Okinawan in a sentence

In informal situations, de facto everyday language among Okinawans under age 60 is Okinawa-accented mainland Japanese (" Okinawan Japanese "), which is often misunderstood as Okinawan language proper.

The job of the MISers consisted of trying to talk both the Japanese soldiers and the Okinawan civilians into surrendering.

Everyone — my wife, Okinawan friends, magazine articles, etc. — all claim that “taco rice,” as it is called here, was created in Okinawa.

Japan’s interest in Okinawan affairs was high, even if its political will and diplomatic might were low.

In December 2017, Okinawan anger was sparked when a U.S. helicopter window fell onto an elementary school’s grounds on the island but nobody was injured.

Memorial to Gichin Funakoshi, the Okinawan who took karate to Japan, from whence it spread worldwide.

She studies Okinawan dance with Hooge Ryu Hana Nuuzi no Kai Nakasone Dance Academy.

The lineup also included Okinawan bands Begin and Mongol800, and Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai, with whom Amuro has collaborated.

Although obsolete in modern Japanese, the digraphs くゎ (/kwa/) and くゐ/くうぃ(/kwi/), are still used in certain Okinawan orthographies.

Chinese nunchaku tend to be rounded, whereas the Okinawan version has an octagonal cross-section (allowing one edge of the nunchaku to make contact with the target, increasing the damage inflicted).

Feifer, George, The Battle of Okinawa, The Lyons Press (2001), p. 374. Since many Okinawan residents fled to caves where they subsequently were entombed, the precise number of civilian casualties will probably never be known.

Funakoshi had trained in two of the popular branches of Okinawan karate of the time, Shorin-ryū and Shōrei-ryū.

Having historically been a separate nation until 1879, Okinawan language and culture differ in many ways from that of mainland Japan.

In Japan, this is called yaki-imo (roasted sweet potato), which typically uses either the yellow-fleshed Japanese sweet potato or the purple-fleshed (Okinawan) sweet potato, which is known as beni-imo.

In Okinawan te fighting, it is sometimes called a dragon kick.

It uses many extensions and yōon to show the many non-Japanese sounds of Okinawan.

Members of the Okinawan upper classes were sent to China regularly to study various political and practical disciplines.

Other Okinawan teachers also adopted this practice.

Plot Continuing after the end of the previous film, Interpol agents, led by Inspector Kusaka, search for the wreck of Mechagodzilla at the bottom of the Okinawan Sea.

The incorporation of empty-handed Chinese Kung Fu into Okinawan martial arts occurred partly because of these exchanges and partly because of growing legal restrictions on the use of weaponry.