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Pronounced "dii-ze-ai-n", デザイン is the Japanese word for design, an integral part of Japan's architecture and urban environment as there is a need to balance it's modern with it's history.

デザインは建築にとって重要です。
Design is important to architecture.

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Pronounced "ken-chi-ku", 建築 is the Japanese word for architecture.

日本の建築は、現代と歴史の要素が混ざり合っているという点で独特です。
Japan's architecture is unique as it mixes modern and historical elements.

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Pronounced "hey-wa-ki-nen-ko-en", 平和記念公園 is the name of the Hiroshima peace memorial park located in Japan. Within the park lies many ruins of buildings that survived the bombing in WWII mixed with the modern buildings of museums and is an example of how urban architecture is used for historically filled purposes.

平和記念公園は、市民に平和を当然のことと思わないように思い出させるために建てられました。
Hiroshima peace memorial park was built to remind citizens not to take peace for granted.

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Pronounced "You-kii-yo-ay", 浮世絵 was a form of wooden block printing popularised during the Edo period of Japan. Depicting the changing hedonistic lifestyles of many Japanese at the time, 浮世絵 can be considered one of Japan's first records of "street art" as though the canvas was not the walls or streets of Japan, the 浮世絵 involved depicting current political and social issues of the time.

芸術家 は浮世絵を使って、より豊かなクラスの生活を見せます。
Artists would use ukiyo-e to show the lives of the richer classes.

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Pronounced "hi-puu-hop-puu", ヒップホップ is the Japanese word for Hip-Hop. In relation to this week's topic, the growing popularity of the hip-hop genre of music is the reason why graffiti and street art is slowly becoming accepted by modern audiences of Japan. It is a key part of Japan's current cultural context.

ヒップホップはグラフィティが社会でより人気になるのを助けました。
Hip-hop has helped graffiti become more accepted into society.

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Pronounced "ra-ku-ga-ki", 落書き is the Japanese word for graffiti. What makes this word interesting however, is that it shares it's definition with the words "scrawl" and "scribble". This is a reflection of how Japan has traditionally seen graffiti as a form of vandalism rather then art.

落書きは日本では犯罪ですが徐々に実際の芸術形態と見なされています。
Graffiti is considered a crime in Japan, however is slowly becoming accepted as an art form.

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Pronounced "sho-nen" and "sho-jo", these words are directly translated into boy and girl. However these words are also used to describe genres of manga and anime. Shounen being the genre targeting a masculine audience, and Shoujo being for the feminine. These two genres are particularly important to how anime and manga are visually conveyed as their target audience influences not only how the series is designed visually, but also what language is used.

少年と処女漫画は大きく異なります。
Shounen and Shoujo manga are very different.

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Pronounced "Me-su-ki", 目つき is the Japanese phrase for "expression in one's eyes", in manga and anime, many scenes rely on character expressions to invoke emotional weight within scenes. This is particularly why many anime art styles utilise large eyes on their characters in order to better illustrate expressions.

彼女の目つきは優しい。
She has a kind look in her eyes.

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Pronounced "O-no-ma-to-pe", オノマトペ is the Japanese word for Onomatopoeia. In manga and anime it is a popular visual technique used to convey sound effects as well as enhance a scene's emotional and dramatic impact.

沢山の漫画はオノマトペを使用があります。
Many manga use onomatopoeia.

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Pronounced "ko-ku-sei-chi-yo-sa", 国勢調査 is the Japanese word for National census.

国勢調査によると日本の人口は急速に老化している。
According to the national census, Japan's population is aging rapidly.

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Pronounced "kin-shi-tsu", 均質 is the Japanese word for homogenous. In context for this week's topic; homogenous population refers to a population that is of the same cultural background.

日本の人口の大半は均質です。
Japan's population is mostly homogenous.

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Pronounced "No", 能 is the term for traditional Noh plays. In Japanese culture, Noh have the most prominent presence in traditional theatre. Noh is usually based on supernatural tales encompassing heroic protagonists and humane morals. It is a significant part of Japanese culture dating centuries and is constantly regulated by an national system.

能は衣装と踊りを使って感情を表現します。
Noh use costumes and dance to perform emotions.

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Pronounced "Ni-shin-sen-sou" , 日清戦争 is the Japanese name for the First Sino-Japanese War. A violent conflict in which Japan and China waged war against each other over the prospective land of Korea. The aftermath of this war would begin a series of land disputes for Japan as a result of it's continuous and brutally violent military campaign against the rest of Asia and is thus a significant event in Japan's geopolitical history.

日清戦争は１８９４年から１８９５年までした。
The Sino-Japanese war was between 1894-1985.

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Pronounced "Ai-nu", アイヌ are indigenous people of Japan. Over centuries of cultural conflicts and land disputes with the government systems of Japan, the Ainu are now only a small tribe situated in modern Hokkaido.

日本には約２５，０００人のアイヌが住んでいます。
There are around 25,000 Ainu living in Japan.

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Pronounced "chi-sei-ga-ku", 地政学 is the Japanese term meaning "geopolitics".

日本の地政学は主に中国やロシアとの紛争に関係しています。
Japan's geopolitics mainly concern disputes with China and Russia.

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Pronounced "Kin-dai-no-cho-ko-ku", 近代の脱却 is a Japanese colloquial saying meaning "Overcoming modernity". Popularised in the early 1940s, this slang term was used to power an movement in the country to maintain it's traditions and laws in spite of the ongoing influence of foreign cultures within the country.

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Pronounced "buun-ka-kou-ri-yu", 文化交流 is the Japanese word for cultural exchange.

文化交流は、学生が’お互いをよりよく理解するのに役立ちました。

Cultural exchange has helped students to learn more about eachother.

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Pronounced "Gu-ro-ba-ri-ze-shi-on", グローバリゼーション is the Japanese word for globalisation.

新しいテクノロジーのおかげで、グローバリゼーションは簡単になりました。
Globalisation is easy now, thanks to new technology.

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Pronounced "Ha-fu", ハーフ is a slang term used to describe individuals who are of half-Japanese heritage. Directly translates as "Half".

彼女はハーフです。お母さんはオーストラリア人です。
She's an ha-fu. Her mother is Australian.

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Pronounced "gai-goku-jin", 外国人 is the Japanese word for foreigner.

アニメや和食の人気により、日本で外国人に合うことが一派駅になりつつあります。

Seeing foreigners in Japan is becoming more common as a result of anime and Japanese food becoming more popular.

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Pronounced "ii-bun-ka-kan", 異文化感 is the Japanese word for intercultural.

オーストラリアは異文化感の社会です。
Australia is an intercultural society.

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Pronounced "to-ke-ko-mu", 溶け込む is the Japanese word for assimilate or integrate. It's meanings can expand to merge, melt or blend into.

新しくのにそのレストランはまもなくこの町に溶け込むんだたな。
Despite being new, that restaurant was able to assimilate well with the town.

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Pronounced "ii-min", 移民 is the Japanese word for immigration.

日本では他の国ほど移民は人気がありません。
Immigration isn't as popular in Japan as it is in other countries.

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Pronounced "ki-ka", 帰化 is the Japanese word for naturalisation. Naturalisation refers to the process of which one becomes a citizen to a country that is different to the one they were given at birth.

日本で帰化を規模する市民の申請の９９％が初認されています。
In Japan, 99% of applications for citizens wanting to naturalize are approved.

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Pronounced "Bun-ka", 文化 is the Japanese word for culture. Probably the most relevant word for week 1 haha

世界の文化についてもっと知りたい！
I want to learn more about the cultures of the world!

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Pronounced "Mono-no-mikata", 物の見方 is a expression meaning mindset, outlook or one's perspective. It directly translates to "how to see things". As we discuss how our perspectives on certain cultures are either fixed or changing due to visual representation I felt this phrase could be useful in future weeks.

物の見方を変えたい。
I want to change how I see things.

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Pronounced "Gen-go", 言語 is the Japanese word for language. Despite being our most prominent means of communication, it also acts as one of our greatest barriers. As such, how visual media overcomes this barrier is why I find this word relevant to this week's focus.

言語を勉強するのは難しい。
Studying language is hard.