Weksa/data/target-language-ontology/ja-JP.yaml
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profile_id: weksa.target_cultural_ontology.ja-JP.v0
language:
code: ja
locale: ja-JP
script: Jpan
scope: >
Bounded Japanese dialogue lowering profile for Weksa fixtures. This profile
records realization distinctions that must be inspected; it is not a total
description of Japanese culture.
authority:
owns:
- politeness and honorific pressure
- in-group/out-group stance when context supplies it
- subject and object omission choices
- script mix and technical register
- sentence-final force
does_not_own:
- source meaning
- character identity
- exhaustive Japanese grammar
salience_axes:
politeness:
relevant_distinctions:
- plain
- polite
- honorific
- humble
- rough
lowering_questions:
- Does politeness preserve the relationship, or does it lie about it?
- Is roughness character-specific or generic stylization?
social_position:
relevant_distinctions:
- uchi_soto_pressure
- hierarchy
- familiarity
- emergency_override
lowering_questions:
- Does urgency override ordinary deference?
- Does the line imply a relationship the scene has not earned?
ellipsis:
relevant_distinctions:
- subject omission
- object omission
- explicit pronoun for emphasis or contrast
lowering_questions:
- Is the addressee recoverable without an explicit pronoun?
- Would explicit pronouns sound unnatural or too pointed?
script_and_register:
relevant_distinctions:
- kanji for technical compounds
- kana for softness or readability
- katakana for foreignness, machine texture, or emphasis
lowering_questions:
- Does the script choice help the speaker voice?
- Does a technical compound preserve precision without becoming stiff?
sentence_final_force:
relevant_distinctions:
- direct request
- warning consequence
- command
- threat-like phrasing
lowering_questions:
- Does the ending carry warning force without cartoon aggression?
- Does the line preserve the hazard predicate?
forbidden_flattenings:
- Do not treat politeness as decoration.
- Do not use explicit pronouns just because English has them.
- Do not make every sharp line rough or anime-coded.
- Do not erase the difference between technical precision and formal politeness.