The Meiji Constitution was the fundamental law of the Empire of Japan, propagated during the reign of Emperor Meiji (r. 1867 â 1912). It provided for a form of mixed constitutional and absolute monarchy, based on the Prussian and British models.
Its pronunciation is JH EY MZ â . Jas is used chiefly in the Polish language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Jas is a pet form of the name James (English and Hebrew). Jas is also a variant of the name John (English and Hebrew) in the Polish language. Jas is an infrequently used baby name for boys.
Several languages render it as /ts/ or /dz/ , e.g. zeta /tsetÉ/ or /tset/ in Finnish. In Standard Chinese pinyin the name of the letter Z is pronounced [tsÉ¨] , although the English 'zed' and 'zee' have become very common.