Download or read book NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words written by Boye Lafayette De Mente and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1996-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful text contains 230 Japanese expressions known to every Japanese, cross referencing of entries by thematic groupings, and a 14-entry set of introductory readings, designed to offer a broad cultural overview of Japan.