スピーキング試験の日本文化（313項目）

伝統芸能必修 芸者と舞妓geikoprofessional entertainers trained in dance, music and hosting

仏教必修 お墓参りohakamairivisiting the family grave

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

着物必修 着物kimonothe traditional Japanese garment

ことば必修 おかげさまでokagesama dethanks to you and to unseen help

ことば必修 おもてなしomotenashiJapanese hospitality

ことば必修 お互いさまotagaisamawe all need help sometimes, so no debt is owed

ことば必修 じゃんけんjankenrock-paper-scissors, used by adults to decide almost anything

ことば必修 もったいないmottainaiwhat a waste

ことば必修 挨拶aisatsugreetings as a social duty

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 関西弁kansai-benthe dialect spoken around Osaka and Kyoto

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 先輩・後輩senpai and kohaiseniors and juniors

工芸必修 金継ぎkintsugirepairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold

工芸必修 折り紙origamipaper folding

年中行事必修 おせち料理osechithe New Year food packed in stacked boxes

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 こどもの日kodomo no hiChildren's Day and the carp streamers

年中行事必修 ホワイトデーwhite dayMarch 14, the return gift for Valentine's Day

年中行事必修 花見hanamicherry blossom viewing

年中行事必修 祭りmatsuria local festival

年中行事必修 初詣hatsumodethe first shrine visit of the year

年中行事必修 雛祭りhinamatsurithe doll festival on March 3rd

年中行事必修 大晦日omisokaNew Year's Eve in Japan

年中行事必修 日本のクリスマスchristmas japanChristmas as a couples' night with fried chicken

年中行事必修 母の日と父の日mothers day and fathers dayhow Japan observes the two imported family days

年中行事必修 忘年会bonenkaithe year-end party to forget the year

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 縁起engiwhether something is considered lucky or unlucky

妖怪必修 縁結びenmusubimatchmaking, or bringing people together through fate

妖怪必修 干支etothe twelve-year cycle of zodiac animals

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 うなぎunagifreshwater eel, grilled and glazed

食べもの必修 おにぎりonigiria rice ball with a filling

食べもの必修 お茶漬けochazukerice with tea or broth poured over it

食べもの必修 カツ丼katsudonthe pork cutlet rice bowl students eat before an exam

食べもの必修 ビアガーデンbeer gardenthe rooftop beer gardens that open only for the summer

食べもの必修 まんじゅうmanjuthe steamed bun filled with sweet bean paste

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 海苔norithe sheets of dried seaweed used for rice balls and sushi rolls

食べもの必修 鰹節katsuobushidried, smoked and fermented bonito, shaved into flakes for stock

食べもの必修 昆布konbuthe kelp that gives Japanese stock its savory depth

食べもの必修 雑煮zonithe New Year soup with rice cakes in it

食べもの必修 親子丼oyakodonchicken and egg on rice, and the name nobody expects

食べもの必修 大福daifukuthe pounded rice cake wrapped around sweet bean paste

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

食べもの必修 味噌misofermented soybean paste

食べもの必修 卵焼きtamagoyakithe rolled omelette, sweet or savory depending on where you are

食べもの必修 和食washokutraditional Japanese cuisine

マナー必修 お辞儀ojigibowing

マナー必修 すみませんsumimasensorry / excuse me / thank you

マナー必修 会釈eshakuthe small nod-bow used in passing

マナー必修 電車の中のマナーtrain etiquettewhy Japanese trains are so quiet

マナー必修 麺をすする音men wo susuru otoslurping noodles out loud

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

現代の暮らし必修 ファミリーレストランfamily restaurantthe all-purpose chain restaurant, and the drink bar

季節必修 紅葉koyoautumn leaves, and going to look at them

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

温泉必修 温泉onsena natural hot spring bath

温泉必修 湯船につかるyubune ni tsukarusoaking in the tub rather than just showering

名所必修 鎌倉の大仏the Great Buddha of Kamakurathe bronze Buddha that sits outdoors because its hall was destroyed

名所必修 祇園と花街Gionthe old Kyoto quarter where geiko and maiko still work

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

名所必修 金閣寺Kinkakujithe Golden Pavilion in Kyoto

名所必修 銀閣寺Ginkakujithe Silver Pavilion in Kyoto, which has no silver on it

名所必修 厳島神社Itsukushima Shrinethe shrine built over the sea, with a torii gate standing in the water

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 皇居と二重橋Kokyowhere the Emperor lives, on the site of Edo Castle

名所必修 秋葉原Akihabarathe Tokyo district that went from radio parts to anime

名所必修 渋谷スクランブル交差点the Shibuya scramble crossingthe all-way pedestrian crossing outside Shibuya Station

名所必修 清水寺Kiyomizuderathe Kyoto temple with a wooden stage built out over a hillside

名所必修 浅草Asakusathe old temple district in eastern Tokyo

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

名所必修 東京タワーTokyo Towerthe red and white broadcasting tower built in 1958

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 奈良公園の鹿the deer of Nara Parkthe wild deer that roam a city park in Nara

名所必修 白川郷Shirakawagothe mountain village of steep thatched farmhouses

名所必修 箱根Hakonethe hot spring area in the mountains west of Tokyo

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

名所必修 伏見稲荷大社Fushimi Inari Taishathe Kyoto shrine with thousands of vermilion torii gates up a mountain

名所必修 明治神宮Meiji Jinguthe Tokyo shrine set in a forest that was planted from nothing

名所必修 嵐山Arashiyamathe district of western Kyoto with the bridge, the temple garden and the bamboo path

学校生活必修 給食kyushokuschool lunch

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

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

神道必修 神輿mikoshithe portable shrine carried through the streets at a festival

神道必修 無宗教mushukyosaying you have no religion while keeping its customs

伝統芸能標準 獅子舞shishimaithe lion dance that bites your head for luck

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

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 川柳senryuthe comic cousin of haiku, about people rather than nature

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

仏教標準 お布施ofusethe money offered to a priest, with no stated price

武道標準 稽古keikotraining in a traditional art or martial art

武道標準 四股shikothe sumo leg-raising movement, done as training and as a rite

武道標準 少林寺拳法Shorinji Kempoa Japanese martial art founded in 1947, different from Chinese Shaolin kung fu

武道標準 正座と黙想seiza and mokusokneeling and the short silent sitting at the start and end of practice

武道標準 竹刀と防具shinai and boguthe bamboo sword and protective armor used in kendo

武道標準 土俵dohyothe raised clay ring a sumo bout is fought in

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 かんざしkanzashian ornamental hairpin worn with traditional Japanese hairstyles

着物標準 学生服gakuseifukuthe classic Japanese school uniform: the stand-collar jacket and the sailor blouse

着物標準 着物の柄と文様kimono motifsthe symbolism behind cranes, waves and other patterns woven or dyed into kimono

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

ことば標準 縁enthe connection between people that brings them together

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

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 水に流すmizu ni nagasuletting the past wash away

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

ことば標準 無常mujothe impermanence of everything

ことば標準 流行語大賞buzzword of the yearthe annual award for new words, and what it really measures

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

ことば標準 忖度sontakuacting on what you guess a superior wants, without being told

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

工芸標準 蒔絵maki-elacquer decoration made by sprinkling gold or silver powder onto wet lacquer

工芸標準 焼き物の産地yakimono no sanchithe pottery towns that each make a distinct kind of ware

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

年中行事標準 お月見otsukimimoon viewing in autumn

年中行事標準 さっぽろ雪まつりSapporo Snow Festivalthe February festival of giant snow sculptures in Sapporo

年中行事標準 スポーツの日supotsu no hiSports Day, the second Monday of October

年中行事標準 海の日umi no hiMarine Day, the third Monday of July

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 勤労感謝の日kinro kansha no hiLabor Thanksgiving Day, November 23rd

年中行事標準 建国記念の日kenkoku kinen no hiNational Foundation Day, February 11th

年中行事標準 憲法記念日kenpo kinenbiConstitution Memorial Day, May 3rd

年中行事標準 山の日yama no hiMountain Day, August 11th, Japan's newest public holiday

年中行事標準 七夕tanabatathe star festival

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

年中行事標準 昭和の日とみどりの日Showa Day and Greenery Daythe two late-April holidays that swapped names and dates

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 天皇誕生日tenno tanjobithe Emperor's Birthday, a holiday whose date changes with the reign

年中行事標準 灯籠流しtoro nagashifloating lanterns for the dead

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 文化の日bunka no hiCulture Day, November 3rd

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 だるまdarumathe round wish doll with no eyes

妖怪標準 一富士二鷹三茄子ichifuji nitaka sannasubithe traditional ranking of lucky first-dream images: Mount Fuji, a hawk, an eggplant

妖怪標準 茶柱が立つchabashira ga tatsua tea stem standing upright in your cup, a small good-luck sign

食べもの標準 あんぱんanpanthe sweet bean bun that made bread Japanese

食べもの標準 ご当地グルメgotochi gourmetlocal specialty foods, and the towns that market them

食べもの標準 さしすせそsashisusesothe order in which the five basic seasonings go into a Japanese dish

食べもの標準 ちゃんぽんchamponthe Nagasaki noodle dish invented for Chinese students

食べもの標準 もんじゃ焼きmonjayakithe runny Tokyo griddle dish you eat straight off the hotplate

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 甘酒amazakethe sweet rice drink, with and without alcohol

食べもの標準 恵方巻ehomakithe uncut sushi roll eaten facing a set direction at Setsubun

食べもの標準 食品ロスshokuhin lossfood that could have been eaten but was thrown away

食べもの標準 石焼き芋ishiyakiimosweet potatoes roasted in hot stones, sold from a truck

食べもの標準 日本のウイスキーjapanese whiskyhow Japan started making whisky, and why the old bottles vanished

食べもの標準 梅酒umeshuplum liqueur, and the one alcohol Japanese households legally make

食べもの標準 味噌田楽miso dengakutofu or vegetables on skewers, grilled with sweet miso

食べもの標準 冷やし中華hiyashi chukathe cold noodle dish that appears for one season only

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 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 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

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

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

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

マナー標準 先日はどうもsenjitsu wa domothanking someone again next time

マナー標準 電話の受け方answering the phonephone manners at a Japanese company

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 バリアフリーbarrier freeaccessibility in Japan, and the yellow tactile paving it invented

現代の暮らし標準 ふるさと納税furusato nozeidonating to another town and having it deducted from your own tax

現代の暮らし標準 ポイント経済point economywhy everyone in Japan is asked for a point card

現代の暮らし標準 ヤクザyakuzaorganized crime in Japan, and why the offices have nameplates

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 気象警報weather warningsJapan's tiered warning system and what each level means

現代の暮らし標準 計画運休keikaku unkyushutting down the trains before the storm arrives

現代の暮らし標準 国民皆保険kokumin kaihokenthe public health insurance everyone in Japan is required to join

現代の暮らし標準 在宅勤務working from homewhy remote work spread and then shrank again in Japan

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 消費税consumption taxJapan's sales tax, its rises, and the reduced rate

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 分煙smoking ruleswhere you can and cannot smoke in Japan

現代の暮らし標準 捕鯨whalingwhy Japan resumed commercial whaling, and how little whale is actually eaten

現代の暮らし標準 宝くじtakarakujithe public lottery, and why the prize is tax-free

現代の暮らし標準 麻雀mahjongthe four-player tile game, and where it sits legally

現代の暮らし標準 落とし物lost and foundwhy lost things come back in Japan

現代の暮らし標準 立ち飲みtachinomithe standing bar, where you drink fast and cheap

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 屋久島Yakushimathe southern island of ancient cedars and constant rain

名所標準 金沢kanazawathe castle town that escaped the bombing, and its gold leaf

名所標準 銀座Ginzathe expensive shopping district named after a silver mint

名所標準 軽井沢karuizawathe highland resort that began as a missionary's summer escape

名所標準 兼六園Kenrokuenthe Kanazawa garden named for the six qualities a perfect garden should have

名所標準 高山Takayamathe mountain town in Gifu with preserved merchant streets and festival floats

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

名所標準 桜島sakurajimathe active volcano that drops ash on a city of 600,000

名所標準 三十三間堂Sanjusangendothe 120-meter hall in Kyoto holding 1,001 statues of Kannon

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 首里城と沖縄Shurijothe palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa

名所標準 城崎温泉Kinosaki Onsena hot spring town in northern Hyogo known for its seven public bathhouses

名所標準 神戸kobethe port city between mountain and sea, rebuilt after an earthquake

名所標準 草津温泉kusatsu onsenthe strongly acidic hot spring with the wooden cooling ritual

名所標準 足立美術館Adachi Museum of Artthe Shimane museum whose garden is viewed like a painting, not walked in

名所標準 長崎と出島Nagasaki and Dejimathe port that was Japan's only window to Europe, and the second atomic bombing

名所標準 東京スカイツリーTokyo Skytreethe 634-meter broadcasting tower in eastern Tokyo

名所標準 東京駅の駅舎Tokyo Stationthe red brick station building of 1914, restored in 2012

名所標準 道後温泉dogo onsenone of Japan's oldest hot springs, and its wooden bathhouse

名所標準 二条城Nijojothe Kyoto castle where the shogun gave power back to the Emperor

名所標準 日光東照宮Nikko Toshoguthe shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu is enshrined, covered in carvings

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

名所標準 熱海atamithe hot spring town that collapsed and came back

名所標準 福岡fukuokathe city closest to the continent, and its street food stalls

名所標準 平等院鳳凰堂Byodointhe eleventh-century temple hall on the ten-yen coin

名所標準 別府と湯布院Beppu and Yufuinthe biggest hot spring town in Japan and the quiet one next to it

名所標準 別府温泉beppu onsenthe town with the most hot spring water in Japan

名所標準 名古屋nagoyathe industrial city between Tokyo and Osaka, with its own food

名所標準 有馬温泉Arima Onsenthe old hot spring town in the hills behind Kobe

ポップカルチャー標準 eスポーツesportscompetitive gaming in Japan

ポップカルチャー標準 昔の遊びmukashi no asobithe pre-electronic children's games still taught in schools

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 修学旅行shugaku ryokothe school trip everyone goes on

学校生活標準 内申点naishintenthe school's internal assessment that counts toward high school entry

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

学校生活標準 保健室hokenshitsuthe school nurse's room, which is also a refuge

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

神道標準 厄払いyakubaraithe shrine rite performed in an unlucky year of life

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

仕事標準 ボーナスbonusthe twice-yearly lump-sum pay

仕事標準 社員旅行shain ryokothe company trip

仕事標準 接待settaientertaining clients

仕事標準 転勤tenkincompany-ordered relocation

仕事標準 派遣社員hakenagency temp workers

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

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

仏教応用 宗派の違いBuddhist schools in Japanthe main branches of Japanese Buddhism and how they differ

仏教応用 曼荼羅mandalaa diagram of the Buddhist universe used in esoteric ritual and meditation

武道応用 押忍osuthe all-purpose word shouted in martial arts dojos

武道応用 道場破りdojo-yaburithe movie trope of a stranger challenging a rival dojo to a duel

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

着物応用 着物の季節の決まりseasonal kimono ruleslined, unlined and sheer kimono, and when each is worn

ことば応用 けじめkejimedrawing a clear line between one thing and another

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

ことば応用 間mathe meaningful gap

ことば応用 言霊kotodamathe belief that spoken words carry power

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 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 幽玄yugendepth that is felt rather than shown

工芸応用 でんでん太鼓denden daikothe pellet drum you shake to quiet a baby

工芸応用 刀鍛冶katana kajithe swordsmiths who still forge Japanese blades by hand

工芸応用 民芸運動the mingei movementthe 1926 movement that found beauty in everyday objects made by unnamed craftspeople

工芸応用 木曽のひのきKiso hinokiprized cypress from a valley protected by a harsh Edo-era logging law

工芸応用 輪島塗Wajima-nurithe lacquerware of Wajima, built up in over a hundred separate steps

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

年中行事応用 十三参りjunisan mairithe shrine visit at thirteen

年中行事応用 十三夜jusanyathe second moon-viewing night, about a month after the harvest moon

年中行事応用 初夢hatsuyumethe first dream of the year, and what it is said to foretell

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

食べもの応用 ところてんtokorotenseaweed jelly pushed into noodles, sweet in the west and sour in the east

食べもの応用 屋形船yakatabunethe roofed boat you eat and drink on

食べもの応用 栗きんとんkuri kintontwo different sweets with the same name

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

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

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

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

住まい応用 欄間ranmathe carved panel above the sliding doors

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 散骨sankotsuscattering ashes at sea, and the rules around it

現代の暮らし応用 アイヌthe Ainuthe indigenous people of northern Japan, recognized in law only in 2019

現代の暮らし応用 ゲートボールgateballthe team game invented in Japan for children, now played by the old

現代の暮らし応用 沖縄の米軍基地US bases in Okinawawhy most US military facilities in Japan are on one small island

現代の暮らし応用 技能実習と育成就労technical intern trainingthe foreign worker program Japan is replacing after years of criticism

現代の暮らし応用 教科書検定と歴史認識textbook screeninghow Japanese textbooks are approved, and why neighboring countries react

現代の暮らし応用 原発と再稼働nuclear power in Japanwhat happened to Japan's reactors after 2011, and where policy stands now

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 皇位継承imperial successionwho can become emperor, and the shortage of people who qualify

現代の暮らし応用 死刑capital punishmentwhy Japan still has capital punishment, and how it is carried out

現代の暮らし応用 住民票juminhyothe address registration that everything else depends on

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

現代の暮らし応用 同性婚same-sex marriagewhy Japan has partnership systems in most cities but no legal marriage

現代の暮らし応用 難民認定refugee recognitionwhy Japan recognizes so few refugees, and what changed in 2023

現代の暮らし応用 入管の収容immigration detentionwhy Japan can hold people without a time limit or a court order

現代の暮らし応用 部落差別buraku discriminationdiscrimination against people linked to certain communities, based on ancestry alone

現代の暮らし応用 靖国神社Yasukuni Shrinethe Tokyo shrine for Japan's war dead, and why prime ministers' visits are disputed

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

温泉応用 混浴konyokua mixed-sex bath, now rare

温泉応用 秘湯hitoa remote, hard-to-reach hot spring

名所応用 阿蘇山Mount Asothe active volcano in Kyushu with fifty thousand people living inside its caldera

名所応用 熊野古道Kumano Kodothe old pilgrimage routes through the mountains south of Osaka

名所応用 軍艦島gunkanjimathe abandoned coal island off Nagasaki

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

名所応用 知床Shiretokothe northeastern peninsula where drift ice reaches its southern limit

名所応用 直島Naoshimathe small island in the Inland Sea turned into a contemporary art site

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

神道応用 神無月kannazukithe month the gods are away

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

仕事応用 出向shukkobeing loaned to another company