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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))

Byline: Sugiura Tsutomu

Definition of Culture Derived from its roots, which mean "to cultivate" and "to respect," the English and French word "culture" had come by the mid-16th century to denote "developing spiritual capacity through germane intellectual training." Bunka, the Japanese word for culture, is also defined as the "composite of modes of behavior or patterns of living acquired, shared and communicated among people," as well as "that which is born of spiritual activities, mainly in the areas of academia, art, religion and morality." The root of the character bun in the Japanese word bunka, ...

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