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Japanese honorifics. The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns.
Japanese funeral. A graveyard in Tokyo. The majority of funerals ( 葬儀, sōgi or 葬式, sōshiki) in Japan include a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial service. According to 2007 statistics, 99.81% of deceased Japanese are cremated. [1]
Fukuoka Daiichi High School. Friends School. Horikoshi High School. Joshibi High School of Art and Design. Musashi Junior & Senior High School. Kaisei Academy. Yamamura Kokusai High School. Taku Senior High School. Seien Girls' High School.
Hakodate La Salle Junior High School & Senior High School. Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School. Hokkaido Asahikawa Kita High School. Hokkaido Asahikawa Nishi High School. Hokkaido Bihoro High School. Hokkaido Bifuka High School. Hokkaido Hakodate Chubu High School. Hokkaido Engaru High School.
An elementary school class in Japan. In Japan, elementary schools (小学校, Shōgakkō) are compulsory to all children begin first grade in the April after they turn six— kindergarten is growing increasingly popular, but is not mandatory—and starting school is considered a very important event in a child's life.
Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior and Senior High School. Sacred Heart School in Tokyo (Senior high school division) St. Hilda's School ( Kōran Jogakkō Junior High and Senior High School [ ja]) St. Joseph's Junior and Senior High School. St. Mary's International School (Senior high school division) Seigakuin Junior & Senior High School.
Education in Japan. Education in Japan is managed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. Education is compulsory at the elementary and lower secondary levels. [8] Throughout all levels, the academic year starts in April and ends in March, with two long holidays: summer and winter.
The word kogal is a contraction of kōkōsei gyaru (高校生ギャル, "high school gal"). [6] It originated as a code used by disco bouncers to distinguish adults from minors. [6] The term is not used by the girls it refers to. They call themselves gyaru (ギャル), [7] a Japanese pronunciation of the English word "gal". [6]