Today's word is a song title
我が良き友よ Waga yoki Tomo yo
My good friend (note this is old Japanese)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Today's Word
アメコミ amekomi
American (super hero) comics
The Japanese name for comics 漫画 manga (漫 funny + picture 画) has become an international word, but we still use a foreign word to refer to foreign things.
アメコミ amekomi is short for American Comic アメリカンコミックス(amerikankomikkusu)
Japan is sometimes very conscious of the split between occidental and oriental.
We say 邦画 houga for Japanese and east Asian films, and 洋語 youga for western/European films.
Although many Japanese children grow up with a view of the world that it is made of two countries 日本 Japan and 外国 foreign land(s), we are actually very sensitive about where things come from.
American (super hero) comics
The Japanese name for comics 漫画 manga (漫 funny + picture 画) has become an international word, but we still use a foreign word to refer to foreign things.
アメコミ amekomi is short for American Comic アメリカンコミックス(amerikankomikkusu)
Japan is sometimes very conscious of the split between occidental and oriental.
We say 邦画 houga for Japanese and east Asian films, and 洋語 youga for western/European films.
Although many Japanese children grow up with a view of the world that it is made of two countries 日本 Japan and 外国 foreign land(s), we are actually very sensitive about where things come from.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Let's Learn to Pronounce Japanese Sounds
Japanese is very easy to pronounce, much easier than say English. It is based on a very limited collection of immutable syllables which we call 五十音 gozyuuon The Fifty Sounds.
Although there are actually less than fifty base sounds in Japanese, they are arranged into a grid of 5 pure vowels and 10 consonants some of which can be slightly augmented.
The five vowels of Japanese are あいうえお a i u e o, and that is their "alphabetic" order.
あ a sounds likes the a in father
い i sounds like the ee in feet
う u sounds like the oo in zoo
え e sounds like the e in bet
お o sounds like the o in solo
the vowel sounds stay the same no matter which consonant you pronounce them after
か ka さ sa た ta な na は ha ま ma や ya ら ra わ wa
All Japanese sounds are pronounced one syllable, one beat, ending in a vowel
(bonus, this is why Japanese poetry is syllable based 5,7,5 and not stressed or "rhyming")
There is one exception that comes at the end of our syllabary ん nn is pronounced like a mix between English m and n, and never begins a word.
There are some other consonants that might be confusing to foreigners. かきくけこ ka ki ku ke ko is very simple, but
さしすせそ sa si su se so
し si is pronounced like the English word "she" with an sh sound
たちつてと ta ti tu te to
ち ti is pronounced similar to an English "ch" sound rather than "t" = chi
つ tu is pronounced "tsu"
つ is an important letter because if you write it small っ it becomes a symbol meaning "guttural stop." In roman letters this is represented by repeating the consonant it precedes.
Let's practice!
きて kite (ki te = kee tay) means come (please)
きって kitte (ki guttural stop te) means a stamp, or it could mean "please cut"
きいて kiite (ki i te) means listen (please), be sure to pronounce every syllable for one beat
はひふへお ha hi hu he ho
ふ hu sounds similar to an English F, but you don't bite the bottom lip "fu"
There are two other tricks to pronouncing Japanese
゛ dakuten and ゜ handakuten
AND
ゃ ゅ ょ a few more little letters, ya yu and yo
゛ dakuten are too little marks you can put on a letter that mean "pronounce this sound deep in the throat"
it turns
か ka into が ga
さ sa into ざ za
た ta into だ da
は ha into ば ba
Note: the Japanese sound じ zi like the Japanese sound し si sound different to English ears
we already learnt that "si" sounds like "shi"
but "zi" sounds like "ji"
゜handakuten (half deep throat sound mark) only goes on ハ行 hagyou the H row
はひふへほ hahihuheho
ばびぶべぼ babibubebo
ぱぴぷぺぽ papipupepo
And the last thing you have to know is!
You can write や ya ゆ yu よ yo small after a consonant in the い段 i dan I row, and make a new sound
So き ki becomes きゃ kya し si (shi) becomes しゃ sya (sha) and so forth
you can use it if the letter has dakuten or handakuten as well ぴょん pyon
It is important to know that Kya is one syllable, not Ki A.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon Wikipedia
はつおんの れんしゅうを がんばって ください
hatuonno rensyuuwo ganbatte kudasai
Please work hard your pronunciation practice!
Although there are actually less than fifty base sounds in Japanese, they are arranged into a grid of 5 pure vowels and 10 consonants some of which can be slightly augmented.
The five vowels of Japanese are あいうえお a i u e o, and that is their "alphabetic" order.
あ a sounds likes the a in father
い i sounds like the ee in feet
う u sounds like the oo in zoo
え e sounds like the e in bet
お o sounds like the o in solo
the vowel sounds stay the same no matter which consonant you pronounce them after
か ka さ sa た ta な na は ha ま ma や ya ら ra わ wa
All Japanese sounds are pronounced one syllable, one beat, ending in a vowel
(bonus, this is why Japanese poetry is syllable based 5,7,5 and not stressed or "rhyming")
There is one exception that comes at the end of our syllabary ん nn is pronounced like a mix between English m and n, and never begins a word.
There are some other consonants that might be confusing to foreigners. かきくけこ ka ki ku ke ko is very simple, but
さしすせそ sa si su se so
し si is pronounced like the English word "she" with an sh sound
たちつてと ta ti tu te to
ち ti is pronounced similar to an English "ch" sound rather than "t" = chi
つ tu is pronounced "tsu"
つ is an important letter because if you write it small っ it becomes a symbol meaning "guttural stop." In roman letters this is represented by repeating the consonant it precedes.
Let's practice!
きて kite (ki te = kee tay) means come (please)
きって kitte (ki guttural stop te) means a stamp, or it could mean "please cut"
きいて kiite (ki i te) means listen (please), be sure to pronounce every syllable for one beat
はひふへお ha hi hu he ho
ふ hu sounds similar to an English F, but you don't bite the bottom lip "fu"
There are two other tricks to pronouncing Japanese
゛ dakuten and ゜ handakuten
AND
ゃ ゅ ょ a few more little letters, ya yu and yo
゛ dakuten are too little marks you can put on a letter that mean "pronounce this sound deep in the throat"
it turns
か ka into が ga
さ sa into ざ za
た ta into だ da
は ha into ば ba
Note: the Japanese sound じ zi like the Japanese sound し si sound different to English ears
we already learnt that "si" sounds like "shi"
but "zi" sounds like "ji"
゜handakuten (half deep throat sound mark) only goes on ハ行 hagyou the H row
はひふへほ hahihuheho
ばびぶべぼ babibubebo
ぱぴぷぺぽ papipupepo
And the last thing you have to know is!
You can write や ya ゆ yu よ yo small after a consonant in the い段 i dan I row, and make a new sound
So き ki becomes きゃ kya し si (shi) becomes しゃ sya (sha) and so forth
you can use it if the letter has dakuten or handakuten as well ぴょん pyon
It is important to know that Kya is one syllable, not Ki A.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon Wikipedia
はつおんの れんしゅうを がんばって ください
hatuonno rensyuuwo ganbatte kudasai
Please work hard your pronunciation practice!
Today's Word
Monday, July 25, 2011
Today's Word
七面鳥 Sitimentyou
Turkey
クリスマスの食卓をゴージャスに彩る七面鳥の丸焼き
A gorgeous whole roast turkey beaming from the Christmas table
Turkey
クリスマスの食卓をゴージャスに彩る七面鳥の丸焼き
A gorgeous whole roast turkey beaming from the Christmas table
Today's Word
税 Zei
Tax
国民は、法律の定めるところにより、納税の義務を負う。
Citizens are obligated to pay tax as the law dictates.
Tax
国民は、法律の定めるところにより、納税の義務を負う。
Citizens are obligated to pay tax as the law dictates.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Today's Word
Let's learn some names for Japan
日本 Nihon/Nippon
This is the normal name for Japan
日出処 Hiiduru tokoro
Land of the rising sun (old, poetic)
御國 Mikuni
This is an old honourific name for "the country". It uses pre-war letters and feels very nationalistic.
豊葦原Toyoasihara
The field rich with reeds. This is a poetic name for Japan, it implies great beauty.
侍の国 Samuraino Kuni
Land of Warriors(samurai) ... it is popular to think of Japan as a land of Samurai, like it is popular to think of England as a land of gentlemen or knights
神の国 Kami no kuni
God's country ... this is an old religious and nationalistic name for Japan, based on our local religion 神道 shintoh
日本国 Nipponkoku
This is an official nation name
日の本 Hi no moto
This is the Japanese rather than Chinese reading of Nippon, it means root of the sun
大和 Yamato
Yamato means the foot of the mountains, it originally referred to what is now Nara Prefecture where the ruling dynesty resided and was used to refer to Japan as a whole before there was a proper name for Japan.
It is still used in words like 大和魂 Yamatodamasii meaning the Japanese spirit.
倭国 Wakoku
This is the ancient Chinese name for what is now Japan
日本 Nihon/Nippon
This is the normal name for Japan
日出処 Hiiduru tokoro
Land of the rising sun (old, poetic)
御國 Mikuni
This is an old honourific name for "the country". It uses pre-war letters and feels very nationalistic.
豊葦原Toyoasihara
The field rich with reeds. This is a poetic name for Japan, it implies great beauty.
侍の国 Samuraino Kuni
Land of Warriors(samurai) ... it is popular to think of Japan as a land of Samurai, like it is popular to think of England as a land of gentlemen or knights
神の国 Kami no kuni
God's country ... this is an old religious and nationalistic name for Japan, based on our local religion 神道 shintoh
日本国 Nipponkoku
This is an official nation name
日の本 Hi no moto
This is the Japanese rather than Chinese reading of Nippon, it means root of the sun
大和 Yamato
Yamato means the foot of the mountains, it originally referred to what is now Nara Prefecture where the ruling dynesty resided and was used to refer to Japan as a whole before there was a proper name for Japan.
It is still used in words like 大和魂 Yamatodamasii meaning the Japanese spirit.
倭国 Wakoku
This is the ancient Chinese name for what is now Japan
Today's Word
日系人 Nikkeizin
The descendant of Japanese parents
This word generally means a Japanese born outside of Japan
ハーフ Haahu
A half Japanese child
Note: do not use the word 混血 konketu mixed blood
純血日本男子 Pure Japanese Youth (boy) ... definitely avoid this word
The descendant of Japanese parents
This word generally means a Japanese born outside of Japan
ハーフ Haahu
A half Japanese child
Note: do not use the word 混血 konketu mixed blood
純血日本男子 Pure Japanese Youth (boy) ... definitely avoid this word
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Today's Word
強姦 Goukan
Rape
note: 強姦 is used to name a crime, it is a noun. In slang we can say レイプ reipu, and the verb "to rape" is 犯す okasu.
Rape
note: 強姦 is used to name a crime, it is a noun. In slang we can say レイプ reipu, and the verb "to rape" is 犯す okasu.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Today's Word
怪談 Kaidan
Tale of Horror
怪談（かいだん）とは、怖さや怪しさを感じさせる物語の総称。日本古来のものを限定して呼ぶ場合もある From http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%80%AA%E8%AB%87
Tales of Horror is the collective name given to stories intended to inspire fright or suspicion. It can be used specifically to refer to horror stories of Japanese origin as well.
Tale of Horror
怪談（かいだん）とは、怖さや怪しさを感じさせる物語の総称。日本古来のものを限定して呼ぶ場合もある From http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%80%AA%E8%AB%87
Tales of Horror is the collective name given to stories intended to inspire fright or suspicion. It can be used specifically to refer to horror stories of Japanese origin as well.
Today's Word
高所恐怖症 Kousyokyouhusyou
Acrophobia
「高所恐怖症」に効く薬が実験によって明らかにされる
Experimentation reveals a medicine effective against acrophobia
Acrophobia
「高所恐怖症」に効く薬が実験によって明らかにされる
Experimentation reveals a medicine effective against acrophobia
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Today's Word
パン Pan
Bread
焼いたパンは、焼き立てが一番美味しい
Bread is best when it is freshly baked
Tomorrow: another new word
Bread
焼いたパンは、焼き立てが一番美味しい
Bread is best when it is freshly baked
Tomorrow: another new word
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Pepsi Caribbean Gold
Famous for annually releasing eccentric new flavours like cucumber, baobab, and mont blanc, the new product we've all been waiting for from Pepsi and this year's topical flavour is "Pepsi: Caribbean Gold". A shining gold soda that will be flavoured with white sapote.
White Sapote is harvested when it is still young and relatively hard and then allowed to ripen after picking. It is soft and easy to eat.
The very strong sweetness of the fruit makes it easy to forget that it's a member of the citrus family and the flavour is something like a mix between a banana and a pear.
Let's learn Japanese
新商品 sinsyouhin
New Product
White Sapote is harvested when it is still young and relatively hard and then allowed to ripen after picking. It is soft and easy to eat.
The very strong sweetness of the fruit makes it easy to forget that it's a member of the citrus family and the flavour is something like a mix between a banana and a pear.
Let's learn Japanese
新商品 sinsyouhin
New Product
Chinese Girl stirs up conversation
まるで二次元のような目の大きい中国美少女が話題に
A Chinese Beauty with huge eyes like a cartoon caricature draws attention
1 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(長屋)：2011/06/29(水) 17:24:27.12 ID:9Iemr7RB0 ?PLT
Previously we had the "just like a shop window manequin" Chinese beauty, but the topic du jour is even more astounding.
Here name is Koko. She has the long legs and arms matched with a slender body type that conjures images of a girls' comics heroine . But what really draws attention is her eyes!
On first seeing her bulbous peepers one is at first shocked and draws comparisons to characters in girls' comics. It is uncertain whether her eyes were always this enormous, but the effect of make-up does make them look larger still.
On Chinese message boards she received fevered responses of horror, "Seriously scary!" "This is too frightening!" "Is she a ghost!?" and "I felt the fear of death." Others postulated that the images had been photoshopped.
http://rocketnews24.com/2011/06/29/108437/
Previously we had the "just like a shop window manequin" Chinese beauty, but the topic du jour is even more astounding.
Here name is Koko. She has the long legs and arms matched with a slender body type that conjures images of a girls' comics heroine . But what really draws attention is her eyes!
On first seeing her bulbous peepers one is at first shocked and draws comparisons to characters in girls' comics. It is uncertain whether her eyes were always this enormous, but the effect of make-up does make them look larger still.
On Chinese message boards she received fevered responses of horror, "Seriously scary!" "This is too frightening!" "Is she a ghost!?" and "I felt the fear of death." Others postulated that the images had been photoshopped.
http://rocketnews24.com/2011/06/29/108437/
Here you can see video of the Chinese Belle
http://static.youku.com/v1.0.0164/v/swf/loader.swf?VideoIDS=XMjc4Nzg0NDA0&embedid=-&showAd=0
Let's learn Japanese
眼 me
Eye(s)
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Man falls to death avoiding Football
サッカーボール避けバイクの男性（87）骨折→認知症→翌年、食物誤嚥で死亡 蹴った少年の親に1500万円賠償命令
An 87 year old man fell from his bicycle avoiding a flying football and received many broken bones → developed dementia → and the next year died of pulmonary aspiration ... Family seeks 15000000 JPY in reparation from the the parents of the boy who kicked the ball.
In an Oosaka court a case has been opened to determine if a 19 year old boy is responsible for negligent behaviour when he was a 5th year primary school student and kicked a football out of the pitch which caused a man passing by on his bicycle to fall and at the age of 87 lose his life.
According to the boy's defense, in February 2004 he was doing free kick practice at the school pitch when a kick aimed at the goal flew over the school gate and rolled onto the street. A man on a bicycle attempting to avoid the ball fell and broke his leg. After that incident he developed symptoms of dementia and in July of the next year accidentally intook some foodstuffs into his trachea and died of pulmonary asphyxiation.
The boy's defense claims "He kicked the ball towards the goal like normal, there's nothing in illegal in that," but on the 27th the decision came that, "Depending on the manner in which the ball was kicked, it would be possible to foretell its traveling into the street. Because the boy was a minor at the time he has no legal responsibility, however his parents are responsible to pay restitution."
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0628/OSK201106280038.html
3 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:20:41.75 ID:gzs1o7Ih0
きびしいな Wow that's strict
4 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:21:03.11 ID:ZM9YAF3E0
これはメチャクチャ This is all messed up
7 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:21:51.29 ID:L+QCGSgB0
直接の死因ならまだしもなあ Even if it had been the direct cause of death I'm still on the fence about this one
44 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:25:47.97 ID:OVO5IMoG0
子供というより、ゴールの後ろに防球ネットがないのが問題じゃないか
Ignoring the child, isn't the problem here that there was a net to catch stray balls behind the goal?
20 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:23:35.46 ID:lxkl6cue0
これは本人＆親じゃなくて、ボールが道路に出る可能性がある位置にゴールを設置した
学校に行くべきじゃない？
Rather than the boy and his parents, isn't this the schools fault for positioning the goal in a way such that balls might fly into the street?
385 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:46:15.68 ID:ZM9YAF3E0
>>20
仮に責任を負う必要があるなら当然施設管理者でしょうなあ
そこでサッカーやってた児童の親に賠償責任が行くなんて全くあり得ないことだよ
Even if someone was held responsible for that it would be the contstruction planners
It's completely unbelievable that they would seek restitution from the child's parents
24 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:23:51.68 ID:413Wy/520
足の骨折と認知症って何の関係があるの？
How is breaking your leg linked with dementia anyway?
66 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:27:51.23 ID:4rUmvSZq0
>>24
マメに動けなくなるとボケやすくなる
体も加速度的に弱っていくしいろんな意味で年寄りの骨折はやばい
Immobility can addle the mind easily
The body also weakens rapidly, so for a lot reasons a broken bone in the eldery is very dangerous
31 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:24:29.16 ID:Ypiy5i/h0
飛び出ても仕方がないって感じで球蹴ったりボール投げたりしてたらダメだと思うよ。
この場合子供がってより、学校側に問題があると思うけど。
I think it's definitely bad to just kick and throw balls around with no regard to where they might go.
But in this case rather than the actions of the child, I think the blame rests with the school.
32 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:24:30.80 ID:CTspaF000
ボールが飛び出ないようにしておかなかったとか言って
学校と市は訴えなかったの
Why didn't the sue the school and the city for not making it such that the ball couldn't fly out in the first place
34 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:25:08.81 ID:3opJpjOeI
子供が飛び出してもおなじか？この事例は
What if a child had ran out into the street? Would that be the same thing
302 ：名無しさん＠１２周年：2011/06/28(火) 12:40:58.24 ID:lwZHwX5p0
飛び出してきたのがボールじゃなくて子供だったらジジイの責任になるのにな
If it had been a child instead of a ball than the fault would lie with the old man
Let's learn Japanese!
骨折 kossetu
A broken bone
Monday, June 27, 2011
Akiko Wada voices complaints re: Lady Gaga's charity
和田アキ子、レディ・ガガの寄付金額に不満 「稼いでる割に少ない」
Akiko Wada, re: Lady Gaga's charity donation "It's not very much for how much she's earning"
額に不満？アッコ ガガの震災寄付金「少ない」This is the news that Akiko Wada (61) said on her TBS programme "Leave it to Akko" on the 26th re: Lady Gaga's recent earthquake relief donation that the amount wasn't particularly impressive.
Lady Gaga donated approximated ２４0000000 JPY including some of her own pocket money for the restoration of areas effected by the great eastern Japanese earthquake. Mrs. Wada said "For Gaga who makes 7200000000 JPY per annum, I don't think it's very much."
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2011/06/27/kiji/K20110627001096980.html
Instead of the Japanese response today, let's learn a little bit about Mrs. Akiko Oda.
Akiko Wada was born Bokja Kim in Japan. She is what is called a 在日韓国人 or Japanese Resident Korean. They are Korean families left in Japan after the second great war, although now they are many generations living in Japan they don't have Japanese citizenship or voting rights.
Many live in poverty and the perceived crime rate is very high. In Japan it is common manners to ignore this problem, and the average Japanese attitude is "Why don't they just naturalise if they want to be citizens?" (There are many issues related to national identity which I won't address here)
Mrs. Wada became a naturalised Japanese Citizen when she married the CEO of her Production Company. That is how she got the name Akiko Wada. Previously she sang under the pseudonym Fukuko Kaneumi. Since her first marriage she has been divorced and remarried several times.
Akko-san as she's known is very famous for being highly opionated. Her past is filled with incidents, some violent, but she always assumes the moral high ground.
She's the sort of persistent celebrity that everybody loves to hate and loves to be hated.
Let's learn Japanese!
在日 zainiti
Koreans in Japan
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Girl Gamers in Japan
女性「FFの女の子がかわいくない！女性視点から見てもカワイイ子を出して！」
Girls "The female characters in Final Fantasy aren't cute! Make some girl characters that are cute from a female perspective!"
1 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(dion軍)：2011/06/26(日) 16:12:05.30 ID:2fBW5XRl0 ?PLT
スクエニHD第31回定時株主総会レポート ■質疑応答
スクエニHD第31回定時株主総会レポート ■質疑応答Square Enix 31st Stock Holders General Meeting Report : Q&A
Mr. Oda "What do you want to see Square Enix do to promote itself?"
Several respondents "A live action commercial for Dragon Quest 5! We want to see Yuuna from Final Fantasy 10! Do a collaboration with Devilman!"
Mr. Oda "What do you think about the games?"
One respondent "The girls aren't cute!! My daughters were complaining that the female characters were annoying and unattractive when they quit Final Fantasy. Make some female characters that are cute from not just the male but also the female perspective! Don't change the cuteness of the Dragon Quest characters though! That's the sort of thing we're looking for.
Also, you made a film once didn't you? Let's leave that to the professionals from now on.
Mr. Oda "That sort of opinion is very important to us ... lol... I see."
http://marshallalloc.blog90.fc2.com/blog-entry-833.html
参考：FF女性キャラ（一部）Mr. Oda "What do you want to see Square Enix do to promote itself?"
Several respondents "A live action commercial for Dragon Quest 5! We want to see Yuuna from Final Fantasy 10! Do a collaboration with Devilman!"
Mr. Oda "What do you think about the games?"
One respondent "The girls aren't cute!! My daughters were complaining that the female characters were annoying and unattractive when they quit Final Fantasy. Make some female characters that are cute from not just the male but also the female perspective! Don't change the cuteness of the Dragon Quest characters though! That's the sort of thing we're looking for.
Also, you made a film once didn't you? Let's leave that to the professionals from now on.
Mr. Oda "That sort of opinion is very important to us ... lol... I see."
http://marshallalloc.blog90.fc2.com/blog-entry-833.html
Let's see the Japanese response!
2 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(東京都)：2011/06/26(日) 16:12:29.29 ID:C8JQvRKU0
そして誰もいなくなった And then everybody went away
6 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(埼玉県)：2011/06/26(日) 16:13:13.90 ID:K918F3xb0
男視点でもFFキャラは魅力ねえよ FF characters aren't attractive from a male perspective either!
7 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(東京都)：2011/06/26(日) 16:13:14.97 ID:LaztukUB0
リノアみたいのが増えるのか So we'll get more like Rinoa then?
9 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(宮城県)：2011/06/26(日) 16:13:24.59 ID:9FzjpJ1a0
また一段と劣化が進むな And the deterioration continues
10 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(チベット自治区)：2011/06/26(日) 16:13:32.46 ID:HBZueTxO0
たとえばどんなんだ？
ガーネットちゃんとかかわいかったと思うけどな
Like what then?
I thought Garnet was pretty cute.
14 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(チベット自治区)：2011/06/26(日) 16:13:56.62 ID:JMf2edLg0
男性視点からカッコイイ男キャラを頼むよ
Please just give us a male character that's cool from a male perspective
もうホストみたいなキャラは要らないんだよ
We've had enough rent boys already
242 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(福岡県)：2011/06/26(日) 16:32:02.32 ID:KTT8+WYL0
>>14
男から見たカッコイイ男キャラが居ない
女から見たカワイイ女キャラが居ない
The guys don't think the male characters are cool
The girls don't think the female characters are cute
FFってなんなんでしょうね WTF is FF anyway
11 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(dion軍)：2011/06/26(日) 16:13:32.68 ID:Wnnr2hZb0
女性視点から見てカワイイ子＝顔は可愛くない子
A cute girl from a female perspective = one with a bad face
16 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(埼玉県)：2011/06/26(日) 16:14:15.48 ID:1ALQMgft0
自分よりブスを出せってことだろ Basically make characters that are more minging than the girls playing the game
Let's learn Japanese!
ブス Busu
Minger
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Lady Gaga comes to Japan
レディー・ガガ、まぶたに目を書いて会見に登場 「日本に住みたい」
With eyes painted on her eyelids, Lady gaga announces at a conference "I want to live in Japan."
1 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(catv?)：2011/06/25(土) 20:10:12.55 ID:uRmOTp9G0 ?PLT
The artist Lady Gaga arrived in Chiba on the 25th as one of the top batters for the musical event "MTV Video Music Aid Japan." After her performance she answered questions from reporters.
Lady gaga appeared wearing thick gold studded boots and no bottoms. When she removed her sunglasses, eyes could be seen painted over her eyelids which she laughed off in front of reporters saying, "What? Is something funny?" Afterward she never opened her eyes throughout the conference.
http://news.ameba.jp/20110625-166/
The artist Lady Gaga arrived in Chiba on the 25th as one of the top batters for the musical event "MTV Video Music Aid Japan." After her performance she answered questions from reporters.
Lady gaga appeared wearing thick gold studded boots and no bottoms. When she removed her sunglasses, eyes could be seen painted over her eyelids which she laughed off in front of reporters saying, "What? Is something funny?" Afterward she never opened her eyes throughout the conference.
http://news.ameba.jp/20110625-166/
Let's see the Japanese response
2 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(石川県)：2011/06/25(土) 20:10:38.28 ID:OU2ba8bD0
コントかよｗ What is this, some sort of pantomime?
8 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(チベット自治区)：2011/06/25(土) 20:11:18.97 ID:NvD184D60
こりゃ寝てないな Those eyes look like she hasn't been sleeping well
12 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(山形県)：2011/06/25(土) 20:11:37.78 ID:SFwAZQb10
コメディアンか何か？ Is she a comedienne or something?
15 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(東日本)：2011/06/25(土) 20:12:01.04 ID:/WPwBZv80
芸人になってほしい I wish she would become an entertainer
21 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(catv?)：2011/06/25(土) 20:12:49.23 ID:kOJySum80
ヘタな芸人より面白い時があるから困る She's funnier than some entertainers sometimes, that's the problem
17 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(不明なsoftbank)：2011/06/25(土) 20:12:15.85 ID:qkEZSIQp0
前衛的からキチガイにジョブチェンジしてるんだよな・・・ She's preemptively job-changed to madwoman
18 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(チベット自治区)：2011/06/25(土) 20:12:16.70 ID:aQ2odNCv0
こいつ「キチガイを演じている人」だと思ってたけど
「キチガイを演じている人を演じているキチガイ」だと思えてきた
I thought before that she was playing somebody without any sense
but now I think she's someone without any sense who's playing a person who's playing someone without any sense
37 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(dion軍)：2011/06/25(土) 20:14:02.54 ID:t7DMepzE0
二次元イメージしてるだろ…… She must get these ideas from the world of 2d
34 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(catv?)：2011/06/25(土) 20:13:39.71 ID:6YZlRTfC0
絶対に笑わせに来てるだろ、こいつ。 This is definitely a ploy to make us laugh
43 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(広西チワン族自治区)：2011/06/25(土) 20:14:36.90 ID:Umjt5Q67O
狂気の底が見えない I see no end to her madness
44 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(チベット自治区)：2011/06/25(土) 20:14:37.58 ID:oO/DGvZ30
おいアートだなんだの調子の良い事言ってるけど笑わせようとしてるだろ
Hey! quit trying to play off this bullshit by calling it art, you're just a comedy routine
46 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(北海道)：2011/06/25(土) 20:14:40.41 ID:p92bI56q0
どこまでやったら怒られるか試してんな She just wants to see how far she can go before she upsets someone
49 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(和歌山県)：2011/06/25(土) 20:14:44.48 ID:kgYseiA50
アメリカの志村けん It's America's Ken Shimura!
Let's learn Japanese!
気違い kitigai
Mad/senseless/in bad taste
Friday, June 24, 2011
Cold Tea Syndrome
「私たちは『静岡市のお茶』を飲んでいます」プロジェクト開始…賛同者の氏名をネットで公表
"We are drinking tea from Shizuoka City" project begins ... participants names are revealed on website
After tea produced in the Kiyomizu district of Sizuoka city was determined to contain excessive levels of radioactive caesium, the mayor Mr. Nobuhiro Tanabe announced on the 23rd that he would begin the "We are drinking tea from Shizuoka City" project. Mayor Tanabe has said, "By taking the initiative to drink locally produced tea ourselves, we can allay negative rumours." The project has the government and local businesses working together to purchase and promote the imbibing of locally produced tea. By revealing the names of participants in the project on the internet, the hope is that fans of Shizuoka Tea will increase in number.
http://mainichi.jp/area/shizuoka/news/20110624ddlk22040299000c.html
Let's see the Japanese response
2 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(千葉県)：2011/06/24(金) 14:25:20.76 ID:H47aIEbY0
二度と飲まねえ I'll never drink it again
7 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(千葉県)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:00.29 ID:cj4mx5IY0
嫌がらせだな This must be some sort of prank
10 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(福岡県)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:12.42 ID:nKb9DYLS0
キチガイが考えそうなことだな It's the sort of rubbish a madman would come up with
11 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(長屋)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:14.35 ID:fMi8sTGX0
逆効果な事しかしないなこいつ This guy doesn't do anything that doesn't have the opposite effect he desired
13 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(西日本)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:36.83 ID:ArYSsxJT0
ホント馬鹿 What a fucking ijit
18 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(岡山県)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:50.48 ID:ff5A03p+0
知事だけでなく市長そっち側かよ So not only the governor but even the mayor is on their side, huh!
12 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(福岡県)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:33.90 ID:WNov7RBy0
どんな意味があるんだ What's the point of this
16 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(catv?)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:47.60 ID:JCxNmMRD0
隔離リストか A list of people to keep away from, huh?
19 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(山梨県)：2011/06/24(金) 14:26:55.59 ID:DACM5XEN0
私汚染されてます！って実名で公表されるようなもんだろ They're basically announcing "Hey, I'm contaminated!" and using their real names
30 ：名無しさん＠涙目です。(dion軍)：2011/06/24(金) 14:27:45.67 ID:2zVwLH+f0
さらし者じゃねーかｗThey're being pilloried lol!
Let's learn Japanese
お茶 otya
Tea
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