Rendaku is a morphophonological phenomenon in Japanese where the second portion of a compound or prefixed word starts with a voiced consonant, even though the same morpheme starts with a voiceless consonant sound when used independently or as the first part of a compound. For example, kami starts with the voiceless consonant when used as an independent word, but this is replaced with the voiced consonant when this morpheme is used as the second portion of the compound word origami. In modern Japanese, rendaku is common but at times unpredictable, with certain words unaffected by it.
Japanese pitch accent is a feature of the Japanese language that distinguishes words by accenting particular morae in most Japanese dialects. The nature and location of the accent for a given word may vary between dialects. For instance, the word for "river" is in the Tokyo dialect, with the accent on the second mora, but in the Kansai dialect it is. A final or is often devoiced to or after a downstep and an unvoiced consonant.
Tōma is a town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Kamifurano is a town located in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Teshio is a town located in Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shintoku is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Keibun Ōta, real name Yoshifumi Ōta, is a painter and illustrator born on November 10, 1951, in Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for his watercolor paintings of young girls and children. Ōta has multiple books in print which collect his works, and he has created illustrations for magazines, books, calendars, and posters, and has had multiple one-man exhibitions.
The Sankebetsu brown bear incident, also known as the Rokusensawa bear attack or the Tomamae brown bear incident, was a series of bear attacks which took place 9-15 December 1915, at the beginning of the Taishō era, in a remote area of Hokkaido, Japan. Over the course of six snowy days, a male Ezo brown bear attacked a number of households, killing seven people and injuring a further three. The incident has been referred to as "the worst animal attack in Japanese history". The attacks ended when the hungry bear, so smart that it started to trick people, was shot dead.
Shima Shima Tora No Shimajirō is a 1993 Japanese children's anime series based on the educational learning program Kodomo Challenge by Benesse. It is directed by veteran director Hisayuki Toriumi, with character designs by Shigehito Tsuji. The first Shimajiro series aired at TV Setouchi and all other TXN networks in Japan from December 13, 1993, to March 31, 2008. The second aired from April 7, 2008 to March 29, 2010. The third aired from April 5, 2010 to March 26, 2012, and the fourth and current one began airing on April 2, 2012.
The Ussuri brown bear, also known as the Ezo brown bear, Russian grizzly bear, or the black grizzly bear, is a subspecies of the brown bear or a population of the Eurasian brown bear. One of the largest brown bears, a very large Ussuri brown bear may approach the Kodiak bear in size. It is not to be confused with the North American grizzly bear.
The Braille pattern dots-24 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top right and middle left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top right and upper-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280a, and in Braille ASCII with I.
The Braille pattern dots-25 is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2812, and in Braille ASCII with the number 3.
The Braille pattern dots-125 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left and both middle dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left and both upper-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2813, and in Braille ASCII with H.
The Braille pattern dots-146 is a 6-dot braille cell with both top, and the bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top, and the lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2829, and in Braille ASCII with the percent sign: %.
The Braille pattern dots-56 is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2830, and in Braille ASCII with a semicolon: ;.
Takashi Yanase was a Japanese writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist. He was best known as the creator of the picture book and animated series Anpanman. Yanase was chairman of the Japan Cartoonists Association from May 2000 to 2012.
Rieko Nakagawa is a Japanese children's literature writer and lyricist. Her first work, Iyayaen, was published in 1962, and she has published over 30 books since then. She has won multiple awards for her works, including the Kikuchi Kan Prize.
Madoka Asahina is a Japanese voice actress from Shizuoka Prefecture who is affiliated with 81 Produce. She is known for her roles as Nene Sakura in New Game! and Liones Yelistratova in Hina Logi: from Luck & Logic.
Moritake Kimura was a Japanese non-fiction writer. He is best known for his investigation of the Sankebetsu brown bear incident, which caused the greatest damage in the history of Japanese animal damage.
Haruyoshi Ōkawa was a Japanese hunter. Born in Sankebetsu, Tomamae, Hokkaido, he was one of the few witnesses of the Sankebetsu brown bear incident. Vowing to avenge the victims of the incident, he would go on to kill over 100 brown bears in his lifetime, helping prevent the damage of brown bears in Hokkaido.
