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mikudesigns · 5 months

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Design by 梨伊荼/Nashiicha(?*) winning the KEI award.

FUCK. Tumblr deleted my paragraph here… anyways. The design has no music or tech elements in it and I feel as if it’s lacking a lot. It’s a cool design but that’s all it stands on. It does not feel like Hatsune Miku. I went more in depth but fuck you tumblr.

I want to say some positive things before I end this and say I really like the accents on her clothes and her red eyes. Pops out. The way her hair is design and drawn is very appealing and probably took inspiration from KEI’s personal way of design. I have watched a video of him explaining how he thinks when he designs and when he design Miku. He had talked about filling in space and making it feel full and I think this design does that well. That is probably why KEI gave this design an award.

?* I’m not sure if I romanized the name correct, it seems the two last characters are only in Chinese. 梨 from my research means pear in both Japanese (NASHI) and Chinese(LÍ). The actual way to pronounce their username might be Lí Yī Chá (sorry I don’t know proper Chinese grammar) or Lí Yī Tó (IM SO SORRY AGAIN)

I am of Japanese descent but I am not fluent or familiar with my culture and I’ve only studied a little of Chinese so people correct and educate me if I had done anything wrong with my translation. It was a fun thing to do, I enjoy translation and hope to be translator one day.

#crypton future media #crypton vocaloid #cryptonloids #hatsune miku #vocaloid miku #miku #vocaloid #vocaloid hatsune #初音ミク #Hatsune miku if

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tieshoeseveryday · 1 year

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Pecha Kucha

Seascape - Expression of time and layering experiment from 2nd year media worskhop for oil painting.

2. Pixelated White Out - Second year exmperimentation with photo glitchinbg applications.

3. Kao Nashi - Portrait of figure with a floating nashi pear. Inspired by Rene Magritte. Japanese pun meaning 'No face', as nashi also means 'none'.

4. Inspector Blaze - Anthropromorphic portrait of flatmates dog Blaze the greyhound.

5. Perched on wood - Sculpture experimenting with material interaction.

6. Kiganai - Scupture from third year, depicting a moment of isolation. 'Ki ga nai' directly translates to 'No trees', however also means 'Hoplessly dreaming'.

7. Brutal Stairs - Sculpture from third year exhibition 'I’ll get back to you'.

8. Perpetual Mise en Scene - Another sculpture from third year exhibition 'I’ll get back to you'.

9. Conjunctive seating - Close up segment from Interior perspective drawing.

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theacepie-rate · 3 years

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BNHA headcanon

Okay, so I know how Shinso has the whole thing with cats, but, but, think of this:

Shinso owning a pit bull.

He sees one in the shelter while he’s looking at the cats and he asks the shelter lady about him and she’s all like,”Yeah, unfortunately we get a lot of pit bulls here. Everyone thinks they’re all bad and dangerous just because they’re pit bulls, but most of them are actually really sweet, just like this little guy! His name’s Nashi!”

Shinso instantly falls in love and is like, “that one, I want it.”

He saves up enough money to get it and he also gets a job so he can pay for things like food and stuff.

Nashi gets along well with Shinso’s -and later Aizawa’s cats, so there’s no problem there. (At first the cats were a bit wary of him, but now they would hurt anything that dared try and hurt him.)

Once dorms are implemented, Shinso is heartbroken about having to leave his pets at home, but eventually they work out a strategy so that pets can come too, as long as they’re not a disturbance.

I like to think there’s a big courtyard in the middle of the dorms, which are shaped in some sort of a circle fashion, and people bring their pets there to hang out, like a dog park.

Most of the students with pets left them at home, because they were more family pets, but the ones who did bring pets quickly bonded in the courtyard.

Koda has plenty of pets, but some other pet owning students include Iida with his German Shepard that he insisted on bringing, because (according to him) his family would be busy with hero work all day, and Tensei couldn’t possibly give him the exercise he needs in a wheelchair, Setsuna Tokage with her giant lizard (no one really knows what breed it is other than her), Monoma and his ferret, Sero who has a bird that he’ll occasionally bring out, Yui Kodai who, while she may not seem like the type, has a python that she’ll bring to the courtyard sometimes, Ibara Shiozaki with a very large white cat that everyone is convinced is some breed of panther, and that’s not even counting all of the various cats and snakes and small rodents that people have that they don’t bring to the courtyard.

(Kirishima jokingly brings his pet rock along whenever his friends go to the courtyard to hang out since Kiri doesn’t have an actually pet, but don’t tell Coco that she’s just a rock, she doesn’t need to know.)

Nashi’s not much of a barker, so that was never a problem with the UA staff.

Although Shinso has a hard time sleeping most of the time, whenever it’s cold and Nashi sleeps right next to him, he falls right to sleep.

#headcanon #bnha #my hero academia #hitoshi shinsou #shinsou #tenya lida #setsuna tokage #neito monoma #hanta sero #ibara shiozaki #eijiro kirishima #Nashi means pear in Japanese #just thought I'd mention that #bnha headcanons

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honeyfizzly · 2 years

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All yttd character name meanings cause I haven't posted on here in forever, long post lolz

Most of this taken from wiki

Beware of spoilers lol, I'll add my own personal notes about the name

Sara-> Sa meaning "(silk) gauze; gossamer" and Ra means "good; pleasing; skilled".

The Hebrew meaning for Sara means "princess/noble women" which is pretty fitting as she has the highest winning rate

Chidouin-> Chi "one thousand", Dou "shrine hall" and In "institution"

Jou-> "length; height"

Note that nankidai said that Jou's name originated from the line "stand up Joe!" From the manga "Ashita no Joe"

Joe isn't really a westernized version of Jou in yttd as vgperson states that both names are used in the source material, the name Joe is used in a more causal manner.

Tazuna-> ta "rice field" zuna "rope; cable"

Kazumi-> Kazu "peace" Mi "oneself"

Mishima-> Mi "three" Shima "island"

I think the island mightve been possible referencing how Mishima would be the first protagonist of your time to shine island existence. Could be just a coincidence though

Kai-> Kai "precept"

Satou- Sa "assistant; help" and Tou "wisteria"

Note that Kai also means shellfish (hence the "kain you believe it" surrounded by shellfish in his laptop) but Kai's name uses different Kanji from the shellfish one.

Alice-> his name is most likely a reference to the band "Alice in chains", since he is a man named Alice who is in chains. The German name Alice means "noble"

Yabusame-> ya "eight", bu "currency" and same "rain"

Reko-> re "waterway" ko "child"

Yabusame-> Ya "eight" Bu "currency" and Same "rain"

Note that her name was spelled as "Reco" but since C isn't really pronounced in the Japanese language, it later on got canonized to be "Reko" and "Reco" was used for her stage name.

Nao-> na "greens" o "cord, thread"

Egokoro-> e "picture" gokoro "heart"

Kanna-> Kan "god; deity" Na "what"

Note that there's also a flower that shares the same name as her

Kizuchi-> Ki "tree" zu "ferry" chi "pond"

Shin-> shin "truth; genuiness"

Tsukimi-> tsuki "moon" mi "see" (aka moon watching or moon viewing)

Qtaro-> Taro "strong, heroic, masculine"

Note that his name is a reference to a Jojo episode where a character uses the name "qtaro kujo"

Burgerburg-> this name dosent really have a meaning.

Qtaro's initials spell out bbq (BurgerBerg Qtaro)

Sou-> sou "suddenly; smoothly"

Keiji-> kei "respect" Ji "two"

Shinogi-> shino "bamboo grass" gi "tree"

Gin-> Gin "silver"

(I couldn't find the meaning for his last name rip)

Note that Sou is also an anagram for the Japanese word for lie, Uso

Hiyori-> hi "sun" yori "harmony"

Note that it can also be read as sunny weather

Midori just means green

Ranmaru-> Ran "orchid" Maru "circle"

Kageyama-> Kage "shadow" Yama "mountain"

Anzu-> An "apricot" Zu "child"

Kinashi-> Ki "tree" Nashi "pear tree"

Shunsuke-> Shun "excellent; genius" Suke "involve oneself; shellfish"

Hayasaka-> Haya "early; fast" Saka "slope; incline"

Naomichi-> nao "direct" Michi "road; path; route"

Kurumada-> kuruma "car" da "rice field"

Mai-> Mai "dance"

Tsurugi-> tsuru "crane (bird)" gi "castle"

Hinako-> Hina "chick" ko "child"

Mishuku-> Mi "honorable; beautiful" shuku "inn"

All of the floormasters have pun names

Sue miley-> smiley

Hoemi-> small smile

Tia safalin-> tears are a fallin

Han'naki-> half crying

Rio ranger-> rearrange

Rio lazier-> realizer

Toto noeru-> to arrange

Koko roeru-> to gain a heart

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kaizokuou-ni-naru · 3 years

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okay so i don’t have non-awful raws for the new chapter yet but i absolutely needed to make a post about this pun because it makes me so fucking angry. i wanted to wait and see how they did it in the official english first, and that’s out now, so let’s go

marco’s attack is called 鳳梨の礫/nashi no tsubute.

first of all, this is a joke because its also just a japanese saying- 梨の礫/nashi no tsubute, (lit. ‘pebbles of/from a pear tree’) means to not get a reply, which is probably why i got an ask about one translation rendering this attack name as “passive flame.”

second of all, the word 鳳梨/houri, the main term here, reads literally as ‘phoenix pear tree.’

it’s an antiquated term for ‘pineapple.’

#jonny reads op #opspoilers #one piece #one piece spoilers #marco #kakekotobullshit #ch 998 #op 998 #japanese #arc: wano kuni

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seeyounexttime · 3 years

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Blank Page Brigade Spotlight: Assistants (2/5)

Assistants Part 1 is: here

At the end of volumes of Black Clover is space for the "Blank Page Brigade." This particular "brigade" is composed of the assistants (you know, those who help with art) and others from the Black Clover manga team, lead by "Captain Tabata."

In Volume 1, Tabata gives a little description of his 6 assistants at the time. In subsequent volumes there's a question that everyone answers. Assistants also include a drawing with their answers. I've compiled the answers and drawings from all published volumes (1-29), and grouped them together.

4. Kouki ISHIKAWA - "A guy who is strapped for money, considerate, shy, cares about his siblings, and is both a breath of fresh air and sharp-tongued."

was present from vol.1-11, and again from vol.14-20

Ishikawa published a one-shot just this summer

drew Alecdora three times, and overall tended to draw side characters in these pages

Ishikawa has some of the wildest drawings of the original 6, I mean I don't even know where to begin so many are great - including some of the responses omg

so "really intense pear" or Gatsun, to Koi Nashi is actually a specific brand of ice cream

from vol.20: so "common hake" is a type of fish, and deep-fried bread again? the pictures for this one, seems like donuts right?

there was a hiccup in vol.20 where the vol.19 response was pasted again. I included the unobscured drawing from the Japanese scan next to it: it's banana Gueldre from the vol.7 drawing... smoking

can't believe Tabata describes Sakano as the weirdo meanwhile Ishikawa was just wildin out in most of the drawings hope that madlad is doing well

5. Masayoshi SATOSHŌ - "A tall guy with a youthful heart who energizes any atmosphere and has lots of experience."

was present from vol.1-10, went away, then came back from vol.19-28

Black Clover volume 10 was published March 2017, and according to MAL in April 2017 Satoshou started publishing "Momiji no Kisetsu." It was one volume, but then there's an alternative version by the same name that went on for two volumes in 2018.

Black Clover volume 18 was published in Nov 2018 and volume 19 in Jan 2019, which corresponds with the end of "Momiji no Kisetsu"

I didn't see Satoshou's name in the vol.29 pictures provided to me, so maybe he's gone out to give it another go? 🤔

many of the drawings for his replies don't use any gray tones, it's all just black ink. I wonder if Satoshou did dramatic shadows and idk inked?

I can't help but feel like that vol.22 reply was while working on "Momiji no Kisetsu"... 😨

also holy fuck about the vol.23 response 😱

vol.24 snack pictures: Kaki no Tane rice crackers, Alfort chocolate cookies

homie's out to gamble on them horses masa pls

vol.28 "Japanese comedy programs" was owarai bangumi which is apparently a specific type idk but wiki has a page about it [here]

6. Kou SHIMAMEGURI - "A kindhearted "heave-ho!" expert who often got carried away in the past. Draws background characters like nobody's business."

was present from vol.1-11

✨★✨ Background Characters Guy~!! ✨★✨

in what I assume to be Shimameguri's "self" I think they have ink magic? also I really like that hat :D

who's glasses is Julius holding? Shima's?

the last of the hiccups: after cleaning up the Vetto drawing in vol.7, apparently the text for Shima's reply was forgotten. I've included the Japanese scan next to it and even though I've asked, I'm still unsure who is the one being described as resembling Hironaka - and you know what I'm not gonna commit to either translation so there what? i can't read..

Assistants Part 3 is now here

#black clover #finral roulacase #gordon agrippa #zenon zogratis #alecdora sandler #black clover mars #lily aquaria #blank page brigade #long post #which is your fave ishikawa satoshou shimameguri drawing?#there's lil comics for the other vol.27-29 stuff #so the other parts may take longer

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rubiaryuplays · 3 years

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These Names Are Raining Hard Like the Storm from Earlier

(Case 5, part 6)

Maybe it's just me, but the way she says Susato is endearing.

Localization Team Terrorizes Local Translator with Laudably Tactful Titles.

...Pop. They literally called the poor pawnbroker Pop. And his last name is Windibank.

Well, I get the pun. "Popping" something at a pawnbrokery is dropping it off there, presumably to get it back later. Also, he's a middle-aged man, so it's like calling him "Pops". But still. I thought it was brutal enough that his last name was "windy bank". I mean, sure, he's a bit round-ish, but saying he's a bank full of wind is a bit rude, you know. And now they straight popped him off. Like a balloon. He's dead. This is the British equivalent of "Deid Mann" I swear.

Well, to be fair, his name in Japanese was Hatch. I don't think it was specified what his last name was, or if that was his last name and they never gave his first. I thought it was pretty clever how it referenced a "hatch" as in Iris' cat flaps or the peephole, but it's also kinda like "hatchet" as in an axe... which in "give the hatchet" is also another way to say he's dead. Damn.

Now these names are a bit clever. Skulkin is clearly a play on "skulking", or sneaking around, since they're "profeshnal baddies". Nash is also a word in Edinburgh dialect meaning "to run, get away". It also sounds close to nashi, or Japanese for pear. Ringo is a reference to the famed Western outlaw Johnny Ringo. It's also the Japanese word for apple, ringo.

Btw, their names weren't based on their fruits in the JP version. They were Nemmy and Tally Tinpillar, where "Tinpillar" is a mutation of chinpira, meaning "hoodlum, thug". I think Nemmy is from the phrase nemimi ni mizu, which is literally "water in sleeping ears", an idiom meaning "a great surprise". Tally may be like in futari, meaning "two people", since he's usually the second one to respond. Or it could be like the grammatical suffix tari for continuous action, though it only applies to verbs, so I'm not sure there.

And in the JP, they call Gregson "Uze no aniki" or "Big Bruv Uze". Like "uzee", as in the slang version of uzai, meaning "annoying". Usually it's translated into a coarser swear in other more mature-rated mediums. Use your imagination.

Your Lordship, no! ...Well, actually yes, he is a little sulky. But poor Mr. Gregson. I actually like this guy, ya know.

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I got plenty to cover tonight. Please be patient and tune in for more on my blog. Thankee.

#tgaa #case 5

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okinawanonline · 4 years

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Food and Drink Vocabulary in Okinawan

For this vocabulary list, I went through the book 小学英語絵カードプリント1400ブック and found the Okinawan equivalents for the Japanese words in that book. This covers the section of food and drink. Note that many words are identical to their Japanese equivalents. For words that I do not have confidence in (meaning they weren’t found in any dictionary but I used the Okinawan readings of the characters used in the word) are marked with a *.

Beef stew - ビーフシチュー・Biifu shichuu

Bibimbap - ビビンバ・Bibinba

Boxed Lunch/Bento - 弁当・びんとー・Bintoo

Buttered corn - バターコーン・bataa koon

Curry - カレー・Karee

Curry and rice - カレーライス・Karee raisu

Escargots - エスカルゴ・Esukarugo

Food - 物・むん・Mun

French fries - フライドポテト・Furaido poteto

Fried chicken - フライドチキン・Furaido chikin

*Fried Egg - 目玉焼ち・みだまやち・Midamayachi (might be目玉焼き・めだまやき・medamayaki)

Fried Rice - チャーハン・Chaahan

Gratin - グラタン・Guratan

Hamburger - ハンバーガー・Hanbaagaa

Hamburger Steak - ハンバーグステーキ・Hanbaagu suteeki

Hot Dog - ホットドッグ・Hotto doggu

Kebab - ケバブ・Kebabu

Kimchi - キムチ・Kimuchi

Miso Soup - 味噌汁・んすしる・Nsu shiru

Namul - ナムル・Namuru

Natto - 納豆・なっとう・Nattoo

Ramen - ラーメン・Raamen

Omlet - オムレツ・Omuretsu

Pancake - パンケーキ・Pankeeki

Paella - パエリア・Paeria

Peking duck -　北京ダック・ふぃきんダック・Fikin dakku

Piroshki - ピロシキ・Piroshiki

Pizza - ピザ・Piza

Rice ball - うぶんにじりー・Ubunnijirii

Rice cake - 餅・むち・Muchi

Salad - サラダ・Sarada

Sandwich - サンドイッチ・Sandoicchi

Soup - スープ・Suupu

Spaghetti - スパゲッティ・Supagetti

Steak - ステーキ・Suteeki

*Sukiyaki - すき焼き・すきやき・Sukiyaki (might be すち焼ち・すちやち・Suchiyachi)

Sushi - 寿司・すし・Sushi

Toast - トースト・Toosuto

Taco - タコス・Takosu

Sweets

Cake - ケーキ・Keeki

Candy - キャンディー・kyandii

Chocolate - チョコレート・Chokoreeto

Cookie - クッキー・Kukkii

Cotton candy - わたあめ・Wataame

Cream puff - シュークリーム・Shuu kuriimu

Crepe - クレープ・Kureepu

Cupcake - カップケーキ・Kappu keeki

Donut - ドーナツ・Doonatsu

Gum - ガム・Gamu

Ice cream - アイスクリーム・Aisu kuriimu

Jelly - ゼリー・Zerii

Parfait - パフェ・Pafe

Pie - パイ・Pai

Popcorn - ポップコーン・Poppukoon

Potato chips - ポテトチップス・Poteto chippusu

Pudding - プリン・Purin

Rice crackers - 煎餅・しんびー・Shinbii

Vegetables

Asparagus - アスパラガス・Asuparagasu

Beans - 豆・まーみ・Maami

Broccoli - ブロッコリ・Burokkori

Cabbage - キャベツ・Kyabetsu

Carrot - 黄大根・ちでーくに・Chideekuni

Cauliflower - カリフラワー・Karifurawaa

Celery - セロリ・Serori

*Chinese cabbage - 白菜・はくしぇー・Hakushee (might be 白菜・はくさい・Hakusai)

Corn - ぐすんとーぬちん・Gusuntoonuchin

Cucumber - 胡瓜・きーうい・Kiiui

Eggplant - なーしび・Naashibi

Garlic - ひる・Hiru

Ginger - しょーがー・Shoogaa

Green pepper - ピーマン・Piiman

Japanese radish - 大根・でーくに・Deekuni

*Leek; Onion - びら・Bira

Lettuce - レタス・Retasu

*Lotus root - れんこん・Renkon

Mushroom - 茸・ちぬく・Chinuku

Peas - いんどぅー豆・いんどぅーまーみ・Induumaami

Potato - じゃがんむ・Jaganmu

Pumpkin - ちんくゎー・Chinkwaa

Radish - ラディッシュ・Radisshu

Spinach - ほぅーりんな・Huurinna

Sweet potato - 芋・んむ・Nmu

Tomato - トマト・Tomato

Turnip - んんでぃー・Nndii

Vegetable - 野菜・やしぇー・Yashee

Fruits

Apple - りんご・Ringo

Avocado - アボカド・Abokado

Banana - バナナ・Banana

Blueberry - ブルーベリー・Buruuberii

Cherry - さくらんぼ・Sakuranbo

Chestnut - くり・Kuri

Coconut - ココナッツ・Kokonattsu

Fruit - 生物・ないむん・Naimun

Grape - ぶどー・Budoo

Grapefruit - グレープフルーツ・Gureepufuruutsu

Kiwi fruit - キウィ・Kiwi

Lemon - レモン・Remon

Mango - マンゴー・Mangoo

Melon - メロン・Meron

Orange - オレンジ・Orenji

Papaya - パパイヤー・Papaiyaa

Peach - 毛桃・きーむむ・Kiimumu

Pear - なし・Nashi

Persimmon - かき・Kaki

Pineapple - パイナップル・Painappuru

Strawberry - いちゅび・Ichubi

Tangerine - みかん・Mikan

Watermelon - しーくゎ・Shiikwa

Other food

Beef - 牛ぬ肉・うしぬしし・Ushinushishi

Bread - パン・Pan

Butter - バター・Bataa

Cheese - チーズ・Chiizu

Chicken - 鳥ぬ肉・Tuinushishi

Crab - がに・Gani

Croissant - クロワッサン・Kurowassan

Eel - んなじ・Nnaji

Egg - くーが・Kuuga

Fish - いゆ・Iyu

French bread - フランスパン・Furansu Pan

Ham - ハム・Hamu

Jam - ジャム・Jamu

Lobster - ロブスター・Robusutaa

Maple syrup - メープルシロップ

Naan - ナン・Nan

Octopus - たく・Taku

Pork - 豚ぬ肉・っわーぬしし・’waanushishi

Rice - 米・くみ・Kumi

Salmon - さけ・Sake

Sausage - ソーセージ・Sooseeji

Shrimp - いび・Ibi

Squid - いちゃ・Icha

Tuna - あちぬいゆ・Achinuiyu

Yogurt - ヨーグルト・Yooguruto

Drinks

Chocolate milk - チョコレートミルク・Chokoreeto miruku

Coffee - コーヒー・Koohii

Beer - ビール・Biiru

Cocoa - ココア・Kokoa

Cola - コラ・Kora

*Green tea - 緑茶・りょくちゃ・Ryokucha (Might be 緑茶・おーちゃー・Oochaa or something else).

Juice - ジュース・Juusu

Milk - 牛ぬ乳・うしぬちー・Ushinuchii

*Oolong tea - ウーロン茶・Uuroncha (might be ウーロン茶・Uuronchaa or something else)

Soda - ソーダ・Sooda

Tea - 茶・ちゃー・Chaa

Water - 水・みじ・Miji

Wine - ワイン・Wain

#Okinawan Online #Okinawa #Okinawan #Uchinaaguchi #vocabulary #food #drinks

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cinnamon-crossing · 4 years

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Meet Cinnamon’s new resident: Nashi! She’s going to be the owner of a little bookstore(once she has a house). Her name means pear in Japanese, Momo’s name means peach so I thought it would be cute to continue that theme.

#animal crossing #acnh #new horizons #animal crossing new horizons #ac new horizons #cinnamon #nashi #screenshots #passport #i need to fix her eyebrows lmao #she doesnt have the pro design editor yet

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sugirandom · 5 years

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okay, so awkward story time

I went to Tottori (in Japan() yesterday (definitely recommend it, nice place) and I was at one of their souvineir shops. Now, one of the things Tottori is known for is their pears. This shop had pear ice cream so naturally I wanted pear ice cream. Now, I was supposed to ask for “Nashi” ice cream but I asked for “Nasu” (eggplant) ice cream. The woman didn’t skip a beat and asked “Did you mean Nashi ice cream?” I laughed awkwardly and said “Yep, Nasu would be weird wouldn’t it? Nashi ice cream please.” and then my awkward self couldn’t help it and added. “Nasu Nashi de.” (Without eggplant). The woman turned to her coworker briefly as she prepared my ice cream cone and said “He made a joke out of it.”

I mean, at least it was a play on words type of joke and showed some understanding of the Japanese language I guess but I;m still a tad embarrased. (yes, the whole conversation was in Japanese).

#Sugi rambles #real experience from yesterday

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heavenxpiercing · 6 years

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[V: I’ll Be a Hero Too] || BNHA AU

Younger twin brother to Sudachi Shirosaki ( @ivory-insanity ), Nashi is identical to him in nearly every way. When not using their quirks as children, they could be told apart by the shades of blue of their eyes with Nashi’s being a couple shades lighter. Even then, only the trained eye can spot the difference. Now, in high school, the differences have become a little more noticeable as Nashi has grown out his hair and dons a Shiketsu uniform. Unlike Sudachi, Nashi doesn’t usually transform his lizard eyes for the aesthetic of it, allowing his blue eyes to be seen. The exception to this being when he and Nashi are together in public, mostly as a means to mess with with people.

The most noticeable difference between them lies with their quirk. Where Sudachi is lean, fast, and nimble, Nashi is bulky, weighted, and tough. Sudachi’s strengths lie in speed and survey, him taking form after a blue tongued skink, whereas Nashi’s strength is in combative defense, taking form after an armadillo girdled lizard.

He goes by Shiro usually and often gets annoyed when people call him by his given name without permission. This is less because of Japanese social norms and more him not liking that Nashi is a homonym for a type of pear, a fruit he dislikes. He’s used to people calling him ‘Sudachi’ on occasion, and that doesn’t bother him nearly as much.

Nashi is an ambitious kid who wishes to become a hero, much like his older brother, however, rather than simply attending UA and following his brother around, he decided to take a different route. Enrolling in Shiketsu to step away from his brother’s side and grow as his own person, Nashi felt this path would be the best for him and Dachi to grow to their strongest potential rather than rely on each other as crutches for their weaker points (ie his lack of speed and Dachi’s lack of power).

More than a little anti social with a flippant personality to boot, Nashi has a hard time connecting with people. He’s well versed in studying his classmate’s quirks and analyzing his surroundings to build strategy. Though he knows his abilities have great potential in a team, his experiences with his brother proving this, and has potential to be an excellent coordinator, his personality and distance from his classmates impedes this greatly, try as he might to work around it.

#[V: I’ll Be a Hero Too]#[ ☽ || headcanon ]#{HERE YA GO GUYS}#{SHIRO'S LONG AWAITED BNHA VERSE}

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[#Kanji of the Day] Tuesday November 7, 2017 (Heisei 29):梨果

Japanese Romaji: rika Japanese Meaning: pome

Parts: ri(nashi, rin) - a pear / pear tree

ka(ha, hata, kuda) - fruit / counter for pieces of fruit / achieve / carry out / complete / end / result / finish / reward / succeed / (Buddhism) phala (attained state, result) / (Buddhism) enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice)

---------------------------------------------------------- Chinese Pinyin: líguǒ Chinese Meaning: pome

Parts: lí - a pear / pear tree

guǒ - fruit of a plant / effect (in cause and effect) / result / fruit / consequence / indeed / really / truly / surely / exactly / if really / indeed / to stuff / to fill / succeed / resolute

*Note: two variants of the first character are 棃 and 梸. A variant of the second character is 菓, which is a separate character in Japanese

Kanji Count | Word Count: 2858 | 1792

#kanji #hanzi #chinese #japanese #kanji of the day #中国語 #中文 #日文 #日本語 #漢字 #練習 #勉強 #kotd5 #梨果 #梨 #果

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japanese-sweets-2010 · 7 years

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★ Aug. 8, 2017 Toraya, Tokyo: Mignardises Box ——– A selection of the shop’s products. Each of these cakes is specially made in bite size, much smaller than its normal, regular-sized counterpart. (Red, jewel-shaped ‘kohaku(-kan)’ in the center is made exclusively for the 'Box’, having no counterpart in regular size.) —- Clockwise from upper left: 1) suisen*-iwao-no-hana (lit. narcissus*-at a large lofty rock-flower?) 2) pear caramel yokan 3) ao (blue) 4) ama-no-gawa (lit. river in heaven: Milky Way) 5) kuro-nashi (lit. black pear) 6) kokage-no-mizu (lit. water under [the shade of] a tree/trees) 7) sawabe-no-hotaru ([Japanese] firefly at the edge of a marsh/at the side of a stream?) 8) suika (watermelon) ——– * 'Suisen (lit. narcissus)' can be used as a term that means 'made with kudzu/Japanese arrowroot.' ——– #wagashi #japanesesweets #sweets #teaceremony #tea #chanoyu #sadou #japan #japanese #tokyo #スイーツ #和スイーツ #菓子 #お菓子 #和菓子 #お茶 #茶道 #とらや #ミニャルディーズ

#japanese #お菓子 #和菓子 #和スイーツ #茶道 #japanesesweets #teaceremony #japan #tea #とらや #wagashi #chanoyu #ミニャルディーズ #お茶 #スイーツ #tokyo #sweets #菓子 #sadou

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welovefunassyi · 7 years

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Current and Future Funassyi Events: Week of May 1, 2017

Here’s the latest roundup of Funassyi related events and so on. Check back every Monday (or close to it…) for a new update.

It’s Golden Week here in Japan, which means a lot of stuff is going on.

Funassyi 5 Year On Earth Anniversary Project

More details in in this post.

New 274ch official Instagram account

Link here

Live events/appearances by Funassyi

May 3: TOHOKU SMILE Day at the Rakuten Kobo Stadium (the home of the Rakuten Golden Eagles baseball team), Miyagi

May 6: Suga Fes at Saitama Super Arena (venue opens at 11:30 and is open until 21:00, show starts at 13:00). Unfortunately this seems to be sold out already...event site is here.

May 27: Mihara Satsuki Festival, Mihara, Hiroshima, 13:00 - 13:30 (site in Japanese)

May 28: Gotouchi Chara Festival in Sumida, Tokyo at the Tokyo Skytree and nearby venues (details in this post)

July 8-9: Friend Festival, Tomakomai, Hokkaido　(event site; Facebook page)

July 28: Zepp Bushaa Tour at Zepp Sapporo - 274ch fan club members only event

August 2: Zepp Bushaa Tour at Zepp Nagoya - 274ch fan club members only event

August 11: Zepp Bushaa Tour at Zepp Osaka - 274ch fan club members only event

August 16: Zepp Bushaa Tour at Zepp Tokyo - 274ch fan club members only event

September 9-10: Gotouchi Chara Matsuri in Susaki, Kochi, Shikoku (details TBA)

Live events/appearances by Funagoro and/or Funyassyi

These are appearances by Funagoro and Funyassyi only.

Since there are Funagoro and Funyassyi fans too, I’ve listed all of their appearances here, so some may duplicate the listings above.

April 29: Funassyiland Harajuku at Kiddy Land - Funagoro and Funyassyi

May 4: Funassyi 5th Year On Earth Anniversary Exhibit, Seibu Department Store, Funabashi, 7th floor. 15:00 and 17:00 - Funagoro only

May 5: Funassyi 5th Year On Earth Anniversary Exhibit, Seibu Department Store, Funabashi, 7th floor. 11:00 and 13:00 - Funyassyi only

May 6: Funagoro’s Birthday Party at Funassyiland Funabashi - Funagoro only

May 27-28: Gotouchi Chara Festival in Sumida, Tokyo at the Tokyo Skytree and nearby venues (details in this post)

July 8-9: Tomakomai Chara Fes at Tomakomai, Hokkaido - all 3 Pear Fairies

July 6-9: 4 day / 3 night cruise Tomakomai Chara Fes Ferry Tour Funagoro and Funyassyi. (sold out, but details here)

274ch.com

274ch.com, Funassyi’s official streaming video channel/fan club, is the main outlet for Funassyi’s video appearances. Videos are uploaded every couple of days, and are very funny, with Funassyi appearing far more loose and relaxed than he is on broadcast TV. Highlights include a cooking show, Funassyi imitating various Japanese entertainers (his imitation of Beat Takeshi aka Takeshi Kitano is priceless), Funassyi going camping, Funassyi going go-cart racing, and much more. There are also frequent live streams of The Pear doing interviews and so on.

There are also fan-exclusive meets with Funassyi, and fan-exclusive concerts too, such as the upcoming Zetsu Bushaa Tour (see schedule above).

Membership is 600 yen per month or 6,000 yen per year. You can now join from outside of Japan too, although the site is in Japanese only (and so is customer support and so on). Details here. You will most likely need a Japanese mailing address to receive materials from the site for now.

Note: Sometimes someone at the streaming video provider seems to turn on IP checking/blocking of non-Japanese IPs. If you can’t access the videos, just wait a few hours and it will usually get fixed.

TV, Radio, Live Webcasts, Movies, Music

Music - Available for preorder: Spring 2017 Ketsugobou Tour DVD (release date: May 26). 274ch member order page. Also available from CDJapan, Amazon Japan, Funassyiland web store.

May 3: Movie - Last Cop: The Movie opens in Shochiku theaters around Japan. Funassyi has a key role. (details)

May 4: TV - Vs. Arashi, Fuji TV, 19:00~19:57, as part of Team Kojima

Online - Available for viewing now : Untouchable Shibata’s Animal Research Team program in 4 parts on 360.tv (details)

Music - Funassyi has new song called The Pear That Walks (Aruku Nashi - 歩く梨), which he’s been performing with the “Heavy Metal Chara Band” (photo above) at the Spring Butt Burdock Root concerts. We should be able to see it finally on the upcoming DVD release!

Special shopping events and exhibitions, restaurants etc.

April 29 - May 8: Funassyi 5th Year On Earth Anniversary Project exhibit at Seibu Department Store, Funabashi (see 5th Year Anniversary Project above)

April 29 - May 21: Limited period Funassyiland at Omiya Loft store inside Sogo Department Store, Omiya Saitama-shi, Saitama (details)

Sometime in the summer: Funassyi livery train, Shin Keisei Railway (details TBA)

Funassyi ‘gacha’ bonuses for a limited time in the Alien’s Egg game (Japan only) (details)

Available now: Funassyi stickers for iMessage (the Messages app), iOS only - but available worldwide! (link to US App Store - check your local App store)

Available now : Minna de Aemen Funassyi themed noodles from Yamasa

Available now: Taiwan/Chinese version Funassyi LINE stamps (check in your LINE app; not available outside of Taiwan though)

Photo source - Funassyi with his alter ago Bunassyi, from the movie Last Cop, which opens this Wednesday.

#funassyi #events #monday update #calendar #funasshi #ふなっしー

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themahouproject · 7 years

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Wandlore

from The Encyclopedia of Wands

The wand is a European invention; wandlore was primarily introduced to Japan when American witches and wizards entered the country in the mid 19th century. Although Japanese magic practitioners have known about the existence and usage of wands since the early days of contact with foreigners, they were not adopted into common usage until the early 1910s.

Japanese craftsmen took up the challenge of learning wandlore abroad and later returned to tailor the wand to suit Japanese practitioners. As a result of the unavailability of several materials, such as two out of the three recommended wand cores, these craftsmen were forced to experiment with different woods and cores.

Wand prices are regulated by the three families still in the business, all of whom inhabit a single street in wizarding Kyōto. Because woods from trees cultivated abroad may be difficult to match to an owner, all materials are grown in-country.

Cores and differences between woods found in Japan and Europe will be covered in this post. The woods specific to Japan are listed here, but each has its own entry in a separate post.

Cores

Dragon heartstring- Most of these cores are obtained from dragons of Japanese, Chinese, or Korean origin. The Japanese species have heavy associations with water and favor this element of magic over all others. They are powerful just like their European cousins, but are also dangerous and even vengeful when wronged.

Firebird feather- It is important to note that the firebird is very different from the Western phoenix despite several superficial similarities. Like phoenix feather cores, the firebird feather is also very picky about its owners. It is extremely intolerant of the Dark Arts.

Fox spirit hair- A very tricky core that is not suited for most witches and wizards. It is somewhat weaker than other cores, but produces excellent disillusionment charms and excels at transfiguration. They may impart the ability to understand the language of beasts to a select few.

Lion-dog hair- The komainu or shishi is a protector, a guardian of shrines that wards off evil spirits. They are capable of very consistent and reliable magic.

Wolf hair- The Japanese wolf is believed to be a protector and a messenger of the kami by rewarding good deeds, punishing evil, and even warning villages of disaster. Although there are few left (the non-magical think it to be extinct), every now and again one will donate a few hairs. These cores, like the creature they come from, have some prophetic qualities.

Crane feather- The feather of a crane is less potent than a firebird feather, but far easier to obtain. They produce elegant spells and tend to perform well in proportion to the effort put forth by the wielder.

Woods

All known woods in the HP verse, as well as a few Japan-specific additions, are listed. The ones that are not available in Japan are marked as imports, but because imported wands are costly, almost all Japanese magic users get their wands in Japan.

Only new additions receive a dedicated entry in another post. The rest that overlap with HP canon have notes indicating how that wood is relevant to Japanese culture. It’s difficult thinking of wand wood descriptions, so I’ll leave it at that.

I theorize that some of the woods have different properties because most woods have species native to Japan (or China). It’s reasonable to assume a plant native only to Europe or the Americas would perform differently from one found only in Asia.

Acacia: Import.

Alder (hannoki): Used to restore devastated land.

Apple (ringo): A common wood in Japan.

Ash (aodamo): The name refers to 1) the blue color that water appears after ash wood is submerged in it, or 2) the wood’s use in dyes.

Aspen (yamanarashi/hakoyanagi): A hardy wood, tolerates long winters.

Beech (inubuna/buna): Japanese blue beech.

Birch (mizume): Japanese cherry birch.

Blackthorn: Import.

Black Walnut: Import.

Cedar (sugi): Japanese cedar has religious significance. Often planted around temples and shrines. Said to connect heaven and earth, and be the vehicle by which kami descend.

Cherry (sakura): A symbol of humility, transience, mortality, and mono no aware (embodiment of impermanence). Some are hailed as sacred trees. They symbol new beginnings. Common in Japan.

Cypress (hinoki): Sacred trees used to construct shrines and conduct Shintō rituals. It takes hundreds of years to grow to a great size, so extremely well quality cypress wood is exorbitant in price.

Dogwood (yamabōshi): Japanese dogwood is a symbol of delicate beauty and means friendship in the language of flowers; the kōsa dogwood variety adds toughness.

Ebony (kakinoki): Wood from the persimmon tree. Has healing properties. Relatively rare.

English Oak: Import.

Elm (harenire): A graceful tree that is green well into autumn. Rare, as most of its habitat has been lost to rice cultivation.

Fir (urajiromomi): Resistant to air pollution.

Hawthorn (sanzashi): Used in traditional medicine.

Hazel (hashibami): Represents one of the traditional colors of Japan.

Holly (tarayō/hiiragi/inutsuge): There are many different types of holly. see here for the hiiragi variant

Hornbeam (kumashide/katashide)

Larch (karamatsu)

Laurel (aoki): Thrives in the most difficult of garden environments, dry shade.

Maple (kaede): entry

Paulownia (kiri): entry

Pear (nashi): Given as gifts and served to guests.

Pine (kuromatsu): Japanese black pine is resistant to air pollution and salt. Requires many years to train properly for bonsai.

Plum blossom (ume): entry

Poplar: same as aspen

Red Oak: Import.

Redwood: Import.

Rosewood: Import.

Rowan (nanakamado): A sturdy firewood, does not get entirely consumed by the fire of a stove even after repeated use. Its name means “seven times in a stove”.

Sakaki: entry

Silver Lime: Import.

Spruce: Has various names, some more rare than others.

Sycamore: Import.

Vine: The vines of several types of trees may be used.

Walnut: Import.

Willow (yanagi): Associated with ghosts.

Wisteria (fuji): entry

Yew (ichii)

It is inadvisable to speed up the growth of these trees with magic; it is known to interfere with the tree’s natural properties.

#Wandlore #Japanese Wizarding World

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nwbeerguide · 6 years

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Fuji to Hood at Culmination Brewing

Starting at 12 pm, on the 21st of April, The Bindery Annex and Culmination brewery will host Fuji to Hood. As one of the more unique events in Portland, this will be an opportunity to sample sushi from Bamboo Sushi, ramen from Marukin Ramen, while sipping on beers (and one cider) imagined by breweries (and one cidery) from both Portland and Japan. Those who would prefer something more 'festive' are welcome to enjoy Oregon's SakéOne at no additional cost.

Fuji to Hood will be held Saturday, April 21st, 2018 from Noon to 4pm at the The Bindery Annex and Culmination Brewing. More info and tickets at FujitoHood.com. The Fuji to Hood festival is brought to you by Culmination Brewing, Mecca Grade Malt, Travel Portland, Oregon Hop Commission, Oregon Fruit Products, SakeOne and JASO (Japan-America Society of Oregon).

With tickets on sale, this even will undoubtedly sell out before too long. Those who signup will be given a limited-edition, "Fuji to Hood" branded glass, as well as 12 tickets good towards 4 ounce samples of beer.