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Naruto. Naruto[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young, socially isolated ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. The story is told in two parts: the first is set in Naruto... |
Naruto (disambiguation). Naruto is a Japanese manga series. Naruto or Narutō may also refer to: |
Title character. The title character in a narrative work is one who is named or referred to in the title of the work. In a performed work such as a play or film, the performer who plays the title character is said to have the title role of the piece. The title of the work might consist solely of the title characters na... |
Naruhito. The EmperorThe Empress The Emperor EmeritusThe Empress Emerita Naruhito[a] (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne following the abdication of his father, Akihito, on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era.[1] He is the 126th monarch, according to the traditional orde... |
Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto Uzumaki (Japanese: うずまき ナルト, Hepburn: Uzumaki Naruto) (/ˈnɑːrutoʊ/) is the titular protagonist of the manga series Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is a ninja from the fictional Hidden Leaf Village (Japanese: 木ノ葉隠れ, Hepburn: konohagakure). As a boy, Naruto is ridiculed and ostracized on ... |
Naruto Strait. Naruto Strait (鳴門海峡, Naruto-kaikyō) is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima Nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and the Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpools. Ōnaruto Bridge, the southern part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, cross... |
Narutō, Chiba. Narutō (成東町, Narutō-machi) was a town located in Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Narutō Town was established on April 1, 1889 within Musha District. Musha District became part of Sanbu District from April 1, 1897. On October 1, 1954 Narutō expanded through the annexation of the neighboring villa... |
Naruto whirlpools. The Naruto whirlpools (鳴門の渦潮, Naruto no Uzushio) are tidal whirlpools in the Naruto Strait, a channel between Naruto in Tokushima and Awaji Island in Hyōgo, Japan.[1] The strait between Naruto and Awaji island has a width of about 1.3 km (0.81 miles). The strait is one of the connections between the... |
Naruto, Tokushima. Naruto (鳴門市, Naruto-shi) is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 June 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of 54,989 in 26,206 households and a population density of 410 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 191.11 square kilometres (73.79 sq mi). Naruto ... |
Naruto (TV series). Naruto[f] is a Japanese anime television series based on Masashi Kishimotos 1999–2014 manga series Naruto. It follows Naruto Uzumaki, a young orphan ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Like the manga, the anim... |
Michael Collins (film). Michael Collins is a 1996 biographical historical drama film about Michael Collins, a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence against the United Kingdom. It is written and directed by Neil Jordan and stars Liam Neeson in the title role, along with Aidan Quinn, S... |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s-1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain... |
Heir presumptive. An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question.[1][2] This is in contrast to an heir apparent, whose claim on the position cannot be displ... |
Junko Takeuchi. Junko Takeuchi (竹内 順子, Takeuchi Junko; born April 5, 1972) is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. & BQMAP. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters, with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most we... |
List of minor planets: 94001–95000. The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 94001 through 95000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPLs Small-Body Orbital Elements[1] and data available from the Minor Planet Center.[2][3] Critical list in... |
Narrative. A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences,[1][2] whether non-fictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc.).[3][4][5] Narratives can be presented through a sequence of writ... |
List of regions of Japan. Japan is often divided into regions, each containing one or more of the countrys 47 prefectures at large. Sometimes, they are referred to as blocs (ブロック, burokku), or regional blocs (地域ブロック, chiiki burokku) as opposed to more granular regional divisions. They are not official administrative u... |
Naruhito (given name). Naruhito is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: |
Strait. A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and can flow through the strait in either direction, although the topography generally constricts the flow somewhat. In some straits, there is a dominant directional current... |
Maile Flanagan. Maile Flanagan (/ˈmaɪli/; born May 19, 1965) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known as the voice of Naruto Uzumaki in the English dub of the Naruto franchise. Other prominent roles include voicing Piggley Winks in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (for which she received two nomin... |
2019 Japanese imperial transition. The 2019 Japanese imperial transition occurred on 30 April 2019 when the then 85-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated from the Chrysanthemum Throne after reigning for 30 years,[1] becoming the first Emperor of Japan to do so since Emperor Kōkaku in 1817. This marked the end of... |
Prefectures of Japan. Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (都道府県, todōfuken, [todoːɸɯ̥ꜜkeɴ] ⓘ), which rank immediately below the national government and form the countrys first level of jurisdiction and administrative division. They include 43 prefectures proper (県, ken), two urban prefectures (府, fu: Osaka and Kyoto... |
Kantō region. The Kantō region (関東地方, Kantō Chihō; IPA: [kaꜜn.toː, kan.toː tɕiꜜ.hoː, kan.toː tɕi̥.hoꜜː]) is a geographical region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.[2] In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, To... |
Chiba Prefecture. Chiba Prefecture (千葉県, Chiba-ken; Japanese pronunciation: [tɕiꜜ.ba, tɕi.baꜜ, tɕi.baꜜkeɴ][2]) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.[3] Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 5,157 km2 (1,991 sq mi). Chiba Prefecture borders Ib... |
Alices Adventures in Wonderland. Alices Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English childrens novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic cr... |
Masashi Kishimoto. Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史, Kishimoto Masashi; born November 8, 1974[1]) is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019.[2][3] The series has been adapted into two anime and m... |
Japanese language. Japanese (日本語, Nihongo; [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also... |
Awaji Island. Awaji Island (淡路島, Awaji-shima) is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku. The island has an area of 592.17 square kilometres (228.64 square miles).[1] It is the largest island of the Seto Inland Sea. As a transit between ... |
Othello. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello,[a] is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity. Othe... |
Shikoku. Shikoku (四国, Shikoku; pronounced [ɕi̥ꜜ.ko.kɯ, ɕi̥.koꜜ.kɯ] ⓘ, lit. four provinces) is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is 225 kilometres (140 miles) long and between 50 and 150 kilometres (30 and 95 miles) at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million, the least populated of Japans four ma... |
Akihito. The EmperorThe Empress The Emperor EmeritusThe Empress Emerita Akihito[a] (born 23 December 1933) is the emperor emeritus of Japan. He reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei era, Heisei being an expression of a... |
Channel (geography). In physical geography and hydrology, a channel is a landform on which a relatively narrow body of water is situated, such as a river, river delta or strait. While channel typically refers to a natural formation, the cognate term canal denotes a similar artificial structure. Channels are important f... |
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Hiroshige. Utagawa Hiroshige[a] (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige[b] (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and fo... |
Woodblock printing in Japan. Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e[1] artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period. Invented in China during the Tang dynasty, woodblock printing was widely adopted in Japan during ... |
Seto Inland Sea. The Seto Inland Sea (瀬戸内海, Seto Naikai), sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka Bay and provides a sea tra... |
Hayato Date. Hayato Date (伊達 勇登, Date Hayato; born May 22, 1962) is a Japanese animation director[1] most known for the animated adaptations of Saiyuki and Naruto. This article about one or more people who work in the anime industry is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a Japanese film ... |
Adventure fiction. Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction.[1] In the introduction to the Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction, Critic Don DAmmassa defines the genre as f... |
Martial arts film. Martial arts films are a subgenre of action films that feature martial arts combat between characters. These combats are usually the films primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently featured in t... |
Whirlpool. A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle.[1] Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms (/ˈmeɪlstrɒm, -rəm/ MAYL-strom, -strəm). Vortex is the proper term fo... |
Cities of Japan. A city (市, shi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as towns (町, machi) and villages (村, mura), with the difference that they are not a component of districts (郡, gun). Like other contemporary administrative units, they are defined by the Local Autonomy Law of ... |
Neil Jordan. Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and writer. He first achieved recognition for his short story collection, Night in Tunisia, which won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979.[1][2] After a stint working at RTÉ, he made his directorial debut with the 1982 film Angel. Jordans be... |
Fantasy comedy. Fantasy comedy (also called comic fantasy) is a subgenre of fantasy that is primarily humorous in intent and tone. Typically set in imaginary worlds, fantasy comedy often involves puns on, and parodies of, other works of fantasy. The subgenre rose in the nineteenth century. Elements of fantasy comedy ca... |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (disambiguation). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer may also refer to: |
Stephen Rea. Stephen Rea (/ˈreɪ/ ray; born October 31, 1946) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of Dublins Focus Theatre, and played many roles on the stage and on Irish television. He came to the attention of international film audiences in Irish filmmaker Neil Jorda... |
Stephen Woolley. Stephen Woolley (born 3 September 1956) is an English filmmaker and actor. His career has spanned four decades, for which he was awarded the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February 2019.[2] As a producer, he has been Oscar-nominated for The Crying Game (1992), and has pr... |
Ukiyo-e. Ukiyo-e[a] (浮世絵) is a genre of Japanese art that flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and er... |
List of sovereign states. The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states,[1] ... |
Aidan Quinn. Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959)[1] is an Irish-American actor. He made his film debut in Reckless (1984), and has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), All My Sons (1987), Avalon (1990), The Handmaids Tale (1990), Benny & Joon (... |
Junki Takegami. Junki Takegami (武上 純希, Takegami Junki; born February 26, 1955) is a Japanese animation and tokusatsu screenwriter. His real name is Shōzō Yamazaki (山崎 昌三, Yamazaki Shouzou), he has also used the alias Keiji Tanimoto (谷本 敬次, Tanimoto Keiji) in the past. |
Bildungsroman. In literary criticism, a bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn] ⓘ) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth and change of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood (coming of age).[1][2][3][4][a] The term comes from the German words Bildung (formation or ... |
Liam Neeson. William John Neeson OBE (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland.[3] He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh on The Irish Times list of Irelands 50 Greatest Film... |
Heir Presumptive (novel). Heir Presumptive is a 1935 mystery crime novel by the British writer Henry Wade.[1] It is largely an inverted detective story which reveals the killer early[2] but also features a murder in which he is beaten to it by someone else, with numerous potential suspects. Following news of an accide... |
Picaresque novel. The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for rogue or rascal) is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero, usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.[1] Picaresque novels typically adopt the form of an episodic pro... |
Japan. Japan[a] is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alo... |
Primogeniture. Primogeniture (/ˌpraɪməˈdʒɛnɪtʃər, -oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit all or most of their parents estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative. In most contexts, it means the inh... |
Legitimacy (family law). Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, illegitimacy, also known as bastardy, has been the status of a child born outside marria... |
Voice acting in Japan. Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs. In Japan, voice actors (声優, seiyū) and actresses have devoted fan clubs du... |
Heir apparent. An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person.[note 1] A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more eligible heir is known as an heir presumptive. Today ... |
Saitama Prefecture. Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県, Saitama-ken; Japanese pronunciation: [saꜜi.ta.ma, sai.ta.maꜜ.keɴ][2]) is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.[3] Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (January 1, 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saita... |
Primogeniture. Primogeniture (/ˌpraɪməˈdʒɛnɪtʃər, -oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit all or most of their parents estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative. In most contexts, it means the inh... |
Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the greatest humorist the United States has produced,[1] with William Faulkner calling him the father of American literature.[2] Twains novels i... |
Story. Story or stories may refer to: |
Amuse Inc.. Amuse Inc. (株式会社アミューズ, Kabushikigaisha Amyūzu)[5] is a Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services. The artists include idols,[6] musicians, and more. Amuse produces TV and radio programs, commercial films, and movies. Other interests are in publication, music software, and paten... |
Narrative (disambiguation). A narrative is an account of events or experiences. Narrative may also refer to: |
Satire. Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, ... |
Tale. Tale may refer to: |
Oral literature. Oral literature, orature, or folk literature is a genre of literature that is spoken or sung in contrast to that which is written, though much oral literature has been transcribed.[1] There is no standard definition, as anthropologists have used varying descriptions for oral literature or folk literatu... |
Kenji Hamada. Kenji Hamada (浜田 賢二, Hamada Kenji; born April 12, 1972) is a Japanese voice actor from Fukuoka, Japan who is an affiliate of Mausu Promotion. On adult works, he goes under the alias of Ken Akiresu (安芸怜須 ケン, Akiresu Ken). In 1996, Hamada enrolled at Ezaki Production school. Since 1998, he has been affiliat... |
Tōhoku region. The Tōhoku region (東北地方, Tōhoku-chihō; IPA: [toːhokɯ̥ tɕiꜜhoː]), Northeast region, Ōu region (奥羽地方, Ōu-chihō), or Northeast Japan (東北日本, Tōhoku Nihon) consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (ken): Akita, Aomori, Fu... |
Chūbu region. The Chūbu region (中部地方, Chūbu-chihō), Central region, or Central Japan (中部日本, Chūbu-nihon) is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japans main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (ken): Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama, and Yamanashi.[2] It ... |
Literature. Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.[1] It includes both print and digital writing.[2] In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of... |
Naruhito Iguchi. Naruhito Iguchi (井口 成人, Iguchi Naruhito; born January 15, 1951) is a Japanese actor, reporter, and voice actor. This biographical article about a Japanese voice actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Given name. A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name[1] that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term given name refers to a ... |
Japanese name. Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming c... |
Bachelor of Arts. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated BA or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is the holder of a bachelors degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts,[1] or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is gen... |
Prince Kanin Naruhito. Prince Kanin Naruhito (閑院宮 愛仁親王, Kanin-no-miya Naruhito-ō; February 17, 1818 – October 20, 1842) was the 5th head of the Kanin-no-miya line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan.[1] He became the 5th head in 1828 after the passing of Prince Kanin Tatsuhito. Because the prince... |
Chūgoku region. The Chūgoku region (Japanese: 中国地方, Hepburn: Chūgoku-chihō; [tɕɯꜜː.ɡo.kɯ, -ŋo.kɯ, tɕɯː.ɡo.kɯ̥ tɕiꜜ.hoː, -ŋo.kɯ̥-][3][a]), also known as the Sanin-Sanyō (山陰山陽地方, Sanin-Sanyō-chihō) region, is the westernmost region of Honshū, the largest island of Japan. It consists of the prefectures of Hiroshima, Okaya... |
Kansai region. The Kansai region (関西地方, Kansai Chihō; [kaꜜɰ̃.sai, kaɰ̃.sai tɕiꜜ.hoː] ⓘ) or the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki Chihō; Japanese pronunciation: [kʲiꜜŋ.ki, kʲiŋ.ki̥ tɕiꜜ.hoː]) lies in the southern-central region of Japans main island Honshū.[3] The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka,... |
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program. This is a list of winners of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program. The award was presented between 1995 and 2021. It recognized a continuing or single voice-over performance in a series or a special. The performance ... |
Hokkaido. Hokkaido (Japanese: 北海道, Hepburn: Hokkaidō; pronounced [hok.kaꜜi.doː] ⓘ, lit. Northern Sea Circuit; Ainu: Aynu Mosir, lit. Land of the Ainu)[2] is the second-largest and northernmost of Japans four main islands. Together with its surrounding islands, it comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, makin... |
Honolulu. Honolulu (/ˌhɒnəˈluːluː/ ⓘ HON-ə-LOO-loo;[8] Hawaiian: [honoˈlulu]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. The population... |
Minor Planet Center. The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The Minor Planet Center is the official worldwide organizatio... |
Critical-list minor planet. A critical-list minor planet (critical list numbered object or critical object) is a numbered minor planet for which existing measurements of the orbit and position are especially in need of improvement.[1] The IAUs Minor Planet Center (MPC) regularly publishes a list of these critical objec... |
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks. Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, or Jakers in Europe, is an animated childrens television series created and developed by Mike Young, Liz Young, Sindy McKay-Swerdlove and John Over based on an original idea by Denise Fitzpatrick and produced by Entara in association wit... |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.[1] Founded in 1936 by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers, the laboratory is now owned and sponsored by... |
Boston College. Boston College (BC) is a private Catholic Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order, the university has more than 15,000 total students.[7] Boston College was originally located in the South End of Bost... |
Japanese Paleolithic. The Japanese Paleolithic period (旧石器時代, kyūsekki jidai) is the period of human inhabitation in Japan predating the development of pottery, generally before 10,000 BC.[1] The starting dates commonly given to this period are from around 40,000 BC,[2] with recent authors suggesting that there is good... |
Tokyo Skytree. Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī; [toːkʲoː sɯ̥kaitsɯriː] ⓘ), also written as Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012,[2] and reached its full height of 634 m (2,080 ft) in early 2011, ... |
Lowell Observatory. Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.[2][3] In 2011, the Observatory was named one ... |
Kanji. Kanji (/ˈkændʒi, ˈkɑːn-/;[1] Japanese: 漢字, pronounced [kaɲ.dʑi] ⓘ) are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese.[2] They comprised a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently deriv... |
List of minor planets. The following is a list of minor planets in ascending numerical order. Minor planets are small bodies in the Solar System: asteroids, distant objects, and dwarf planets, but not comets. As of 2022, the vast majority (97.3%) are asteroids from the asteroid belt. Their discoveries are certified by... |
Strait (surname). People with the surname Strait include: |
Marine habitat. A marine habitat is a habitat that supports marine life. Marine life depends in some way on the saltwater that is in the sea (the term marine comes from the Latin mare, meaning sea or ocean). A habitat is an ecological or environmental area inhabited by one or more living species.[1] The marine enviro... |
Straits (disambiguation). Straits are waterways that connect two larger bodies of water. It may also refer to: |
Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji[a] (富士山・富士の山, Fujisan, Fuji no Yama[b]) is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft 3 in). It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island o... |
Strait of Gibraltar. The Strait of Gibraltar[1] is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.2 kilometers, 8.9 miles) at its narrowest point.[2] Ferries cross between the two continents every da... |
Alice in Wonderland (disambiguation). Alices Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland for short) is a 1865 novel by Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland may also refer to: |
History of Japan. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago.[1] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia. During this per... |
Jōmon period. In Japanese history, the Jōmon period (縄文時代, Jōmon jidai) is the time between c. 14,000 and 300 BCE,[1][2][3] during which Japan was inhabited by the Jōmon people, a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population united by a common culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism an... |
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