Word: nippon
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...words?they were words of optimism for the world and Christianity. Crowds clattered to his few public appearances. Delegations solemnized "ave's" and "vale's." Freedom of cities was bestowed upon him. And upon him was bestowed the "Freedom of the Empire." (For another view of Christianity in Nippon, see JAPAN...
Scarcely a college in the land but has its little son of Nippon, its quiet Chinaman, its bird-eyed Siamese or swarthy, ruminative Hindu. Scholarships bring to the U. S. hundreds of the best young brains of the Orient. But there have been no Iowa farmboys studying in Tokyo, no Boston freshman at Peking or Madras. The self-sufficient Occident has always assumed the teacher's role in its colleges at home, in its Christian missions abroad. Yet lately there have come missionaries to the Christians from the followers of Buddha, Confucius and Krishna. And last week another reciprocity...
...Such a high rate"-Nippon's National shame...
Chichibu, second son of the Mikado, himself expert at fencing and tennis, brooded over the scene at all times. Nippon took the track and field, tennis and swimming titles. The Filipinos were crowned kings of basketball, volleyball, baseball. China won only at football...
...Tennis for women is bunka, but dancing?dancing is to the Japanese too degrading to be known as bunka. Books dealing with the part women are playing in democracy are bunka novels. In other words, bunka is the thin edge of the wedge for enfranchizing the little ladies of Nippon...