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[learnjapanesebod]

Japanese Word of the Day

#Japanese #WordoftheDay 壊滅 (かいめつ/kaimetsu) 'destruction, annihilation, devastation, catastrophe' Example: 壊滅しているわ。

— Learning Japanese (@LearnJPBOD) May 28, 2022

#learn japanese #learning japanese #japanese #jp #nihongo #日本語 #word of the day #wotd #how to speak japanes

[yourlittlettoy]

So the other day during Japan travels, I was able to meet the ingenious ticklingduck (this links to his Twitter account), master of t-word equipment development and innovation 🙌🏻🤩

After hearing him explain some of his ideas, I am so sure that he will be the one to bring the first t-wording machine into this world (😨🙃) I just know it! But until then, definitely worth checking out some of his current devices: some of the few tools in our community specifically made for t-wording (rather than being repurposed from an every day object LOL) 😱😍- and btw because of that fact alone, these tools are kinda uhhhh….. unreasonably effective adjfksla

here is the link to that store if you’re curious!!! : https://ticklemachine.booth.pm/

He even made a Tumblr to connect to you all easier, here is the tag to that as well! @ticklingduck 🥰 welcome to Tumblr my friend! And also, thank you for the claws (pictured above) can’t wait to use em 😇~

#cece’s japan series #ticklingduck #Cece speaks #me #tickle tools #selfie #tickle community #tickle friends #photo #I Wonder how these claws will feel~ #any volunteers for me to test them on? 😈 #mwahaha #no but seriously you guys should try his lil vibrating wire thing #it’s 😳😵‍💫😵 *something else* #he maximized the vibrations according to motor size and wire length like #I’M TELLING U THIS IS INNOVATION #blog post

[keiksy-cake]

Japan's third page from the Hetalia Collezione

I've been unable to find the perfect way to translate "(名/迷)言" for these contexts, so I said eff it, and went with "wow" and "huh" lmao. I still might change it yet again but this time I'm pretty satisfied haha, I truly think it just might be the closest I could get, as ridiculous as it is

all collezione pages

[Please note, I’m an amateur in Japanese and have to use various resources and translation machines to help me. If you notice a possible mistake or want clarification, please bring it up to me *politely* and not aggressively or hostile.]

#hetalia #aph hetalia #hetalia collezione #aph japan #I also chose the word “documenting” because in consideration of the word “always” I think it might also be referring to #Japan's long and rich history of diary keeping #idky but that “there is no escape” panel is always so HILARIOUS to me lol it's just so memeable #forgetting how to speak is also a mood. just one year in quarantine and I lost the ability to look people in the eye and speak clearly #even my handwriting went to shit and still hasn't fully recovered so I can only imagine what 200 yrs of isolation does to a man

[akkivee]

sasara’s manager: oh, the bromide of aohitsugi-san after his bath!! i was surprised you got permission to take that photo

sasara: actually, i snuck in and took that picture

manager: eh

sasara: i figured, if i got caught i could handle whatever might happen but geez, i honestly thought i was going to get killed

———————

EXCUSE ME?????? SASARA????????????????

#vee queued to fill the void #the arb chronicles #PLS TELL ME YOU DIDNT WALTZ BACK INTO SAMATOKIS LIFE ONLY TO START BEING A CREEPER LMAO??????????????? #lmao the movie was a flop in japan but made a killing overseas (i was 25% of the viewership *cough*) #which means plenty of time has passed if it was able to get localisation services #so however much time that was between the jp release to the planned rerelease #is how long samatoki has been hunting sasara for that photo and deserved tbqh LOL #legend has it that ​to this day sasara-san is still running from samatoki………………………………………….. #peak event btw did you see kuukou playing himself basically and being proud of his work 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #the not buddhist piece of advice he had to share this time was ‘if you only go by common sense you can never be innovative’ #or something along those lines lol and man that speaks to the soul lol and embodies his LOL💜💜💜💜💜💜

[doberbutts]

If I had a nickel for every time I helped a Japanese client at my job, and in helping revealed that I speak [some, limited] Japanese, and in doing so their entire demeanor changed and they began to smile and gesture excitedly as we had a [relatively short] conversation in Japanese, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

#anyway if you recognize that the person you're speaking to does not speak English as a first language #and you know the language they do speak fluently #personally I recommend giving it a try to switch to their more comfortable language #it very visibly made their day to encounter someone who could speak Japanese with them #and I think it's nice to give someone the oppurtunity to not be at an inherent disadvantage in a conversation for once #both of these people told me no one here speaks Japanese with them #not even their family #and sometimes it makes them want to go back to Japan and never come back here #how miserable to be stuck somewhere that no one makes an effort to let you articulate in the way you're most comfortabke #but then I have a lifetime of watching that from my dad #who the only people who ever made the effort to communicate with him and his deafness on a level he's most comfortable #are his immediate family #no one else bothers even though they know he's deaf

[turtletoria]

i just think theyre neat

#turtlearts #submas #subway boss ingo #subway boss emmet #pokemon #ingo #emmet #these guys showed up on my dash one day and then i was sucked in #theyre so intriguing. why is ingo in ancient japan #also i am a sucker for characters with contrasting features and characteristics #ingo looking more reserved but being loud as hell vs emmet being smiley ALL the time but also speaking more monotone #muah chefs kiss #also trains. how fascinating #trains

[ink-asunder]

Furthermore, I think Dragon's Dogma's handling of the cult was actually really mature and ahead of its time. Yes, Elysian is a zealous man who wants power and destruction (you need at least one to form a cult). But it's repeated time and time again that most of Salvation's members are just regular people who sought out the cult in times of hardship, even when they didn't really believe in Elysian's teachings. For community, for comfort, for a purpose and a cause to dedicate yourself to because the world is so hard and so dangerous right now because of Grigori's coming.

It reflects the REAL nature of cults in the real world, which I wouldn't really expect from a low budget unfinished game, let alone media in general. Even movies and games today don't get it right 9 times out of 10.

#i also feel like japanese media tackles collective trauma and community in a different way than western media #generally speaking of course. #idk america is such an individualistic culture and this effects how we tackle trauma in media as a whole. #and then japan has a very different culture around individualism--to the point its kinda socially punished in some ways. #but then you get media like suzume and dragons dogma that depict such nuanced and REAL ways that collective trauma affects a community #dragon's dogma #cults tw

[nochangeintheplan]

Hijikata...

#this has been sitting in my files since before the remake was announced #which is to say a while #which yknow #been doing my horrid thesis #BUT SPEAKING OF WHICH IM A HISTORY FIEND AND ISHIN CATERS RIGHT TO ME #and on that note i cannot for the life of me figure out what hijikata is wearing in the irl photo #it looks like a cravat but its not quite the right time period for that i don't think #but again im a Western historian I don't actually know how Western fashion manifested in Japan during this time #long story short i drew THAT ONE SINGLE PIC of Hijikata with the boy #mine yoshitaka #rgg #hijikata toshizo #yakuza ishin #yakuza #like a dragon ishin #rgg ishin #u know this was before kiwami was announced bc his hair is still brown l m a o

[sunshinechay]

So many of us laughed about who would be the first to do an omegaverse BL

I did not pick Thailand but you know what? I am not surprised

#pit babe the series #for the record my guess was japan #because i feel like their style of bl would work the best with just how obsurd omegaverse as a concept is #let’s get this party started #cap watches pit babe #cap speaks

[tianshiisdead]

Japan shaves just about everything. He doesn't think more hair=more manly. He infact has a whole different idea of what is manly compared to western countries or most countries in general. He also likes flowers and floral patterns.

everything?!

#ask #anon #hetalia #hws japan #sorry anon! live your truth but i can’t see it 😅 i know you probably meant like… his face/body but #like i agree he wouldn’t think more hair = more manly but… honestly #I don’t really see him deviating much from japanese masculinity. personally #east asian men don’t really shave their whole bod tbh (thats MENA men - wrong orient) #like i think foreigners get the wrong impression because we’re kind of less hair-ful in general than a lot of ppl. particularily white ppl #but its not really done… if anything japan is the most likely to leave facial hair haha considering how its more acceptable in japan #than in china or korea #of course #my view of japan is biased as a fellow easian #I was a little wary to depict the full extent of your ask (sorry anon) and thats bc #of how easian masculinity in general is problematized and fetishized in the west? #like the idea of ~smooth japan kind of speaks to the whole wawah hairless babyface femme easians~~ trope that is so common #and it brings me pause when it comes to japan because tbh japan is probably the east asian country with masculinity that is #historically speaking #the most ‘coherant’ to the west #<- again Im speaking as another easian so i recognize my bias but #anyways sorry about that! ik this likely isnt what u were expecting 🙇‍♂️

[learnjapanesebod]

Japanese Word of the Day

#Japanese #WordoftheDay 復讐 (ふくしゅう /fukushuu) "revenge"

— Learning Japanese (@LearnJPBOD) May 14, 2022

#learn japanese #learning japanese #japanese #jp #nihongo #日本語 #word of the day #wotd #how to speak japanes

[todayisafridaynight]

At which point did you realise that the plot of IW is ass? I've seen people complain only about the ending or the halfway point where the teams separate, while I was already actively rolling my eyes like four-five chapters in

i think the moment i fully accepted that IW's story was. Definitely A Story was the moment ebina announced 'bleach japan'. like i think leading up to that point i was thinking to myself 'oh i hope i see X happen' or being like 'i wonder where this is going' and that sort but the proverbial bucket of ice was definitely that moment

#infinite wealth spoilers #snap chats #what reaaaaally hammered it in too if it wasnt obvious already was the execution of the jimas/daigo like that still irks me LMAO #i cant even remember what chapter that happened in i just know when it did i was utterly pissed #i think i started to take things less seriously once bryce entered the picture but thats only because of how distracting his VA was #like much love the JP voice actors who try to speak english and japanese but i just cant act like it's not incredibly distracting #esp when the character is supposed to be white yk what i mean- or at the very least their first language is supposed to be english #typically i can look over that thing if its a one or two time kind of deal but he had to speak in english much longer than others #im just rambling about bryce tho this aint bout him. i mean he could be a part of it the cult was executed really sloppily #it might have been the introduction of bryce actually ... i remember thinking to myself 'oh brother' with the whole messiah thing LMAO #maybe it was when kiryu told us his cancer cam from radiation instead of. smoking 💀 ESPECIALLY not even five chapters in #like straight out the gate you just wanna drop that on us mr I Can Do Everything Myself I Cant Worry Others ok #thats a post for another day tho im EVERYWHERE #POINT IS this is not about Retrospect this is about First Impressions and memory warps over time #but i know for a fact i found the bleach japan thing utterly ridiculous and was squinting at the plot the entire time thereafter #like ive said this a million times at this point but although i love IW for it's gameplay (pardon some nitpicks like lack of shortcuts) #its story really feels so messy and had much to be desired. which is so sad after the wonderful stories rgg has been making since 0.. #BUT OH WELL im still excited to replay it in english. god willing i ever get the time #i still wanna finish lost judgment <- isnt even halfway through the game #and i wanna do a fun stream Maybe with YK2 but ill get into that when i get into that #if youve read this far. thanks LOL id say sorry for the novel but thats what we expect of me at this point

[7-oh-ta1]

I know I did not just see someone imply that bec Rauru is Zonai and bec Sonia is poc that Hyrule can't be imperialistic fhfhghh guys do we remember which country this game series is made in? Do we know the history of that country? Are the ppl of that country poc

#the answers are: japan. they have a heavy history of colorism and imperialism. yes they are poc. #fhghfhfhfhg I'm sorry that is so strange of all the arguments to make #on a chiller note i want to say that for the most part - ik some people are - most people are not saying ''ganondorf good!! 😇'' #they're say ''rauru questionable 🤨'' and seeing that his opponent is ganondorf that is why gman is part of the discussion #furthermore. hi. hellooo. rauru & sonia did not exist in the 90s. it was blatant colorism back then so idk why someone would try to deny #that w rauru & sonia as a bullet point. Ganondorf was created as a character long before them as explicitly as an evil man from the desert #within the first 30 minutes of oot whereas every character but the Gerudo and especially link & zelda had pale skin. #but that argument has little to do w totk so idk why it would be important in THIS discussion in the first place? #I'm not rbing their post btw bec they're entitled to feel how they feel & i don't them to feel attacked #especially since they made an entire separate blog to say this rather than post on main so clearly they don't want conflict. i don't think? #and it's just a video game at the end of the day so there's no need to start poking each other with sticks yk #even if that video game portrays real life biases and history #lindsay speaks #tloz: tears of the kingdom

[cienie-isengardu]

I would think the Lin Kuei was linguistic since It has people from different sides of the world besides China (Cyrax and Smoke as prime examples) and also likely doing missions or business outside of china, but then again I’m mostly going off of Bi han knowing 3 languages in one of the live action movie so I cling to it mostly as a headcanon

Bi-Han in Mortal Kombat film (2021) was a truly nice addition to the widely understood lore and I love that this film allowed characters to speak in languages other than English. On other hand this highlights how games barely pay attention to cultural differences or use different languages as nice nuances and nods to characters’ origin.

That said, Lin Kuei education was never truly explained in great detail but tie-in material does imply Lin Kuei warriors are very likely to speak more than two languages - their native one and English. Maybe not every member of the clan will be a fluent polyglot, but for example, in one of the old Mortal Kombat comics "A Cold Day in Hell", Kuai Liang was presented as living in Japan. His place didn’t look like some special hideout but normal flat, so we could assume he worked undercover there.

Now, MK1 Kuai Liang is currently living in Japan too, so most likely he and Tomas either already knew Japanese, as Harumi and supposedly her parents are an old family’s friend or are learning the language alongside building their new clan. As I assume a great number of the new members of Shirai Ryu recruited by Scorpion and Smoke are in fact Japanese, so speaking their language would help in communication. 

(Also, if Kuai Liang and Bi-Han spend some time with Harumi’s family when they all were children, Sub-Zero too could be speaking Japanese, or at least be familiar enough for basic communication). 

Then there is a chance that in Liu Kang’s timeline, Bi-Han and Kuai Liang (and Tomas) could also speak or be familiar to some degree with their cryomancer ancestors’ language - unless this is official dialect of Lin Kuei and so the Standard Chinese/Mandarin language - or whatever other dialect is official language there in Liu Kang’s timeline - wasn’t their first choice of communication at home.

Now, lets add to that the fact that original Lin Kuei are implied to recruit potential new clan members in Czech (Europe) and Botswana (Africa) while original version of Kuai Liang & Bi-Han’s father operated for years in America (though not specified if USA or just somewhere on the continent), we could say that Lin Kuei operated worldwide, so it is logical to assume members of the clan were specialized in some languages more than others. But the sources go further, Lin Kuei operated in Ourworld too,

in old comics ("Kitana and Mileena") even taking part in Shao Kahn’s conquest of Edenia, which happened +/- ten (outworld) thousand years ago. And I doubt during that time anyone in Edenia knew English.

Games make it look like everyone, from the gods, to residents of any realm speak English, but that actually makes no logical sense. So thought I don’t think there is any source outright saying how many languages are taught to Lin Kuei warriors, movie!Bi-Han spoke at least three, and most likely Kuai Liang knows as much, either in obscure source material or MK1 (a dialect used by Lin Kuei stationed somewhere in China/Asia, Japanese and English). Cyrax and Tomas have a great chance to speak a similar number of different languages (their native ones, English and a dialect of Lin Kuei). Hard to say about Sektor, but he is at least fluent in English. 

Again, not really a hard, direct source as we don’t see any Lin Kuei talking much in anything else than English, but there is a solid ground to assume Lin Kuei warriors would learn additional languages out of pragmatism and need.

#mortal kombat #lin kuei #my replies #i'm here for mk characters speaking their native languages #and i feel like lin kuei being fluent in more than two languages has a ground in source material even if none outright say how well educate #were lin kuei characters #also additionally #bi han as noob saibot most likely learned whatever dialect is used in netherrealm as he spent there like 20+ years #bi han #kuai liang #smoke #cyrax #oh the irony that kuai liang again is living in japan #while lin kuei are hunting him down

[khattikeri]

nijisanji making another tweet clarifying they only shared those Sealed Legal Documents with a few livers who happened to be named in them... when doki's legal documents were about "bullying within the company"... and then having the people involved livestream a corpo statement reading plus their own sad thoughts about it... you mean to tell me that For Sure elira vox enna millie and ike(?) are implicated in that document? for bullying selen? ok nijisanji

#keri chats #nijisanji #im just dumbfounded. how can your company have a legal and PR team this stupid for an international branch. #the PR tactics are entirely japan-oriented. idol culture like johnnys would have an idol apologize for bad things a producer did or w/e #multiple poorly worded english tweets of statements #unfathomable misinterpretation of public perception of their brand #abysmal lack of understanding of the multiple international laws they could be (and ARE) violating #riku tazumi ceo Bowing In Apology On Camera + speaking entirely in english to investors and shareholders in a nothing statement #which is actually the LEAST BAD PR STATEMENT that has come out of any of this #combined with the personal gut punch of people i've seen through clips and vods for nearly 2 full years now... in this #parasocialism bad and i'm not anything crazy like a gachikoi or even excessively into them. but i did watch them and that hurts

[bliphany]

The former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, was shot. It looks very serious.  Abe has always been very friendly towards Taiwan. The two countries are friendly allies. I hope everything will be alright.

Consider current world news, I hope people who aren’t familiar with Asia international politics can resist any improper jokes or making this whole situation all about the English-speaking world again (I don’t want to make any example, but, you know those kinds... If you want to joke about your own government that’s fantastic. It’s not necessary to bring every other countries with it.)

#shinzo abe #asia politics #Japan #Taiwan #asia pacific #also some people have to understand some not every county’s parties divided into left and right like English speaking ones do #sometimes Asian countries have one right wing and another pro china ones #the right one can be a dick sometimes but it can be negotiated but the pro china ones are DANGEROUS #and sometimes those progressive policies are pushed by parties not right or left but just ones that’s more connected to the society atm #you can just wiki and decide you want to burn every right parties in the world but how about starting from your own #stop your everyone has to be just like ME attitude for just one second would be nice #some English speaking people are just showing off that they’re as ignorant and self centered EXACTLY like their president or PM #and consider themselves progressive because of that #tbh I find this attitude more colonialism than what they claimed to fight against #making memes online about things you half know won’t changed your own country’s political atmosphere #vote and engage in your local and national social movement are only ways