Nyika yeJapan yakawana kupi zita rayo?
Context:Zita rokuti Japan muchiJapan rinonyorwa richishandisa kanji 日本 uye rinodudzwa kuti Nippon kana kuti Nihon. Japan isati yagamuchirwa mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechisere, nyika yaizivikanwa muChina seWa (<unk>, yakashandurwa muJapan kutenderedza 757 kuva 和) uye muJapan nezita rekuti Yamato. Nippon, kurava kwokutanga kwechiChinese nechiJapan kwezviratidzo, kunosarudzwa nokuda kwokushandiswa kwapamutemo, kubatanidza pamari dzemari nezvitambi zveposvo. Nihon inowanzoshandiswa mukutaura kwezuva nezuva uye inoratidza kuchinja kwezwi rechiJapan munguva yeEdo. Zita rokuti 日本 rinoreva kuti "tsime rinobva zuva", uye ndiro rakaita kuti zita rokuti "Nyika yeZuva Rinobuda" rizivikanwe zvikuru kuMadokero. Zita rokuti "Japan" rakavakirwa pamataurirwo echiChinese a 日本 uye rakaiswa mumitauro yokuEurope kupfurikidza nokutengeserana kwokutanga. Muzana remakore rechi13, Marco Polo akanyora kududzwa kwekutanga kweMandarin kana kuti Wu Chinese kwemavara 日本國 seCipangu. Zita rekare rechiMalay reJapan, Japang kana kuti Japun, rakakweretwa kubva mumutauro wokuChina wokumaodzanyemba wokumahombekombe uye rakasangana nevatengesi vechiPutukezi muSoutheast Asia, avo vakaunza shoko racho kuEurope mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi16. Shanduro yokutanga yezita racho muChirungu inooneka mubhuku rakabudiswa muna 1577, iro rakanyora zita racho saGiapan mushanduro yetsamba yechiPutukezi ya1565.
Izwi rechiRungu rokuti "Japan" rinodzokera shure kusvika muzana ramakore rechi16 shanduro yechiRungu yebhuku rechiPutukezi iro rakapa zita renyika richishandisa zita rekare reMalaysian rakakweretwa kubva kuchamhembe kwemahombekombe echiChinese. Muongorori Marco Polo akanyora zita racho seCipangu muzana remakore rechi13 zvichibva pakududzwa kwokutanga kwechiChinese. Nenzira inofadza, vaJapan vanonongedzera kurudzi rwavo vamene se"Nihon" kana kuti mukushandiswa kwehurumende kwapamutemo se"Nippon" iyo yakanyorwa pamari dzemari kana kuti zvitambi zveposvo. Mashoko ose ari maviri anobva mukutaura kwechiChinese kwemavara maviri anoreva "mabviro ezuva" ayo akagamuchirwa mumabhuku echiJapan ezana remakore rechisere.