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SEA JAPAN [13 records]

Record 1 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

A marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean... bounded by Japan and Sakhalin Island to the east and by Russia and Korea on the Asian mainland to the west.

OBS

[A sea] traditionally called "Sea of Japan" in the majority of English-language sources; called "East Sea" by English-speaking Koreans and by some present-day English-language sources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Mer marginale du Pacifique occidental, entre la Sibérie et la Corée et l'arc insulaire formée par Honshu, Hokkaido et Sakhaline.

OBS

mer du Japon : les Coréens la nomment «mer de l'Est».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Mar del océano Pacífico, entre Rusia, Corea y Japón.

OBS

mar del Japón; mar del Este: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recuerda que, para aludir a esta zona marítima entre la costa oriental del continente asiático y Japón, tradicionalmente se ha usado el nombre de "mar del Japón", que es la forma recomendada en español y también la establecida por organismos internacionales como la Organización Hidrológica Internacional, por lo que se aconseja reflejar también esta forma si se optara por dar la preferida por Corea del Norte y Corea del Sur de "mar del Este".

OBS

mar del Japón; mar del Este: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que, de acuerdo con la Ortografía de la lengua española, los nombres propios de los accidentes geográficos, tanto naturales como artificiales, se escriben con mayúscula inicial, pero no los sustantivos comunes genéricos que los acompañan, que deben escribirse con minúscula.

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Record 2 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

A sea in the western Pacific between China(on the west), South Korea(on the north), Japan and Ryukyu Islands(on the east), and Taiwan(on the south).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Mer entre la Corée, les Ryukyu et Taïwan.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

Mar ubicado entre Corea, el archipiélago Ryukyu y Taiwán.

OBS

mar de China oriental: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que, de acuerdo con la Ortografía de la lengua española, los nombres propios de los accidentes geográficos, tanto naturales como artificiales, se escriben con mayúscula inicial, pero no los sustantivos comunes genéricos que los acompañan, que deben escribirse con minúscula.

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Record 3 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A sea cucumber of the family Elpidiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Holothurie de la famille des Elpidiidae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The hairy crab(kegani in Japanese) or horsehair crab is found in the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. It gets its name from the spiky hairs that cover its entire body. This little critter is smaller than the snow crab and the red king crab, making many people say it is more difficult to eat, but it has a dense, sweet flavor, making the effort of cracking open that shell well worth it.

Key term(s)
  • horse-hair crab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Sur l'île d'Hokkaido, le crabe royal, le crabe des neiges et le crabe kégani sont les trois variétés de crabe les plus populaires.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Brownspotted grouper. Epinephelus chlorostigma(Valenciennes, 1828). Family : Serranidae(Sea bases : groupers and fairy basslets), subfamily : Epinephelinae. Order : Perciformes(perch-likes).... Distribution : Indo-Pacific : Red Sea to Natal, South Africa and eastward to the western Pacific, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia.

OBS

"Hamour" is a common name for many species of fishes such as the Epinephelus fuscoguttatus and the Epinephelus coioides.

Key term(s)
  • brown-spotted grouper

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

The advanced microwave scanning radiometer-EOS(AMSR-E) is one of six sensors aboard Aqua. AMSR-E is a passive microwave radiometer, modified from the advanced Earth observing satellite-II(ADEOS-II) AMSR, designed and provided by JAXA(Japan Space Agency). It observes atmospheric, land, oceanic, and cryospheric parameters, including precipitation, sea surface temperatures, ice concentrations, snow water equivalent, surface wetness, wind speed, atmospheric cloud water, and water vapor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
DEF

One of the western boundary currents of the North Pacific subtropical gyre.

OBS

A deep, narrow, and swift current, it continues from the Philippines Current in a northeastward direction from Taiwan along the continental rise of the East China Sea, through Tokara Strait, and close to the eastern coast of Japan. At 35°N it separates from the coast and flows eastward into the Pacific as a free jet known as the Kuroshio Extension. It forms a marked temperature and salinity front with the Oyashio, which meets the Kuroshio Extension from the north and then flows parallel to it. Like all other western boundary currents, the Kuroshio develops instabilities and sheds eddies. Its unique characteristic is that south of Honshu it switches between three quasi-stable paths across the Izu Ridge at irregular intervals of 18 months to several years. Volume transport in the Kuroshio increases downstream and reaches 57 Sv... in the Kuroshio Extension, increasing seasonally by 15% during summer. The current's path in the extension is characterized by large meridional excursions in the so-called First and Second Crest at 145° and 152°E. On approaching the Shatsky Rise at 157°E, the Kuroshio Extension divides into several paths that tend to recombine before the Emperor Seamounts near 170°E cause the current to split again and disintegrate. The flow then continues as the North Pacific Current.

OBS

Black Stream: It’s also sometimes known as the Black Stream-the English translation of kuroshio, and an allusion to the deep blue of its water-and also as the Japan Current.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
DEF

Courant océanique se mouvant vers le nord-est de Formose à Riukiu et près de la côte du Japon aussi loin que la latitude de 35 degrés nord.

CONT

Le courant de Kuroshio ou courant de Kuro-Shivo est le second plus grand courant marin au monde (après le Gulf Stream). Il débute dans l'ouest de l'océan Pacifique au large de la côte orientale de Taiwan et se dirige vers les eaux au nord-est du Japon où il fusionne avec la dérive orientale du courant du Nord Pacifique. Il a un rôle analogue à celui du Gulf Stream dans l'océan Atlantique, transportant des eaux chaudes tropicales vers le Nord et les régions polaires.

OBS

Ce courant est aussi appelé courant du Japon ou courant Noir, la traduction littérale du japonais kuroshio, allusion à la couleur bleu sombre de ses eaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
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Record 8 2005-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

In the back-arc regions behind island arcs a small ocean basin such as the Japan Sea... may be present...

CONT

The back-arc region behind the volcanoes may show convergence (such as crustal faulting and folding) or divergence (such as crustal thinning and subsidence).

CONT

The exposure of much more rock to subaerial erosion will greatly increase the volume of sediment which reaches inter-island gaps, the arc-trench gap and the back-arc area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Schéma d'un arc insulaire : Bassin océanique; prisme d'accrétion; haut externe de l'arc; bassin avant-arc; arc volcanique; région arrière-arc.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
  • Farm Animals
CONT

The Shiba Inu has been a native breed to Japan since the primitive ages. The word "Shiba" originally refers to something small, a "small dog". The Shiba's habitat was in the mountainous area facing the Sea of Japan and was used as a hunting dog for small animals and birds. There were slight differences in the breeds according to the areas where they were raised.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
  • Animaux de ferme
DEF

Pour une espèce donnée, population indigène vivant en cercle fermé, sans introduction de sang étranger, parfaitement adaptée à un milieu et dont les membres possèdent un grand nombre de caractères communs transmis de génération en génération.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
  • Farm Animals
CONT

The Shiba Inu has been a native breed to Japan since the primitive ages. The word "Shiba" originally refers to something small, a "small dog". The Shiba's habitat was in the mountainous area facing the Sea of Japan and was used as a hunting dog for small animals and birds. There were slight differences in the breeds according to the areas where they were raised.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
  • Animaux de ferme
CONT

[...] les modalités du commerce de bestiaux ont beaucoup changé. Les marchands enlèvent aujourd'hui les animaux à l'étable et les foires traditionnelles et leur pittoresque ont presque disparu. De même la transhumance, d'où les ovins sont exclus depuis longtemps, s'effectue, sauf exceptions rares, en camions. La race autochtone, à la robe jaune brun, aux yeux cernés de noir, a progressivement cédé les prés à des croisés de Charolais plus chargés de viande, d'où la présence de veaux à la robe blanche dans les «montagnes» [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
OBS

A diplomatic instrument, signed on Feb. 26, 1909, which contained the terms for an international law of naval warfare. To codify the principles of international maritime law in regard to prize cases(prize courts pass on the legality of capture at sea during wartime), experts from Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and the United States met in London in 1908. The 71 articles of the declaration embody their conclusions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
OBS

Expression abrégée qui désigne la Déclaration relative au droit de la guerre maritime signée à Londres le 26 février 1909.

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Seaport city, capital of Ishikawa prefecture, west Honshu, Japan, near coast of Sea of Japan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Port du Japon (Honshu), chef-lieu de la préfecture d'Ishikawa dans la plaine de Kaga, à l'ouest de la peninsule de Noto.

Spanish

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Record 13 1996-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

City, Hiroshima prefecture, southwest Honshu, Japan, on north shore of Inland Sea at its west end, southeast of Hiroshima.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville du Japon, dans l'île de Honshu, (préfecture d'Hiroshima), sur la côte septentrionale de la mer intérieure.

Spanish

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