Girls’ NamesThatMean Dark Japanese girl names that mean darkness aren’t just unique; they carry deep meanings tied to their culture. This name dives deep, touching on strong, passionate feelings that are as intense as they are mysterious. Each of these names tells its own story, weaving be...
Following in the wake of the Chinese immigrants marked the Japanese immigrants as a part of that group, and resulted in a negative attitude towards the Japanese immigrants almost immediately and this negative attitude lasted for more than 50 years. War with Japan during WWII brought prejudice and ...
We’ve all the cups by now: tall with a handle and straw and a variety of colors to match outfit/mood. But don’t get it twisted: Stanley cups aren’t just another trendy accessory for girls in college. When you’ve been making drinkware for 100+ years, you learn a thing or two ...
Afterwards, Moroha and Setsuna storm the castle to rescue Towa and the three leave to chase after Yotsume. Riku pays a visit to Jyubei, who gives him a large sum of gold for his services and reveals that he intends to use Towa, Setsuna and Moroha in his plan to defeat the remaining...
For example, a cancelled flight due to a storm that’s predicted to last for at least a few hours is definitely 最悪. 25. ピンチ — Pinch/Difficulty Hiragana: ぴんち This is the Japanese equivalent of being “caught between a rock and a hard place.” Imagine yourself getting “pinche...
38. Girls of the Night (1961) Photograph: Janus Films Director: Kinuyo TanakaA deeply patriarchical society, Japan still hasn’t produced more than a clutch of female filmmakers. It took a 1930s starlet, Kinuyo Tanaka, to make the leap to auteur status. She only made six films, combatti...
Ami & Yumi get the toffee machine to work, but because they don't know how to work it, it goes out of control and creates a giant toffee ball that destroys anything in it's path. The girls see that it's heading for their tour bus and they must stop it. Kaz begs the girls to ...
Speaking of which, Babymetal took the world by storm in the 2010s by being one of a kind. You got some hard metal music with some….cute young girls who are singing and dancing? The band gained so much attention at their 2013 debut that they hit #6 on the Oricon charts. In the sa...
In Japan, striking up a conversation is easy enough, but it takes months or even years for that first contact to bloom into a substantial relationship. This goes back to the deeply-ingrained Japanese philosophy of “uchi” and “soto;” Essentially, close co-workers, fami...
these pilots go from same-faced nobodies with names I couldn’t remember to same-faced human beings whose deaths were, if not affecting, at least noteworthy. Akai is friendly, talented, and bears no prejudice against main character Nagate for his inability to photosynthesize. He’s a simple ...