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April 7

Kanji help on Japanese book

What is the kanji of the title, author, and publishing house. and other info ("Kanji"?) of:

• Itō, Mikiharu (Kanji), 1958: Amami no kami-matsuri, Kakeroma-tō noro-shinji chōsa-hōkoku (Festivals of Amami, Fieldreport on the Noro-Cult of Kakeroma Island), Kokugakuin-daigaku Nippon-bunka-kenkyūsho kiyo 3: 53-139.

That way it will be easier for Wikipedians to find the book

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 06:42, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

• 國學院大學日本文化研究所 is the name of the publishing company. 奄美の神祭、加計呂麻島祝女神事調査報告 would be the title, and 伊藤幹治 is the author. Without having access to the book, I cannot be sure if there should be a katakana 'ri' in there after matsu(ri), or whether 'noro' should be in kanji or in katakana. I have looked for the book, but to no avail. If you can find it, I can correct this post if needed. KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 08:53, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, Kagetora! I found the university page which mentions the book. It writes the title as "奄美の神祭 : 加計呂麻島ノロ神事調査報告" WhisperToMe (talk) 15:27, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Arabic names for characters in Egyptian films

What are the Arabic names for the characters mentioned in the cast lists of the following films?

• Thieves in KG2
• Thieves in Thailand
• Kimo wi Antimo
• Malatily Bathhouse (also the name of the author of the original novel and Yusuf Shaban)
• Pleasure and Suffering (as well as the director's name and the other actors)

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 07:33, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Meaning of wlp

Came to our article wlp from a question posted on Yahoo! Answers on the same and saw this edit:[1]. Urban Dictionary has got a slightly similar entry [2]. Does such a slang exist and is it relevant enough to include here? ···Vanischenu^「m/_Talk」 09:32, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

NHOI. IMHO you can make up any anagram/abbreviation to mean a commonly used phrase. Only some are well-known, like 'IMHO' I just used, but many aren't, like the 'NHOI' I just made up. If you have heard 'wlp' before, then go and add it. If it is decided that it is not notable, then it will either be deleted or a discussion on the relevent talk page will be opened. It does loook like something you'd expect to see on a MMORPG chat log, however. KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 10:36, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

But without a reliable source (and that doesn't include Urban Dictionary) IWBR (It Will Be Reverted), and just was. Rojomoke (talk) 11:39, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you! My question should have been: What should be done with the sentence ""WLP" stands for "f*** this s***" in text lingo" in the page WLP. (That edit got buried under another edit within three mins, so it was likely to stay there forever.) Now you removed it. Thanks···Vanischenu^「m/_Talk」 12:03, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Frequency of kana in Japanese

Dear reference desk,

Could you point me to a table giving the frequency of each kana in written Japanese?

I tried to search but all I found was on frequency of kanji. This should count only the kana that are actually written, not the unwritten transcription of words written in kanji. Ideally this should be based on informal modern Japanese text (not high literature), and should include each hiragana, katakana, and associated punctuation. – b_jonas 17:36, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Hiragana Frequency Table has a link to Hiragana Frequency Table.

—Wavelength (talk) 18:42, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Those two pages are strange. Why do they have latin letters among the hiragana? – b_jonas 19:01, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

That page also specifically says that it's tabulating the frequency of all syllables, not only those written in hiragana. – b_jonas 19:11, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Also, despite being titled "Hiragana Frequency Table" it actually includes both hiragana and katakana, which is not exactly confidence-inspiring. 86.176.213.160 (talk) 01:59, 8 April 2013 (UTC)