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Tag Archives: Japanese Culture
読み練習のお勧め
In addition to the resources available on Tofugu.com there are other interesting places to practice authentic Japanese reading. Personally I have found that reading a novel can be frustrating because it is hard to retain the story if you read … Continue reading
Posted in books, Japanese, 日本語, 本
Tagged Bi-lingual, Children's story, Japanese, Japanese Culture, Reading practice, short story, thought process
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宮崎さんの世界
これはTofugu.comに申し込みの記事です。
This is a post I did for the Tofugu.com internship application. Continue reading
Posted in Art, 芸術, 日本
Tagged Castle in the sky, Cat, Cat bus, exhibition rooms, Ghibli, Ghibli Museum, Giant robot, hayao miyazaki, history of animation, Japanese Culture, miyazaki films, studio ghibli museum, Totoro
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Tsubaki Shrine Trip
昨日私は友達と山に四人で行きました。私とエライザと宗くんと三年ぶりの友達のりゅうくん。今日のポストは写真で教える話だ。 Yesterday I went with three friends up a mountain. Myself Eliza, Mune, and a friend I had not seen in three years, Ryu. Today’s post is that story through pictures. 家から運転で一時間かかって、山にある神社に着いた。早くプレステションの印を気づいた。真面目の意味は、その三つ印が命の必要な物だ。三角は太陽で、丸は水で、四角は米だ。 From my house driving about one hour we … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Friends, 友達
Tagged good weather, Hiking, Japanese Culture, Mountain, Photography, Shinto, Shrine, three friends
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デジ財布
アプルの会議で新しいiMacを見せてくれなかったが、面白いものを発表しました。一つはパッスブックだった。 Continue reading
Posted in Diary, 日記
Tagged Apple, Japanese Culture, new technology, passbook, virtual wallet, yen notes, 日本
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昔話19(1)
Today’s story is about tanuki. This time the story is quite long, so I have parsed it into two. Tanuki are like nature’s warriors in the war of man and nature. However we do see that the rabbit is an … Continue reading
Posted in books, movie, 映画, 本
Tagged ArtRage, Bi-lingual, Children's story, hayao miyazaki, Japanese Culture, man and nature, pompoko, Tanuki, Translation, 日本
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褒め殺し
I learned a new word from my friend Mune: Ho-me-go-ro-shi. Homeru means to praise and Korosu it to kill. The two words together mean something like praising someone to death. In the US we have a similar saying, “Kill ’em … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Japanese, 友達, 日本語
Tagged Japanese Culture, language culture, rap battles
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昔話17
I think today’s message is complicated. The woodcutter didn’t lie to the princess, but in order to keep his life he would have had to lie to his wife, his father, and his mother. So the message isn’t don’t lie; … Continue reading
Posted in Art, books, Old story, 文芸, 昔話, 本
Tagged ArtRage, Bi-lingual, Children's story, dace, deep water, Humanity, iPad, Japanese Culture, Translation, woodcutter
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Disgaea 2!
同僚の友達は面白いゲームを借りてくれた。ディスガイアというゲームだ。短い間このゲームやっているけれど本当に面白いと思う。何年前に私はFinal Fantasy Tacticsのゲームをやった。このディスガイアをやりながらあの昔やったゲームを思い出す。でもこのゲームは全然違う。本当におかしい話だよ。この世界で誰でもは鬼に変化された。一人だけはまだ人間の形で、世界を治しなければならない。かれの母さんは手伝って見ているが、母さんは鬼だからひどいことも言ったりしたりする。確か、フリクリみたいな喋りいっぱいある。戦い方も楽しいよ。戦う時、友軍のキャラクターとそばに立てば二人、三人で敵が戦える。超楽しい。格好も魔法もシーンのアートも美しい。戦術が好きだったらこのゲームがやるべきだ。 A co-worker friend of mine let me borrow an interesting game. It is called Disgaea 2. I have only played this game for a short time, but it is very interesting. Several years ago I played Final … Continue reading
Posted in ゲーム, Games
Tagged Disgaea 2, Dood, final fantasy tactics, Games, Japanese Culture, PSP
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昔話14
When you make an irrational request there will definitely be someone who will promise to give it to you. They cannot really do it, but they can promise. People who really know reality would not make these types of requests. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Old story, 昔話, 本
Tagged beautiful woman, Children's story, Fable, Japanese Culture, planning, thought process
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Japanese Clowns
Tofugu posted a nice collection of Japanese one hit comedians. It was interesting to see the prolific sexual nature of these popular icons. I remember seeing Kojima Yashio several years ago. His “What does that even matter!” bit was pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Japan, 文芸, 日本
Tagged Clown, Comedians, Comedy, Funny, Japanese Culture, sexual nature, Tofugu, weirdos, 日本
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