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Small Solar System body. A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. The term was first defined in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as follows: All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be refer... |
Flagstaff, Arizona. Flagstaff (/ˈflæɡ.stæf/ FLAG-staf), known locally as Flag, is a city in and the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the citys population was 76,831. Flagstaff is the principal city of the Flagstaff metropolitan area, which includes all of Coc... |
Chris Strait. Christopher Alan Strait (born January 14, 1976) is an American comedian and writer. He is best known for being a regular contributor to TruTVs Worlds Dumbest.... Strait was born in Inglewood, California, and grew up in the Ladera Heights section of Los Angeles near Baldwin Hills. He is the older of two so... |
Brian Strait. Brian James Strait (born January 4, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who is an unrestricted free agent. He last played for the Binghamton Devils of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has prev... |
Edward M. Strait. Edward M. Strait (June 23, 1930 – December 20, 2008) was an American labor leader. He was President of the Amalgamated Council of Greyhound Local Unions, representing more than 9,300 employees,[1] and head of the Amalgamated Transit Unions bargaining unit during the strike beginning March 2, 1990, an... |
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... |
Kanbun. Kanbun (漢文 Han writing) is a system for writing Literary Chinese used in Japan from the Nara period until the 20th century. Much of Japanese literature was written in this style and it was the general writing style for official and intellectual works throughout the period. As a result, Sino-Japanese vocabulary... |
Derrick Strait. Derrick Lee Strait (born August 27, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the early 2000s. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2003. The New... |
The Straits. The Straits is an Australian television drama series for ABC1[2] filmed in Cairns, the Torres Strait Islands and other Far North Queensland locations. The series is based on an idea by actor Aaron Faaoso and produced by Penny Chapman and Helen Panckhurst from Matchbox Pictures. It is directed by Peter And... |
Fujiyama (disambiguation). Fujiyama, better known in English as Mount Fuji, is the highest mountain in Japan. Fujiyama may also refer to: |
Ōwakudani. Ōwakudani (大涌谷, lit. Great Boiling Valley) is a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was created around 3,000 years ago, as a result of the explosion of the Hakone volcano.[1] It is a popular tourist site for its scenic views, volcanic activity, ... |
Topographic prominence. In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) is the relative height of a mountain or hills summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it. It is a measure of the... |
Bob Strait. Bob Strait (born April 12, 1949) is an American stock car racing driver.[1] He was one of the pioneer NASCAR SuperTruck Series drivers. He has sixteen ARCA victories. (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps le... |
Dire Straits. Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals, lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums, percussion). The band was active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995.[2... |
Old Japanese. Old Japanese (上代日本語, Jōdai Nihon-go) is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language, recorded in documents from the Nara period (8th century). It became Early Middle Japanese in the succeeding Heian period, but the precise delimitation of the stages is controversial. Old Japanese was an early memb... |
List of unnumbered minor planets. The following is a list of unnumbered minor planets in chronological order of their principal provisional designation. Contrary to their numbered counterparts, unnumbered minor planets have a poorly determined orbit due to insufficient observational data. This also includes lost minor ... |
Lists of mountains. Mountains are listed according to various criteria: |
List of mountain peaks by prominence. This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence. The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col. For full defini... |
Littoral zone. The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore.[1] In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal areas that are permanently submerged known... |
Marine ecosystem. Marine ecosystems are the largest of Earths aquatic ecosystems and exist in waters that have a high salt content. These systems contrast with freshwater ecosystems, which have a lower salt content. Marine waters cover more than 70% of the surface of the Earth and account for more than 97% of Earths wa... |
List of observatory codes. This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center.[1] For a detailed description, see observations of small Solar System bodies. bla de Vallbona |
Intertidal zone. The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range. This area can include several types of habitats with various species of life, such as sea stars, sea urchins, and many spec... |
Estuary. An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.[1] Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments and are an example of an ecotone. Estuaries are subject both... |
Peter Westergaard. Peter Talbot Westergaard (28 May 1931[1] – 26 June 2019)[2] was an American composer and music theorist. He was Professor Emeritus of music at Princeton University. Westergaard was born on 28 May 1931[3] in Champaign, Illinois. He pursued undergraduate studies at Harvard University, graduating in 195... |
Alice in Wonderland (musical). Alice in Wonderland is a musical by Henry Savile Clarke[1] (book and lyrics) and Walter Slaughter (music), based on Lewis Carrolls books Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).[2] It debuted at the Prince of Waless Theatre in the West End on 23 Decemb... |
List of observatory codes. This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center.[1] For a detailed description, see observations of small Solar System bodies. bla de Vallbona |
Alice in Wonderland (opera). Alice in Wonderland is a 2007 operatic adaptation of the novels Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) by Lewis Carroll.[1] It is the first opera of Korean composer Unsuk Chin, who co-wrote the English libretto with the Asian-American playwright David He... |
North Africa. North Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudans Red Sea coast in the east.[6] The most ... |
Division (business). A division, sometimes called a business sector or business unit (segment), is one of the parts into which a business, organization or company is divided.[1] Divisions are distinct parts of a business. If these divisions are all part of the same company, then that company is legally responsible for ... |
Dogū. Dogu (Japanese: 土偶; IPA: [doɡɯː]; literally earthen figure) are small humanoid and animal figurines made during the later part of the Jōmon period (14,000–400 BC) of prehistoric Japan.[a] Dogū come exclusively from the Jōmon period, and were no longer made by the following Yayoi period. There are various styles ... |
Alices Adventures in Wonderland (ballet). Alices Adventures in Wonderland is a ballet in three acts by Christopher Wheeldon with a scenario by Nicholas Wright, based on Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was commissioned by The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, and the National Ballet of Canada, and had i... |
Kofun. Kofun (古墳; from Sino-Japanese ancient burial mound) are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Northeast Asia. Kofun were mainly constructed in the Japanese archipelago between the middle of the 3rd century to the early 7th century AD.[1] The term is the origin of the name of the Kofun period, which indicates the middle... |
Kofun period. The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun jidai) is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period. This period is the earliest era of recorde... |
Wonderland (musical). Wonderland, formerly called Wonderland: Alices New Musical Adventure or Wonderland: A New Alice, is a musical play with a book by Jack Murphy and Gregory Boyd, lyrics by Murphy, and music by Frank Wildhorn. The story, a contemporary version of the novels Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and ... |
Arabic. Arabic[c] is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.[13] The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic,[14] whic... |
Takamatsu. Takamatsu (高松市, Takamatsu-shi; Japanese: [takaꜜmatsɯ]) is a capital city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190,120 households and a population density of 1,100 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 375.41 square ... |
Tottori Sand Dunes. 35°32′24″N 134°13′39″E / 35.54000°N 134.22750°E / 35.54000; 134.22750 The Tottori Sand Dunes (鳥取砂丘, Tottori sakyū) are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. With a length of 9 miles (14 km) and a width of less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km), it is the larges... |
Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian Peninsula (IPA: /aɪˈbɪəriən/ eye-BEER-ee-ən),[a] also known as Iberia,[b] is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of Peninsular Spain[c] and Continental Portugal, comprising most of the r... |
Government. A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechan... |
Kanagawa Prefecture. Kanagawa Prefecture (神奈川県, Kanagawa-ken; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.naꜜ.ɡa.wa, -ŋa.wa, -na.ɡa.waꜜ.keɴ, -ŋa.waꜜ-][2]) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.[3] Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest ... |
Coral reef. A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate.[1] Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. Coral belongs to the class Anthozoa in the animal phylum Cnidaria,... |
List of forms of government. This article lists forms of government and political systems, which are not mutually exclusive, and often have much overlap.[1] According to Yale professor Juan José Linz there are three main types of political systems today: democracies, totalitarian regimes and, sitting between these tw... |
List of countries by system of government. This is a list of sovereign states by their de jure systems of government, as specified by the incumbent regimes constitutional law. This list does not measure the degree of democracy, political corruption, or state capacity of governments. These are systems in which the hea... |
Federation. A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states, as well as the division of power between them and the... |
English language. English is a West Germanic language that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca.[4][5][6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Britain after the end of Roman rule. English is the most spoken language in the worl... |
Political polarization. Political polarization (spelled polarisation in British English, Australian English, and New Zealand English) is the divergence of political attitudes away from the center, towards ideological extremes.[1][2][3] Scholars distinguish between ideological polarization (differences between the polic... |
List of capitals in Japan. A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located. In Japan, a prefectural capital is officially called todōfukenchō shozaichi (都道府県庁所在地; seat of a prefectural government, singular: 都庁所在地,tochō shozaichi in the [Tōkyō]-to, 道庁所在地, dōchō shozaichi in the [Ho... |
Tottori (city). Tottori (鳥取市, Tottori-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [tot.to.ɾʲi, tot.to.ɾʲiꜜ.ɕi][2]) is the capital and the largest city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. As of 30 November 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of 183,383 in 81,732 households and a population density of ... |
Sanin region. The Sanin Region (山陰地方, Sanin Chihō) is an area in the southwest of Honshū, the main island of Japan. It consists of the northern part of the Chūgoku region, facing the Sea of Japan.[1] Specifically, it is the two prefectures of Shimane and Tottori. The name Sanin in the Japanese language is formed from t... |
Tottori (city). Tottori (鳥取市, Tottori-shi; Japanese pronunciation: [tot.to.ɾʲi, tot.to.ɾʲiꜜ.ɕi][2]) is the capital and the largest city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. As of 30 November 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of 183,383 in 81,732 households and a population density of ... |
Lists of time zones. International: Country-specific: |
Takamatsu. Takamatsu (高松市, Takamatsu-shi; Japanese: [takaꜜmatsɯ]) is a capital city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2022[update], the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190,120 households and a population density of 1,100 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 375.41 square ... |
Standard time. Standard time is the synchronization of clocks within a geographical region to a single time standard, rather than a local mean time standard. The term is also used to contrast with daylight saving time, a period of the year when clocks are shifted ahead one hour, supposedly to make better use of daily ... |
Time zone (disambiguation). A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time. Time zone can also refer to: |
List of time zones by country. This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims). France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (... |
Illustrator. An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicated concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually,... |
Sir. Sir is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French Sieur (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in (English) French only as part of Monsieur, with the equivalent My Lord in English.[citation n... |
Democracy. Democracy (from Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία, romanized: dēmokratía, dêmos people and krátos rule)[1] is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state.[2][3][4] Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections whil... |
IUCN protected area categories. IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[1][2] The enlisting of such areas is part of a strategy being used toward the ... |
Jabberwocky. Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named the Jabberwock. It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The book tells of Alices adventures within the back-to-front world of the Looking... |
Swimming. Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that results in directional motion. Newborns can ins... |
Political cartoon. A political cartoon, also known as an editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artists opinion. An artist who writes and draws such images is known as an editorial cartoonist. They typically combine artistic skill, hyperbole and satire in order to ei... |
Tokyo Bay. Tokyo Bay (東京湾, Tōkyō-wan) is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. The Tokyo Bay region is the most populous... |
List of industrial regions. An industrial region or industrial area is a geographical region with extremely dense industry. It is usually heavily urbanized. Industrial region Thracia is an industrial zone made up of several municipalities within the area of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. |
Daresbury. Daresbury is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 246.[1] The name means Deors fortification, derived from an Old English personal name and the word burh (a fortified place).[2] The population was recorded over time at 134 in the ... |
Surfing. Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found on ocean shores, but can also be fou... |
Urayasu. Urayasu (浦安市, Urayasu-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2020[update], the city had an estimated population of 170,533 in 81,136 households and a population density of 9,900 inhabitants per square kilometre (26,000/sq mi).[1] The total area of the city is 17.30 square kilometr... |
Childrens literature. Childrens literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern childrens literature is classified by the intended age of the reader, ranging from picture books for the very young to young ... |
Futtsu. Futtsu (富津市, Futtsu-shi) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2020[update], the city had an estimated population of 42,476 in 18,115 households and a population density of 210 persons per km2.[1] The total area of the city is 205.53 square kilometres (79.36 sq mi). Futtsu is located ... |
Bōsō Peninsula. The Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島, Bōsō-hantō) is a peninsula that encompasses the entirety of Chiba Prefecture on Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area. It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula covers approximately 5,034 squa... |
Mount Cemetery. Mount Cemetery, also known as Guildford Cemetery, is a cemetery in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is the location of Bookers Tower. Guildford Cemetery is surrounded by low-density houses with gardens and a covered reservoir beyond the east corner, immediately south of the successive residential street... |
Greater Tokyo Area. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan (including Tokyo Metropolis and the prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tochigi) as well as the prefecture of Yamanashi of the neighboring Chūbu region. In Ja... |
Capital city. A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the governments offices and meeting places; the status as ... |
Stroke order. Stroke order is the order in which the strokes of a Chinese character are written. A stroke is a movement of a writing instrument on a writing surface. Chinese characters are logograms constructed with strokes. Over the millennia a set of generally agreed rules have been developed by custom. Minor variat... |
Cheshire. Cheshire (/ˈtʃɛʃər, -ɪər/ CHESH-ər, -eer)[3] is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh count... |
Transcription into Japanese. In contemporary Japanese writing, foreign-language loanwords and foreign names are normally written in the katakana script, which is one component of the Japanese writing system. As far as possible, sounds in the source language are matched to the nearest sounds in the Japanese language, an... |
Surrey. Surrey (/ˈsʌri/)[5] is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking. The county has an area of 1,663 km2 (642 square miles) and a popul... |
Cape (geography). In geography, a cape is a headland, peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually a sea.[1] A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline,[2] often making them important landmarks in sea navigation. This also makes them prone to natural forms of erosion, mainly... |
Law. Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,[1] with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.[2][3][4] It has been variously described as a science[5][6] and as the art of justice.[7][8][9] State-enforced laws can be made by... |
London. London[c] is the capital and largest city[d] of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9,841,000 in 2025.[3] Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million.[5] London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (8... |
Chōshi. Chōshi (Japanese: 銚子市, romanized: Chōshi-shi, pronounced [tɕoːɕi]) is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2020[update], the city had an estimated population of 59,174 in 27,160 households and a population density of 700 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,800/sq mi).[1] The total area o... |
Jōyō kanji. The jōyō kanji (常用漢字; Japanese pronunciation: [dʑoːjoːkaꜜɲdʑi] ⓘ, lit. regular-use kanji) are those kanji listed on the Jōyō kanji hyō (常用漢字表; literally regular-use kanji list), officially announced by the Japanese Ministry of Education. The current list of 2,136 characters was issued in 2010. It is a sligh... |
Guildford. Guildford (/ˈɡɪlfərd/ ⓘ)[2] is a town in west Surrey, England, around 27 mi (43 km) south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town had a population of about 77,000;[1] it is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around 145,673 inhabitants in 2022.[3] The name Guildford is thou... |
Japanese writing system. The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used pr... |
Video game developer. A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.[1][2] A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks[3] to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individ... |
Japanese archipelago. The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, Hepburn: Nippon/Nihon Rettō; Japanese pronunciation: [ɲip.pon/ɲi.hon ɾeꜜt.toː][1]) is an archipelago of 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan.[2] It extends over 3,000 km (1,900 mi)[3] from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East China and ... |
Video game publisher. A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer. They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer (the publisher calls this external development) and so... |
Game Freak. Game Freak Inc.[a] is a Japanese video game developer, best known as the primary developer and co-owners of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games. Predating the video game company, Game Freak was a self-published video game magazine created by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori in the 1980s. The firs... |
Honshu. Honshu (Japanese: 本州, Hepburn: Honshū; pronounced [hoꜜɰ̃.ɕɯː] ⓘ; lit. main island), historically known as Akitsushima (秋津島; lit. dragonfly island),[3][4][5] is the largest of Japans four main islands.[6][7] It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island i... |
Yen (disambiguation). The Japanese yen is the unit of currency in Japan (since 1871). Yen or YEN may also refer to: |
List of kanji radicals by stroke count. Kanji radicals are graphemes, or graphical parts, that are used in organizing Japanese kanji in dictionaries. They are derived from the 214 Chinese Kangxi radicals. The following table shows the 214 Kangxi radicals, which are derived from 47,035 characters. The frequency list i... |
Creative director. A creative director is a person who makes high-level creative decisions; oversees the creation of creative assets such as advertisements, products, events, or logos; and directs and translates the creative people who produce the end results.[1] Creative director positions are often found within the m... |
10,000 yen note. The ¥10,000 note (Japanese: 1万円紙幣, Hepburn: Ichiman-En Shihei) is a yen banknote circulated in Japan. It is the highest denomination of banknote currently issued by the Bank of Japan. Apart from the commemorative 100,000 yen coin, it is the highest denomination of the Japanese yen. It was first introd... |
Bi-metallic coin. Bi-metallic coins are coins consisting of two (bi-) metals or alloys, generally arranged with an outer ring around a contrasting center.[1] The bi-metal form is typically used to protect against counterfeiting.[2] Common circulating examples include the European €1 and €2, United Kingdom £1 and £2, Ca... |
Nintendo. 34°58′11″N 135°45′22.3″E / 34.96972°N 135.756194°E / 34.96972; 135.756194 Nintendo Co., Ltd.[c] is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauc... |
Fantasy Fiction. Fantasy Fiction was an American fantasy magazine that published two issues in 1950. The first issue was dated May 1950, with a planned quarterly schedule; the second was retitled Fantasy Stories and appeared in November 1950. The fiction was mixture of reprints, mostly of 1930s fiction that had orig... |
Fantasy (disambiguation). Fantasy is a genre of fiction. Fantasy, Fantasie, or Fantasies may also refer to: |
Ikkō Narahara. Ikkō Narahara[n 1] (奈良原 一高, Narahara Ikkō; November 3, 1931 – January 19, 2020)[1][2] was a Japanese photographer. His work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Born in Fukuoka, Narahara studied law at Chuo University (graduating in 1954) and, influenced by statues of Buddha... |
Gannet. Moris Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. They are known as solan or solan goose in Scotland. A common misconception is that the Scottish name is guga but this is the Gaelic name referring to the chicks only. Gannets are large white birds with yell... |
The Fairy Aurora. The Fairy Aurora (in Romanian: Zâna Zorilor, lit. Fairy of Dawn) is a fairy tale written by Ioan Slavici and published in June 1872.[1] Mihai Eminescu urged him to write his first story, which was read at Junimea in two sessions and was published in the magazine Convorbiri Literare.[2] It appeared in ... |
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