Individual kanji characters invented in Japan, or multi-kanji words coined in Japanese, have also influenced and been borrowed into Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese in recent times. For example, иЄ means 'honest' in both languages but is pronounced makoto or sei in Japanese, and chГ©ng in Standard Mandarin Chinese. ДЄlthough some characters, as used in Japanese and Chinese, have similar meanings and pronunciations, others have meanings or pronunciations that are unique to one language or the other. Inkstone artifacts at archaeological sites dating back to the earlier Yayoi period were also found to contain Chinese characters. The significant use of Chinese characters in Japan first began to take hold around the 5th century AD and has since made a profound influence in shaping Japanese culture, language, literature, history, and records. It is spelled in Japanese by using the same characters as in traditional Chinese, and both refer to the character writing system known in Chinese as hanzi ( traditional Chinese: жјўе— simplified Chinese: ж±‰е— pinyin: hГ nzГ¬ lit. The term kanji in Japanese literally means ' Han characters'. There are nearly 3,000 kanji used in Japanese names and in common communication. Since the 1920s, the Japanese government has published character lists periodically to help direct the education of its citizenry through the myriad Chinese characters that exist. After World War II, Japan made its own efforts to simplify the characters, now known as shinjitai, by a process similar to China's simplification efforts, with the intention to increase literacy among the common folk. A few characters were invented in Japan by constructing character components derived from other Chinese characters. The characters have Japanese pronunciations most have two, with one based on the Chinese sound. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of hiragana and katakana. Kanji ( жјўе—, pronounced ( listen)) are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. For the distinction between, /В / and вџЁ вџ©, see IPA В§В Brackets and transcription delimiters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Kami-e differs by not requiring the mind to be 'shut down' for it.This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Boh is very similar in appearance to this technique, which works with him turning off his conscious mind and floating around like a leaf, therefore dodging strikes entirely on instinct.Using his Hira Hira no Mi to make his body 'float', Diamante can dodge attacks in a very similar fashion.Despite being Rokushiki masters, Kalifa, Kumadori, and Jabra were not seen using this technique.The kanji is read as nandei, and literally translates to either 'soft mud' or 'sludge'. In the FUNimation dub, this is called Paper Art Slime. In the Viz Manga, this is called Paper Slime. Instead of the body becoming limp like paper, it stretches and moves in ways slime or sludge would move in order to avoid attacks. Kami-e 'Slime' ( зґ™зµµгЂЊ и»џжіҐ пј€ г‚№гѓ©г‚¤гѓ пј‰гЂЌ, Kami-e 'Suraimu' ?, literally meaning 'Paper Drawing: 'Slime''): Used by Fukurou.In the FUNimation dub, this is called Life Return Terminate. In the Viz Manga, this is called Life Return Release. It cancels his Seimei Kikan: Kami-e Bushin technique, and returns to his larger, stronger Human-Beast Form. Seimei Kikan: Kaijo ( з”џе‘Ѕеё°й‚„гЂЂи§Јй™¤, Seimei Kikan: Kaijo ?, literally meaning 'Life/Existence Return: Cancellation'): Used by Rob Lucci while in his smaller Human-Beast Form.In the FUNimation dub and in the Viz Manga, this is called Life Return Paper Art Fighting Form. He is much more agile and harder to hit in this form, as opposed to his normal Human-Beast Form. Using Life Return, he makes his Human-Beast Form smaller, lighter, and possibly faster. Seimei Kikan: Kami-e Bushin ( з”џе‘Ѕеё°й‚„гЂЂзґ™зµµж¦иє«, Seimei Kikan: Kami-e Bushin ?, literally meaning 'Life/Existence Return: Paper Drawing Martial Body'): Used by Rob Lucci in his Human-Beast Form.Hovering the symbol gives further details.

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