日 本 Rì běn Japan 东 洋 Dōng yáng Japan (old) / East Asian countries 东 瀛 Dōng yíng East China Sea / Japan 日 本 国 rì běn guó Japan 日 本 铁 路 周 游 券 rì běn tiě lù zhōu yóu quàn Japan 日 本 烟 草 股 份 有 限 公 司 rì běn yān cǎo gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī Japan 东 京 Dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 抗 战 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) 抗 日 kàng Rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 首 相 shǒu xiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) 抗 日 战 争 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) 天 皇 tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan 大 阪 Dà bǎn Ōsaka, a city and prefecture in Japan 钓 鱼 岛 Diào yú Dǎo Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands 对 日 duì Rì (policy etc) towards Japan 韩 日 Hán Rì Korea and Japan 关 东 Guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō / region of Japan 中 日 韩 Zhōng Rì Hán China, Japan and Korea 冲 绳 Chōng shéng Okinawa, Japan 广 岛 Guǎng dǎo Hiroshima, Japan 北 海 道 Běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan 钓 鱼 台 Diào yú tái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan &ndash / which calls them the Senkaku Islands &ndash / but claimed by China as part of its territory 关 西 Guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan 横 滨 Héng bīn Yokohama, Japan 高 梁 Gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name) 扶 桑 Fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan 东 北 大 学 Dōng běi Dà xué Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning) / Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan 琉 球 Liú qiú Ryūkyū / refers to the Ryūkyū / Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan / Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan 独 岛 Dú dǎo Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛[Zhu2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 长 崎 Cháng qí Nagasaki, Japan 福 冈 Fú gāng Fukuoka, capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan / Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 萨 摩 Sà mó Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc 外 务 省 wài wù shěng foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea) 日 本 海 Rì běn Hǎi Sea of Japan 松 茸 sōng róng matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan 金 针 菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes, Japanese えのき茸 / enokitake), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇 织 田 信 长 Zhī tián Xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan 札 幌 Zhá huǎng Sapporo, Japan 仙 台 Xiān tái Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县[Gong1 cheng2 xian4] in northeast Japan 本 州 Běn zhōu Honshū, the main island of Japan 东 京 大 学 Dōng jīng Dà xué Tokyo University, Japan 奈 良 Nài liáng Nara, an old capital of Japan 长 野 Cháng yě Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan 不 平 等 条 约 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty &ndash / a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries) 日 本 天 皇 Rì běn tiān huáng Emperor of Japan 蒙 代 尔 Méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996 纳 豆 nà dòu nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan 秋 田 Qiū tián Akita prefecture of north Japan 裕 仁 Yù rén Hirohito, personal name of the Shōwa 昭和[Zhao1 he2] emperor of Japan (1901-1989), reigned 1925-1989 竹 岛 Zhú dǎo Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛[Du2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 鉴 真 Jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism 明 仁 Míng rén Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成[Ping2 cheng2] emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019 德 仁 Dé rén Naruhito (1960-), emperor of Japan from 2019 貉 子 háo zi raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸 七 国 集 团 Qī guó Jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) 陈 天 华 Chén Tiān huà Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 郭 小 川 Guō Xiǎo chuān Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution 坪 a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan) 貉 raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2] 富 国 强 兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) 德 川 Dé chuān Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850 富 士 山 Fù shì Shān Mt. Fuji, Japan 名 古 屋 Míng gǔ wū Nagoya, city in Japan 箱 根 Xiāng gēn Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo 静 冈 县 Jìng gāng xiàn Shizuoka prefecture southwest of Tokyo, Japan 阿 苏 A1 sū Aso volcano in Kyūshū / 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano 冲 绳 县 Chōng shéng xiàn Okinawa prefecture, Japan 秋 田 县 Qiū tián xiàn Akita prefecture, northeast Japan 松 蘑 sōng mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan 阿 苏 山 A1 sū shān Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan 函 馆 Hán guǎn Hakodate, main port of south Hokkaidō / 北海道[Bei3 hai3 dao4], Japan 美 智 子 Měi zhì zǐ Michiko, Japanese female given name / Empress Michiko of Japan (1934-) 水 俣 病 shuǐ yǔ bìng Minamata disease (mercury poisoning found in Southern Japan in 1956) 茨 城 Cí chéng Ibaraki prefecture in northeast Japan 边 币 biān bì Border Region currency, issued by the Communist Border Region governments during the War against Japan and the War of Liberation 日 本 原 子 能 研 究 所 Rì běn Yuán zǐ Néng Yán jiū suǒ Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute 中 日 韩 越 Zhōng Rì Hán Yuè China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam 爱 知 县 Aì zhī xiàn Aichi prefecture, central Japan 长 野 县 Cháng yě xiàn Nagano prefecture, Japan 茨 城 县 Cí chéng xiàn Ibaraki prefecture in northeast Japan 慈 照 寺 Cí zhào sì Jishōji in northeast Kyōto 京都, Japan, the official name of Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion 銀閣寺|银阁寺[yin2 ge2 si4] 村 山 富 市 Cūn shān Fù shì Tomiichi Murayama (1924-), former prime minister of Japan 福 冈 县 Fú gāng xiàn Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan 鹿 苑 寺 Lù yuàn sì Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion 金閣寺|金阁寺[Jin1 ge2 si4] as Buddhist temple 千 叶 县 Qiān yè xiàn Chiba prefecture, Japan 日 本 社 会 党 Rì běn Shè huì dǎng Japan Socialist Party 日 本 银 行 Rì běn Yín háng Bank of Japan 日 俄 战 争 Rì E2 Zhàn zhēng the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan 神 奈 川 县 Shén nài chuān xiàn Kanagawa prefecture, Japan 松 岛 Sōng dǎo Matsushima (name) / Matsushima town and national park in Miyagi prefecture, Japan 松 山 Sōng shān Songshan or Sungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan / Matsuyama, city in Japan 太 平 洋 战 争 Tài píng Yáng Zhàn zhēng Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 严 岛 Yán dǎo Itsukushima island in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, with a famous shrine 七 大 工 业 国 集 团 qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia) 三 重 县 Sān chóng xiàn Mi'e prefecture in central Japan 下 关 市 Xià guān shì Shimonoseki, city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan 中 日 韩 统 一 表 意 文 字 Zhōng Rì Hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs / Unihan 京 都 府 Jīng dū fǔ Kyōto prefecture in central Japan 佐 世 保 Zuǒ shì bǎo Sasebo, city and naval port in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan 南 西 诸 岛 Nán xī zhū dǎo Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan
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