of us gathered here to celebrate the partial reactivation of our phones as well as our son’s upcoming job interview with a national franchise. Ki-Tek tries to deliver a heartfelt speech like a TV patriarch but severely lacks the gravitas. Chung-Sook and Ki-Jung are already drinking their...
Jouhatsu(Japanese: 蒸発,lit.“evaporation”) orjohatsurefers to the people inJapanwho purposely vanish from their established lives without a trace. This phenomenon can be seen all over the world, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. However, it is likely more prevale...
“What can I say—The New Yorkerhas a large number of readers and they also pay really well,” he tells me, laughing. He says that if the editor of a Japanese magazine had made similar suggestions, “of course I would change things that I agree with, but in principle I would say no...
If you're a woman, you don't go to the beach topless. A hotel room has a private bath. On the other hand, traditional Japanese-style inns have cavernous common baths. Foreign films are always subtitled, except for films for children. On television, though, they're always dubbed, except...
“lopsided” is いびつ in Japanese, and it appears over and over again in the novel. It’s one of those words that Murakami fixates on and uses a lot like 胡散臭い, 具わっている, and 惹かれる. He uses it a lot to describe the new moon that appears in the 1Q84 alternate ...
UPDATE: Looks like the previously featured mysterious translucent skeletal specimens aren't the work of unknown scientists, but rather a project by Japanese scientist-turned-artist Iori Tomita. Tomita majored in fisheries as an undergraduate student, and has since used his knowledge to create a beaut...
“Oh, it almost seems silly to say, and it’s probably nothing” replied the Tyrannosaur, idly scratching an itch on his chest with one of his tiny arms “but I couldn’t help noticing that you are covered from nose to shoulder in dried blood, and that you are wearing the tail of ...
I read somewhere that Japanese has an history of absorbing lots of vocabulary from dominant languages in order to protect their own language. Many people say that Japanese wouldn't be a very rich language if it weren't for Chinese.
In the 6th grade, I had a really hard time, which led to my doing very badly in all of my school courses. When I say badly, I do mean badly. I got D’s and F’s. I even got D’s and F’s in classes that I had never before gotten less than an A in. I was lucky thou...
aI luv Hiphop dis what we do I luv Hiphop dis什么我们[translate] aSuch a simple, no translation! 这样简单,没有翻译![translate] ajack既不懂汉语又不懂日语 jack both does not understand Chinese and not to understand Japanese[translate]...