The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

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8.Carrie Ann Inaba got Japanese characters tattooed on her ankle because she thought they translated to mean “courageous love." However, during a trip to Japan, she noticed some locals laughing ...

Nekomata spirits are famous for illustrating books from the Japanese Edo period (1600-1868). These two-tailed feline-shaped yokai can be both evil and characters very loyal to their owners.