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shonen manga
manga created primarily for boys
josei manga
manga created primarily for adult women
jido manga
manga created primarily for young children
shojo manga
manga created primarily for girls
seinen manga
manga created primarily for adult men
what characteristics of manga allows the reader to "sustain interest for several dozen volumes"?
the sense of familiarity and ambiguity
glass mask
longest running girl's manga in Japan
about how many years has glass mask run as of the date of the article?
over 30 years
how does this article describe the way japanese culture influences others, as opposed to how the US culture does? japanese culture
seeps under the door
what is the climate of okinawa?
semi-tropical
typhoons hit parts of the country every year during late
summer
where is the capital city of tokyo located?
honshu
cold winds from the northern asian continent blow east over ___________, dumping deep, heavy snow on the northwestern coasts of japan.
sea of japan
based on course reading, japan is politically structured into ___ regions and ______ prefectures
8 regions and 47 prefectures
japan's area is comparable to that of
california
mt. fuji is a dormant volcano, which last erupted about _____ years ago
300
how much of japan's land area is mountains?
70%
there is a rainy season in early
summer
where is mt. fuji located?
honshu
there are ___ main islands in japan
4
the mountains of japan contain ___ percent of the world's most active volcanoes
10
where do students eat lunch?
classroom
years of elementary school
6
years of middle school
3
years of high school
3
years of university
4
years of compulsory education
9
entrance examination is typically required for a public:
high school, university
shodo
calligraphy
go
strategic board game
haiku
a form of poetry
what are student's jobs at school?
serve lunch, clean classroom
how do children in public schools typically get to and from school?
walking
how do students in private school typically get to and from school?
take public transportation
japanese children enter the first grade of elementary school in ________ after their 6th birthday
spring
the legends of mt. shigi
fantasy content with narrative sequencing
animal scroll
comically drawn non-human characters used for satires of contemporary society
ukiyo-e
the pop culture accepted as the mainstream culture
rakuten kitazawa
use of manga to increase newspaper circulation
george bigot
narrative sequencing on a magazine page
charles wirgman
use of speech bubbles
hokusai katsuhika
one of the first artists to use the term manga
choju giga
animal scroll
tatami mat
modular flooring panel made of rice straws, a measurement unit for the room size
en no shita
the tradition of raised floor buildings dates back to the prehistoric era, behind-the-scene supportive works of often unrecognized ordinary people
kotatsu
low table heater with a quilt cover that people gather around in winter
horyuji
temple with oldest wooden structure
emakimono
picture scrolls
nishiki-e
multicolored prints
the latitude of japan's northernmost islands are located at about the same as that of
the northern east coast of the US
The climate of Hokkaido and the Sea of Japan coast is ____.
colder
toba-e
pictures in the tradition of the animal scroll
kibyoshi
yellow jacket (book)
According to this text, the main Japanese islands are ___ times farther away from the closest continent than the Great Britain is from the European continent.
6
Which island is the largest of the four main islands of Japan?
honshu
What is Shigisan Engi Emaki?
the legends of a certain mountain
The warm Ocean currents warm up the ____ side of the Japanese islands and those near the Korean straits.
pacific
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