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The Encoding of Emotions in Ogawa Yōko’s Works: Sensory Narration and Mood Tableaux 小川阳子作品中的情感编码：感官叙述与情绪表象

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2024.302

Elena Giannoulis

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Meshiagare: A Culinary Journey through Advanced Japanese Meshiagare：高级日本料理之旅

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2024.353

Mayumi Ajioka

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Tobira Beginning Japanese 东平初级日语

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2024.355

Junko Tokuda Simpson

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Murakami Haruki’s America: Talk, Taste, and The Specter of the Untranslatable 村上春树的美国：谈话、品味和无法翻译的幽灵

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2024.344

Brian Hurley

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Leith Morton. How Dark Is My Flower: Yosano Akiko and the Invention of Romantic Love 利思莫顿。我的花有多黑:与谢野明子与浪漫爱情的发明

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2023.336

Marianne Tarcov

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An Advanced Reading Course in Japanese with Wikipedia: A Case Study 基于维基百科的日语高级阅读课程:个案研究

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2023.296

Yoko Hasegawa, Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon, Jun Kanazawa, Eri Nakagawa

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Epitaphs to Empire: On Abe Kōbō and the (Un)Making of the Repatriation Narrative 帝国墓志铭:论安倍Kōbō与(Un)遣返叙事的制作

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2023.333

Christina Yi

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Contributors 贡献者

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2023.338

Hiroshi Nara

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Matthew W. Shores. The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan: Satire and Social Mobility in Kamigata Rakugo 马修·w·肖尔斯。西日本的漫画叙事:神泻乐歌的讽刺与社会流动

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2023.339

Esra-Gökçe Şahin

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Finding the Mind in the Eyes: A Note on the Wife's Testimony in Akutagawa's "In a Grove" 从眼睛中寻找心灵:芥川《林中》中妻子的证词注解

Japanese Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.5195/jll.2023.282

Matthew M. Davis

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