Yumi (other)
''Yumi'' is the Japanese word for a bow (weapon). Yumi may also refer to: * Yumi (name), a feminine Japanese and Korean given name *Yumi, Yumi, Yumi, national anthem of Vanuatu See also * Yummy (other) Yummy may refer to: People *Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, a Black Disciples gang member killed in 1994 at eleven years of age *Yummy Bingham (born 1986), American R&B singer Music *Yummy (album), ''Yummy'' (album), a 2007 album by KC and the Sunshine ...

Yumi
is the Japanese term for a bow. As used in English, refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer and the shorter used in the practice of and , or Japanese archery. The was an important weapon of the samurai warrior during the feudal period of Japan. It is typically shot with Japanese arrows known as . The most famous style of is an asymmetrically shaped long bow with a length of more than , characterized by the archer holding the part of the bow below the center to shoot the arrow. History Most of the excavated Jōmon period () bows are in length, while most of the Yayoi period () bows are in length. The bows in these periods were made from a single processed wood, and the bows with this structure were called and were used until the Nara period (710–794 CE). It is unknown when the asymmetrical came into use, but the first written record is found in the ''Book of Wei'', a Chinese historical manuscript dating to the 3 ...
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Yumi (name)
Yumi is a feminine Japanese and Korean given name. Japanese name is a common feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname. Orthography Yumi can be written using different kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ... characters and as a given name can mean: *由美, "origin/history, beauty" *裕美, "abundance, beauty" *夕実, "evening, fruition" *優美, "tenderness, beauty"' *裕未, "abundance, less than" *悠美, "permanence, beauty" *祐美, "savior, beauty" *由実, "origin/history, fruition" *有美, "exist, beauty" *夕美, "evening, beauty" *友美, "friend, beauty" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. Given name *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese synchronized swimmer *Yumi Asō (奥村 由美), Japane ...
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Yumi, Yumi, Yumi
"" (; "We, We, We") is the national anthem of Vanuatu. It was written and composed by François Vincent Ayssav (born 1955) and adopted by the citizens of Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ... in 1980. Lyrics References External links Alternate English translationPartnersinrhymeThe anthem sung at the 40th anniversary of independence celebrations {{Authority control National anthems Vanuatuan music National symbols of Vanuatu Oceanian anthems Year of song missing National anthem compositions in C major Bislama words and phrases ...
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