Zenzen and Mattaku are Japanese adverbs that are synonyms and used as complete negation expressions meaning "not at all". However, recently many younger people also use these adverbs to express positive response. This change is important to be studied further to prevent misuse in communication, ...
, the doyen of Japanese literary studies, offers here a literary history of poet Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912). [Ishikawa]'s seminal collection of tanka, A Handful of Sand (1910), is known for a modernist aesthetic that combines "simplicity and hidden meaning." [Keene] embeds translations ...
Japanese “karaage”, or fried chicken… Grilled thighs (momo yaki)… And my favorite part of poultry, the “bonjiri”, or chicken butt… …where here at Nonchan, they leave it still attached to the rest of the tail! Some “ginnan”, or gingko nuts, to help some cut of the fat ...
Konna Sekai, Shiritakunakatta. Konna Sekai, Shiritakunakatta. (こんな世界、知りたくなかった。) is used as the first ending theme to the anime Akame ga Kill!. And it was sung by Miku Sawai Akame ga Kill! (Japanese: アカメが斬る! Hepburn: Akame ga Kiru!, literally meaning "Akame ...