In Japan, there are arranged marriages and love marriages. In arranged marriages, each partner must show biodata to each other's families before possible approval. Such a marriage is seen also as a business relationship.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Article 733 of the Civil Code stipulates the period of prohibition of remarriage by stating that "A woman may not remarry unless six months have passed since the day of dissolution or rescission of her previous marriage."

A large disparity in the size of the sexes usually suggests that males compete for females and that the species is polygamous.

The 3 Shokin refers to the three big Shoken Kinyu (securities finance) companies in Japan: Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd., Osaka Securities Financing Co., Ltd. and Chubu Securities Financing Co., Ltd.

today [this day] week

We live in a machine age; motorcars, TV sets, clothes, and books, to name but a few [to mention only a few], are all machine‐made products.

Article 772 of the Civil Code of Japan defines the presumption of legitimacy by stipulating that a child conceived by a wife during marriage shall be presumed to be the child of her husband.

a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward

during the Edo period in Japan, a merchant who dealt regularly with the Daimyos' city warehouse and who conducted the trading of rice {as well rice tax collection}

the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February

a graduate school

someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)

Together with offerings of flowers and food to the family Buddhist alter, decorations such as horses made out of cucumbers or cows made out of eggplants are also placed.

Typical examples are rice terraces called senmaida and a traditional fishing method by ama, or women divers.

the liberal arts

a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper

the local administrative system called the feudal and prefectural system

When you want to say "I promise", if you say "koko ni chikaimasu" you'll sound more like a native.

There is a paper plane that can fly to the end of the world, a stuffed monkey that hugs you and a dinosaur that loves to play Frisbee.

When putting out items such as drinks after the meal, we will provide them after we take the table trays and dishes of the finished food.

on bad [equal, good, speaking, visiting] terms (with…)

a pose of "kabuki" when the people on stage acting have a different pose but seem to be pulling each other mentally

a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

in Japan, a special mail service in which New Year's greeting are specially sorted and mailed

the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case

I have one of my friends who graduated from university and became a fine public servant. Once he told me that what he had learned from school had been useless. However, what little philosophy he had learned proved to be of great benefit.

For example, wanko-soba is used to represent Iwate Prefecture and Date Masamune is used to represent Miyagi Prefecture.

They are the fish (Beibei), the panda (Jingjing), the Olympic flame (Huanhuan), the Tibetan antelope (Yingying), and the swallow (Nini).

Cottages and hotels in resort areas such as Karuizawa, Nasu, Hakone, and Izu will be put up for public auction.

Supreme Court of the U.S.

the New Year's mail of Japan consisting of specially sorted greeting cards