Doing Fieldwork in Japan

Glossary of Japanese Terms and Abbreviations

Glossary | 375 amae amaeru Amerikajin anaunsā Anpo Anzen dai’ichi arerugii Aum Shinrikyō benkyōkai bōchōken Bon Odori buchō bunka katsudō Burajirujin chiimu chōkai !" !"# ! !" !"# ! !" psychological or interpersonal dependency to act or be dependent upon another an American (person) “announcer,” a news reader U.S.-Japan Security Treaty “Safety first!” allergy; (political) antipathy name of a religious sect; perpetrators of subway gas attacks study group an observer’s pass (to view a trial session) summer festival for the ancestral dead division head cultural activities, cultural affairs a Brazilian (person) team, working group neighborhood association g l o s s a r y o f j a p a n e s e t e r m s a n d a b b r e v i a t i o n s 376 | Glossary chōnaikai daigakuinsei dasai dokyumento enka enko shūshoku fusuma gaijin gaijin tokken gaikaku dantai ganbatte geisha gikai gun gunjin Gyōsei kikan no hoyū suru jōhō no kōkai ni kansuru hō hāfu haigūsha hakase hakase katei hakkutsu hanmen kyōshi heiwa-shugi hitorikko honne hyōronka ! !"# ! ! ! ! !"# !"# !"# ! ! ! ! neighborhood association graduate student gauche eyewitness accounts or primary documents, a term often used by journalists old-fashioned popular song genre, usually very sentimental getting a job through connections or social ties sliding doors, usually covered in opaque paper foreigner “special foreigners’ privileges” organization affiliated with a government agency or program; an extragovernmental body “Hang in there!” (verb: ganbaru—to persevere) traditional female entertainers legislative assembly military military personnel Information Disclosure Law (2001)— for English translation of the law, see www.soumu.go.jp/gyoukan/kanri/ translation3.htm half [Japanese]; person with “mixed” parentage a spouse a doctor (Ph.D. or M.D.) doctoral program literally “to excavate,” finding documents negative role model pacifism an “only” child the real intention, essence, or private truth; bottom-line interest (cf. tatemae) commentator, critic Glossary | 377 ikizumari JET Program jieikan jieiken Jieitai jigyō jiyū sakubun juku kachō kaigo hoken Kaijo Jieitai kaikan kairanban kaiseki ryōri kakko-ii kakuron kamikaze kanji karaoke Keidanren keigo kenji kenjisei kenkyū jugyō kenky¯ ūin kenkyūjo kenkyūkai kenky¯ ūsei kenmin kenshūsei kessai kigō kō kobetsuteki jieiken kodomo kōeki kōenkai !" gbq ! ! ! !" ! !! ! ! !"# dead-end experiments Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, an English-teaching program sponsored by the Japanese government self-defense ship; destroyer right of self-defense Self Defense Force (SDF) activity, program (work, enterprise, undertaking) a “free” composition, a free-form essay a test preparation school, a cram school section chief long-term care insurance Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF) a meeting hall or building circulating message board elegant, Kyoto-style cuisine cool, trendy,“in” specialized articles on particular topics suicide pilots during World War II written characters, ideographs singing to a prerecorded accompaniment Federation of Economic Organizations polite, honorific language prosecutor chief prosecutor demonstration class research fellow research institute study group, research circle research student prefectural citizen or resident trainee consultation and approval a company name or trademark pilgrimage group; a group of religious devotees right of individual self-defense child public interest a support group or fan club 378 | Glossary trial prosecutor a diary exchanged with a friend heart, soul Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) national interest a budget item, a program discussion group connections or influence biracial person (literally, mixed-blood person) family registers; legal records of genealogy ward office “caster,” a newscaster, a news anchor board of education a support group, for example, for a person on trial Liberal Democratic Party; Japan’s leading conservative party (LDP is an abbreviation for the English name. The Japanese name for the organization is Jimintō.) street-corner communication bluefin tuna comics; a cartoon magazine or book eighth-century poetry collection a business card, a name card superstition arranged marriage; also a formal meeting for marriage arrangements small-circulation publications Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI is an abbreviation for the English name. The Japanese name for the organization is Tsūsanshō.) Ministry of Finance (MOF is an abbreviation for the English name. The Japanese name for the organization is Ōkurashō.) an adopted son-in-law village ostracism,“ejection from the village” kōhan kenji kōkan nikki kokoro Kōkū Jieitai kokueki kōmoku kondankai kone konketsuji koseki kuyakusho kyasutā kyōiku iinkai kyūenkai LDP machikomi maguro manga Man’yōshu meishi meishin miai mini-komi MITI MOF...