マナー標準 優先席priority seatsseats set aside for those who need them

現代の暮らし標準 クールビズcool bizthe summer campaign to work without a jacket and tie

現代の暮らし標準 ジェンダーギャップgender gapwhy Japan ranks low on gender equality despite high education levels

現代の暮らし標準 シャッター商店街shatta-shotengaia shopping street where most storefronts are permanently shuttered

現代の暮らし標準 マイナンバーmy numberthe national identification number

現代の暮らし標準 引きこもりhikikomorilong-term withdrawal from society

現代の暮らし標準 過労死karoshideath from overwork, and the law Japan wrote because of it

現代の暮らし標準 介護kaigolong-term care, and the insurance system behind it

現代の暮らし標準 外国人労働者foreign workershow Japan brings in workers from abroad

現代の暮らし標準 確定申告kakutei shinkokufiling your own tax return

現代の暮らし標準 空き家akiyaempty houses left standing across Japan

現代の暮らし標準 現金社会cash societywhy Japan still runs on cash

現代の暮らし標準 交番kobanthe neighborhood police box

現代の暮らし標準 自動車教習所kyoshujodriving school, the required path to a license

現代の暮らし標準 車検shakenthe mandatory vehicle inspection

現代の暮らし標準 女性の就業women at workwhere women's employment in Japan stands

現代の暮らし標準 人口減少と過疎population declinea shrinking, aging country

現代の暮らし標準 電動キックボードe-scooterthe electric scooter now allowed without a driver's license

現代の暮らし標準 判子hankothe personal seal used instead of a signature

季節標準 海と漁業the sea and fishinghow Japan eats from the ocean

季節標準 旧暦kyurekithe old lunisolar calendar Japan used until 1872

季節標準 森林の国shinrin no kunihow much of Japan is forest

季節標準 川と橋rivers and bridgesJapan's short steep rivers

季節標準 線状降水帯senjo kosuitaithe linear rainband that causes Japan's worst flash flooding

季節標準 日本列島の地形the shape of Japana long mountainous chain of islands

季節標準 梅umeJapanese apricot blossom

季節標準 里山satoyamathe managed woodland between the village and the mountain

名所標準 横浜yokohamathe fishing village that became Japan's door to the West

名所標準 高野山koyasanthe mountain monastery where you can stay the night

名所標準 四国八十八ヶ所shikoku pilgrimagethe 1,200-kilometer circuit of eighty-eight temples

名所標準 日本三景Nihon Sankeithe three famous views of Japan, chosen in the seventeenth century

ポップカルチャー標準 オタクotakusomeone obsessively into a hobby

ポップカルチャー標準 紙芝居kamishibaithe paper theater a storyteller carried on a bicycle

ポップカルチャー標準 日本映画Japanese filmJapanese cinema, then and now

学校生活標準 運動会undokaischool sports day

学校生活標準 学級会gakkyukaithe class meeting where pupils decide things themselves

学校生活標準 学級担任tanninthe homeroom teacher who teaches everything

学校生活標準 受験jukenthe entrance exam system

学校生活標準 修学旅行shugaku ryokothe school trip everyone goes on

学校生活標準 塾jukuthe private school you go to after school

学校生活標準 日本の英語教育english educationwhy Japanese people study English for years and still cannot speak it

学校生活標準 入学式と卒業式entrance and graduation ceremoniesthe formal ceremonies that open and close a school year

学校生活標準 部活の引退bukatsu no intaileaving your school club after the last tournament

神道標準 祇園祭Gion Matsurithe month-long Kyoto festival that began as a rite against plague

神道標準 玉串tamagushithe evergreen sprig offered at a rite

神道標準 神道と自然shinto and naturethe animism at the heart of Shinto belief

神道標準 天満宮と学問の神Tenmangushrines of the deity of learning

神道標準 日本神話Nihon shinwathe myths in Japan's oldest books

仕事標準 ハラスメントharassmentworkplace harassment and the law against it

仕事標準 ハラスメント対策harassment rulesworkplace harassment law in Japan

仕事標準 就活と新卒一括採用shukatsuhiring an entire year group at once

仕事標準 女性管理職women in managementhow few women hold senior posts

仕事標準 職人の後継者不足shokunin no koukeisha busokuthe shortage of successors for traditional craftspeople

仕事標準 新人研修shinjin kenshutraining for new graduates

仕事標準 人事異動jinji idointernal transfers decided by the company

仕事標準 総合職と一般職sogoshoku and ippanshokucareer-track and clerical-track hiring

仕事標準 退職金taishokukinthe lump-sum retirement payment

仕事標準 中小企業と下請けchusho kigyo to shitaukesmall and midsize firms and the subcontracting pyramid

仕事標準 転職tenshokuchanging jobs mid-career

仕事標準 年功序列nenko joretsupay and rank by length of service

仕事標準 派遣社員hakenagency temp workers

仕事標準 非正規雇用hiseiki koyonon-regular employment

仕事標準 副業fukugyoholding a second job

仕事標準 有給休暇yukyupaid leave, and why people don't take it

仕事標準 労働組合rodo kumiaithe labor union

伝統芸能応用 家元iemotothe head of a school of a traditional art

伝統芸能応用 雅楽gagakuthe court music of Japan

伝統芸能応用 講談kodanstorytelling of battles and heroes, told from behind a small desk

伝統芸能応用 香道kodothe way of incense

伝統芸能応用 書院造shoin-zukurithe room style that modern Japanese rooms come from

伝統芸能応用 寝殿造shinden-zukurithe palace style of the Heian aristocracy

伝統芸能応用 組踊kumiodoriOkinawan musical theater, created for Chinese envoys

伝統芸能応用 日本画nihongapainting in traditional Japanese materials

伝統芸能応用 能nohthe oldest surviving stage art in Japan

伝統芸能応用 琵琶biwathe lute that carried Japan's war tales

伝統芸能応用 文楽bunrakupuppet theater with three operators to a puppet

伝統芸能応用 方丈記と徒然草Hojoki and Tsurezuregusathe two other great Japanese essay collections

伝統芸能応用 枕草子Makura no SoshiThe Pillow Book

仏教応用 精進料理shojin ryoriBuddhist temple cuisine

仏教応用 念仏nenbutsucalling the Buddha's name

仏教応用 法事hojia Buddhist memorial service

仏教応用 密教mikkyoesoteric Buddhism in Japan

武道応用 弓道kyudoJapanese archery

武道応用 蹴鞠kemarithe Heian court game of keeping a ball in the air

着物応用 着物の格kimono formalitythe ranking that decides which kimono may be worn where

ことば応用 もののあはれmono no awarethe sadness of passing things

ことば応用 以心伝心ishin denshinunderstanding without words

ことば応用 花鳥風月kachofugetsuflower, bird, wind and moon

ことば応用 甘えamaedepending on another person's goodwill

ことば応用 義理girisocial obligation you cannot refuse

ことば応用 潔さisagiyosaaccepting defeat cleanly

ことば応用 三方よしsanpo yoshigood for the seller, the buyer and society

ことば応用 守破離shu ha rithe three stages of learning a traditional art

ことば応用 儒教jukyoConfucian ideas as they took root in Japan

ことば応用 初心忘るべからずshoshin wasuru bekarazunever forget how you began

ことば応用 粋ikithe understated stylishness of Edo townspeople

ことば応用 八百万の神yaoyorozu no kamithe eight million gods

ことば応用 幽玄yugendepth that is felt rather than shown

年中行事応用 えびす講ebisu kothe merchants' festival for the god of business

年中行事応用 夏越の祓nagoshi no haraethe midsummer purification

年中行事応用 花祭りhanamatsurithe Buddha's birthday

年中行事応用 五節句go-sekkuthe five seasonal festivals of the old calendar

年中行事応用 雑節zassetsuJapan's own seasonal markers, added to the imported calendar

年中行事応用 重陽の節句choyothe chrysanthemum festival of the ninth month

年中行事応用 初午hatsuumathe February day for the fox shrines

年中行事応用 新嘗祭と勤労感謝の日niinamesaithe harvest rite behind a public holiday

年中行事応用 針供養hari kuyoa memorial service for broken needles

妖怪応用 陰陽道onmyodothe court's system of divination and calendar making

妖怪応用 丑三つ時ushimitsu dokithe dead of night, around two in the morning, when spirits were said to appear

歴史応用 君が代kimigayothe national anthem, and why it is argued about

歴史応用 憲法9条Article 9the war-renouncing article of the constitution

歴史応用 源氏物語The Tale of Genjian eleventh-century court novel

歴史応用 広島と長崎Hiroshima and Nagasakithe atomic bombings and how they are remembered

歴史応用 国学kokugakuthe Edo-period study of Japan's own classics

歴史応用 鎖国sakokuthe closed country policy

歴史応用 参勤交代sankin kotaithe alternate attendance system

歴史応用 人力車jinrikishathe two-wheeled passenger cart Japan invented and exported

歴史応用 戦後の女性の地位の変化women's status since 1945what changed and what did not

歴史応用 戦後の占領the OccupationJapan under Allied administration

歴史応用 潜伏キリシタンhidden christiansthe Christians who kept the faith through 250 years of prohibition

歴史応用 太平洋戦争the Pacific WarJapan in the Second World War

歴史応用 大正デモクラシーTaisho democracythe liberal current of the 1910s and 1920s

歴史応用 鉄砲伝来teppo denraithe arrival of the matchlock gun in 1543 and how fast Japan copied it

歴史応用 縄文と弥生Jomon and YayoiJapan's two prehistoric periods

歴史応用 藩校hanko domain schoolthe schools each domain ran for its samurai

歴史応用 武士の登場the rise of the samuraihow warriors took over government

歴史応用 武士道bushidothe way of the warrior

歴史応用 文化財の制度cultural property systemhow Japan designates national treasures and protects its heritage

歴史応用 文明開化bunmei kaikathe rush to westernize

歴史応用 平安時代the Heian periodthe age of the court aristocracy

歴史応用 明治維新the Meiji Restorationthe transformation that rebuilt Japan in decades

歴史応用 蘭学rangakuDutch learning during the closed country period

歴史応用 和算wasanthe mathematics developed in Edo-period Japan

住まい応用 縁側engawathe wooden veranda between inside and out

住まい応用 団地danchipostwar public housing estates

住まい応用 二世帯住宅nisetai jutakua house built for two generations

冠婚葬祭応用 お中元・お歳暮ochugen and oseibothe two seasonal gift-giving periods

冠婚葬祭応用 永代供養eitai kuyothe temple keeping your grave when nobody is left to

冠婚葬祭応用 結納yuinothe formal engagement ceremony

冠婚葬祭応用 戸籍kosekithe family register

現代の暮らし応用 パチンコpachinkothe gambling that legally is not gambling

現代の暮らし応用 献血kenketsugiving blood in Japan

現代の暮らし応用 孤独死kodokushidying alone and not being found

現代の暮らし応用 奨学金shogakukinthe word that means scholarship but usually means student loan

現代の暮らし応用 待機児童taiki jidochildren on the waiting list for daycare

季節応用 国立公園national parksJapan's national parks, where people live and work inside

季節応用 獣害jugaicrop damage by deer, boar and bears

季節応用 日本の水nihon no mizuJapan's paradox of abundant but scarce water

名所応用 青函トンネルseikan tunnelthe undersea tunnel joining Honshu and Hokkaido

名所応用 百舌鳥・古市古墳群mozu furuichi kofunthe giant keyhole tombs you cannot go inside

ポップカルチャー応用 アイドルidolthe Japanese idol system

学校生活応用 通知表tsuchihyothe school report card

神道応用 国家神道kokka shintothe state administration of shrines from 1868 to 1945

神道応用 社号shagowhy shrines are called jingu, taisha or jinja

神道応用 修験道shugendothe mountain ascetic tradition and its yamabushi

神道応用 祝詞noritothe formal prayer read by a priest

神道応用 神社の建築shrine architecturehow to read the buildings of a Shinto shrine

神道応用 神仏習合shinbutsu shugothe long blending of Shinto and Buddhism

神道応用 神様の数え方counting kamiwhy Japanese counts gods with the word for pillar

神道応用 神饌と直会shinsen and naoraithe food offered to a deity and the meal shared afterwards

神道応用 八幡宮hachimangushrines of the warrior deity

神道応用 例大祭reitaisaia shrine's own most important annual festival

神道応用 禊misogipurifying yourself with water

仕事応用 社内失業shanai shitsugyobeing kept on payroll with no real work to do

仕事応用 終身雇用shushin koyolifetime employment

仕事応用 春闘shuntothe spring wage round

仕事応用 定年と再雇用teinenmandatory retirement age and rehiring