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  2. Japanese sound symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The sound-symbolic words of Japanese can be classified into four main categories: [4] [5] words that mimic sounds made by living things, like a dog's bark ( wan-wan ). words that mimic sounds made by inanimate objects, like wind blowing or rain falling ( zā-zā ). words that depict states, conditions, or manners of the external world (non ...

  3. Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers

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    The Japanese liquid is most often realized as an alveolar tap [ɾ], though there is some variation depending on phonetic context. [1] /r/ of American English (the dialect Japanese speakers are typically exposed to) is most commonly a postalveolar central approximant with simultaneous secondary pharyngeal constriction [ɹ̠ˤ] or less commonly a retroflex approximant [ɻ].

  4. List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions

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    This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).

  5. I Want It That Way - Wikipedia

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    After the success of their first two albums, Backstreet Boys (1996) and Backstreet's Back (1997), the band recorded their third studio album, during 1998 and 1999. When the members of the Backstreet Boys came to Stockholm in November 1998 for a two-week recording engagement, they were eventually presented with the demo of "I Want It That Way," which at the time only consisted of the main chorus.

  6. Japanese phonology - Wikipedia

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    If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. Japanese phonology is the system of sounds used in the pronunciation of the Japanese language. Unless otherwise noted, this article describes the standard variety of Japanese based on the Tokyo dialect . There is no overall consensus on the number of contrastive sounds ( phonemes ...

  7. Traditional Japanese music - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form ...

  8. Go-on - Wikipedia

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    Go-on. Go-on or goon (呉音, English: / ˈɡoʊ.ɒn / GOH-on; Japanese pronunciation: [ɡo.oɴ] or [ɡoꜜoɴ], "sounds from the Wu region ") are Japanese kanji readings based on the classical pronunciations of Chinese characters of the historically prestigious eastern Jiankang [ 1] (now Nanjing) dialect. Go-on are the earliest form of on'yomi ...

  9. Fireproof (One Direction song) - Wikipedia

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    Fireproof (One Direction song) " Fireproof " is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction. The song was released on 8 September 2014, as the first promotional single from their fourth studio album, Four. [2] The song was written by One Direction members, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, along with John Ryan, Jamie Scott and Julian Bunetta.