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Category Archives: Japan
Video Lesson: 10 Japanese Animals
Cute And Educational This is a 60 second video lesson with good looking animals and the Japanese names for them (along with the English, not because viewers are unintelligent, but because it may help provide an audio memory anchor for … Continue reading
Video Lesson: Japanese Sentence Structure
Watch And Learn This is a little video on Japanese sentence structure, narrated by yours truly, Jeremiah Bourque, as used in my private Japanese tutoring lessons. Thank you very much.
Shiki: Living Dead vs. Dead Living
I “Get” Shiki Now. What I needed to understand about this show was the contrast it creates: living dead more alive, emotionally, than the living, and through their existence, living who are more dead, emotionally, than any walking corpse. I’ll … Continue reading
Japanese Language: End of Message
以上 Many Japanese e-mails, letters, and so forth, end with the above kanji, read as ijou. This is used in the same way as many Americans would use EOM, standing for End of Message, indicating that there is no more … Continue reading
The Soul of Japanese Gaming
日本ゲームの魂 In recent years, it has been argued that Japanese video gaming, as an industry, has faltered and has entered a period of prolonged decline. As a result, numerous Japanese companies are producing “Westernized” video games to compete with North … Continue reading
Anime Blog Review: The Deathseeker
Because I’m Not Alone Out Here. I really wish I had the time and energy and opportunity to blog more extensively. There’s a lot of things I’d like to say about a lot of subjects. Because my efforts must be … Continue reading
Japanese Culture: The Way of the Tea
茶道 (The Way of the Tea) a.k.a. The Japanese Tea Ceremony The Japanese tea ceremony began based on Chinese tea drinking rituals imported into Japan by a Buddhist monk in the 9th century A.D. Legend states that drinking tea had … Continue reading
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Japanese Language and Culture: The Path
道 In Japanese language, this kanji represents the path. As a solo kanji, it is read as みち (michi). As part of compounds, it is read as ドウ (dou). In English, this is usually translated as the way for various … Continue reading
Star Driver Impressions, by Usa-Kun
Hi, I’m Usa-Kun! (Actually I’m just a character being written by J Sensei but never mind that! I’m cute!!) Usa-kun: Hi!! Nice to meet everyone! You can call me Usa-kun. That’s as in, うさぎ (usagi), the Japanese word for rabbit. … Continue reading
Why Iron Man The Anime Ep 4’s Worth Watching
Wolverine shows up. …That was half serious, but no, seriously, it’s not something that I was warned of or expecting, and this is a very no-nonsense version that I have taken an instant liking to. Most of this ep is … Continue reading