In East Asia, metal is sometimes seen as the equivalent of earth and is represented by the White Tiger ( Chinese constellation ), known as 白虎 ( Bái Hǔ ) in Chinese, Byakko in Japanese, Bạch Hổ in Vietnamese and Baekho ( 백호, Hanja: 白虎 ) in Korean.

The standard currency is the woolong, which is roughly equivalent to the present-day Japanese yen.

Types of wood: Japanese name-English equivalent ( if any ), and use in taiko, antiques, etc.

There are two Japanese words equivalent to the English word " emperor ": tennō ( 天皇, lit.

Late Middle Japanese covers the years from 1185 to 1600, and is normally divided into two sections, roughly equivalent to the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period, respectively.

In 1983, it was published in book form and would win the Nihon SF Taisho Award, the Japanese equivalent to the Nebula Award.

As shōjo literally means " girl " in Japanese, the equivalent of the western usage will generally include the medium: girls ' manga ( 少女漫画 shōjo manga ), or anime for girls ( 少女向けアニメ shōjo-muke anime ).

In the North American and Japanese T-carrier digital hierarchies, each digroup supports 12 PCM voice channels or their equivalent in other services.

The shin-hanga (" New Prints ") movement, a print equivalent to the Nihonga movement in painting, drew upon ukiyo-e traditions, creating images of traditional Japanese scenes, in traditional modes and forms.

The dōjinshi subculture has been considered the Japanese equivalent of the English-language slash fandom, especially as they both do not have typical " narrative structure ", science fiction works are particularly popular in both, and they both originated in the 1970s.

1975 models featured Air Flow Control ( AFC ) Fuel Injection on U. S., Canadian, and Japanese Beetles, a derivative of the more complex Bosch fuel injection system used in the Volkswagen Type III – and equivalent to Bosch L-Jetronic.

* J-SOX — Japanese equivalent of Sarbanes – Oxley Act

* Japanese Accepted Names for Pharmaceuticals, the Japanese equivalent of United States Adopted Name

In Japan, Kinya Aikawa played Megure, a Japanese-born equivalent to the French Maigret, reinvented in a modern Japanese setting, in Tōkyō Megure Keishi, a 25-episode TV Series aired from April 14 to May 29, 1978 on Asahi TV.

* the Japanese equivalent danshaku ( だんしゃく, 男爵 )

* Shūgi-bukuro, the Japanese wedding equivalent

Mato sizes and shooting distances vary, but most common is hoshi mato thirty-six centimeters ( or 12 sun, a traditional Japanese measurement equivalent to approximately 3. 03 cm ) in diameter shot at from a distance of twenty-eight meters.

* Kanji ( Japanese equivalent )

* Do ( province ) or circuit (), the Korean and Japanese administrative division equivalent to the ancient Chinese dao

* Dō ( philosophy ) (, " The Way "), the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese concept of the Tao

The Takeda, under Takeda Shingen, developed the Japanese equivalent of the cavalry charge ; though debate continues today as to the force of his charges, and the appropriateness of the term, comparing them to Western cavalry charges, it is evident from contemporary sources that it was a revolutionary development, and powerful against defenders unused to it.

Further minor variations exist where European or Japanese manufacturers round a U measurement up or down to some closer convenient metric equivalent ; for example the common 5U modules are exactly 8. 75 " ( 222. 25mm ), but non-American manufacturers may prefer 220mm or 230mm.

His wife is shōjo manga artist Miyako Maki ( better known as the creator of the doll, Licca-chan, the Japanese equivalent of Barbie ).

Further reasons could be customers ' knowledge of the Telstar's Japanese roots, and that the equivalent Mazda 626 wagon offered a considerably longer warranty at a similar price.

Obi is a decorative sash that is worn by Japanese men and women, although it can be worn with many different traditional outfits, it is most commonly worn with the kimono.

* Obi ( sash ), a sash worn with a kimono or with the uniforms used by practitioners of Japanese martial arts

They will also often wear a tasuki, a sash tied in X around the torso, a look inspired by Japanese World War II fighter pilots.

is a sash for traditional Japanese dress, keikogi worn for Japanese martial arts, and part of kimono outfits.

Japanese kimonos are wrapped around the body, sometimes in several layers, and are secured in place by sashes with a wide obi to complete the human parcel.

* The obi is traditionally part of a Japanese kimono.

Tōgane is home to the Kurenai-kai School of Japanese embroidery, which produces handmade obi and kimono in the traditional Japanese style.

A chiefly Japanese packaging is the addition of an obi strip, a strip of paper wound around the side of the case to show details such as the price, artist, etc.

* Japanese release includes obi strip and lyric sheet

Some of Miyagi's more notable students were: Seko Higa ( his oldest student and also a student of Kanryo Higaonna ), Miyazato Ei ' ichi ( founder of the Jundokan dojo ), Meitoku Yagi ( founder of the Meibukan dojo, who eventually accepted Miyagi's gi and obi from Miyagi's family ), Seikichi Toguchi ( founder of Shorei-kan Goju-ryu ), and on the Japanese mainland Gōgen Yamaguchi who was the founder of the International Karate do Goju Kai Association and who after training with Miyagi, became the representative of Gōjū-ryū in Japan.

At mealtime, the Brazilian cook serves up a stew of feijoada to a nonplussed Japanese:

It serves as an excellent example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, containing many of the defensive and architectural features associated with Japanese castles.

In the larger community, Ouchi serves on the Advisory Board of the U. S. Commission on Presidential Debates, on the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, and on the Board of Directors of The Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools-an operator of inner-city charter schools in Los Angeles.

The aggressive pace of operations against the Japanese serves as one contributing factor to both the heavy losses sustained and the greater number of successes scored as compared to the British and American assets in the region.

In addition to previous established fighting game stars Terry Bogard and Ryo Sakazaki, the game introduces a new hero: a young Japanese martial artist named Kyo Kusanagi, who serves as the lead character in the early KOF games.

Additionally, the Philippine Sea serves as spawning ground for Japanese eel, tuna and different whale species.

Japanese cell phone company Soft Bank released a special Char Custom cell phone in late 2007, with a very large red Zaku head which serves as the charger base.

This is usually the Japanese embassy or consulate that serves the applicant's home town, though it could theoretically be any site in the same country that the applicant submits on his or her application.

It serves over 26 million Japanese households, 90, 000 SME customers, and retail brokerage clients under the name Mizuho Investors Securities nationwide.

It serves over 26 million Japanese households and 90, 000 SME customers.

Under his given name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, he serves as editor-in-chief of the 20-volume Anthology of Japanese Literature, chairman of the board of a large " Pushkin Library " ( Soros Fund ), and is the author of the book The Writer and Suicide ( Moscow, The New Literary Review, 1999 ).

He wrote " Love Lives ", which serves as a theme song for the Japanese sci-fi movie Space Battleship Yamato.

* In the visual novel and anime series Koihime Musō, Jun ' iku ( Xun Yu's Japanese name ) also serves as a strategist to Sōsō ( Cao Cao ) and has a huge crush on her.

The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism.

The school serves the sons of expatriates living in or near Tokyo, as well as many Japanese students seeking a Western, English-medium education.

Shiono-Misaki Airfield now serves as a small base for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force.

This relationship serves as the basis of many Japanese woodblock prints, including one by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

An is a type of Japanese drinking establishment which also serves food to accompany the drinks.

In Japan, the Avensis is exclusive to Japanese Toyota dealerships called Toyota Netz Store locations, and serves as the largest sedan offered.

He also serves as a semi-regular commentator and judge on the Japanese TV program Ai no Eepuron ( Apron of Love ).

The Honda Legend is a six-cylinder mid-size luxury car produced by the Japanese automaker Honda since 1985 that currently serves as its flagship vehicle and provides the basis for the Acura RL, the flagship vehicle of Honda's luxury Acura division in North America.

is Japanese for " peregrine falcon ", a bird that often serves as a metaphor for speed due to its vertical hunting dive, or stoop, speed of, the fastest of any bird.

* In Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin ( Japanese manga series ), the building serves as the headquarters for one of the main occupation armies of the antagonist Principality of Zeon, under Garma Zabi.