Shinigami (死神)– Death god; directly means “angel of death.” Reikon (霊魂)– Soul; often linked to the afterlife and death. Kage (影)– Shadow; an ominous presence like the angel of death. Ankou (暗黒)– Darkness; linked to the finality of death. Kurayami (暗闇)– Deep darkness;...
Japanese Yokai can be cute. On the flipside, they can be utterly evil and scary too! Here are 15 deadly Yokai you’d never want to meet, within or outside of Japan.
Interested in haiku from an early age, Bashō at first put his literary interests aside and entered the service of a local feudal lord. After his lord’s death in 1666, however, Bashō abandoned hissamurai(warrior) status to devote himself topoetry. Moving to the capital city of Edo (now...
As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment al...
Watch if: You want to see one of the kindest movies about death in recent years. Avoid if: You can only stand so much circumstance. Departures $39.99 Buy on Amazon 28. One Cut of the Dead (2017) One Cut of the Dead Director: Shinichirou Ueda Four years after its release, the ...
We chose this name in honor of the famous filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Akira is a unisex name that means “bright” or “clear” in Japanese. You can also find this boys’ name in other languages as well. 3. Akito Origin: Japanese
This Japanese name means bright prince. In the Marvel Comics universe, Akihiko was a Yakuza boss who was one of the people to survive the activation of the infinity gauntlet and subsequent mass extinction. 2. Akihito Akihito means bright and compassionate. ...
Japanese art - Tokugawa, Edo, Ukiyo-e: At the death of the Momoyama leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, his five-year-old son, Hideyori, inherited nominal rule, but true power was held by Hideyoshi’s counselors, among whom Tokugawa Ieyasu was the most pr
I pronounced "Ee" means you or another, kind of vague. It is also a family name. There are noway to know what this mark actually is referring to, being it an achivment, a person or a company. Date: contemporary / second half 20th century. Click here to see large picture ...
Peter: Death… Sakura: Yes. Peter: I see. Sakura: So and 9 is also sometimes pronounced く Peter: Okay and give us that pronunciation one more time. Sakura: く Peter: Okay. Sakura: And this means suffering. Peter: Yes. I think one of my friends he told me that the name of the ...