Five minutes of Fame
Posted by harvey in About on 29. May, 2007 | 7 Comments
If you ever wanted to know more about me, an interview I recently did with the NihongoJouzu.com guy is available on their site now. Check it out! – Harvey
Hakata Ippudou Ramen
Posted by harvey in Food on 26. May, 2007 | 7 Comments
There is a Ramen chain store that always has a huge line at lunch time, it’s called “ippudou” 「一風堂」and it specializes in Hakata style Ramen. Ramen is the poor mans delicacy, and there is an 「一風堂」near IUC, in Queen’s Square in Yokohama, so I go there when my student wallet can afford it. When you [...]
Next: Spanish
Posted by harvey in About on 24. May, 2007 | 19 Comments
Well, I just decided. The next language I spend a significant time learning is going to be Spanish! – Harvey
Snake Puking Faucets in Kanji
Posted by harvey in Language on 23. May, 2007 | 8 Comments
Kanji makes sense. The Kanji for “faucet”. Like… a sink faucet, is 「蛇口」pronounced “jyaguchi”. The first character is the character for “snake”. The kind that slithers. The second character is the character for “mouth”. The kind that I’m speaking to you now with (not really though). Snake + Mouth = Faucet The neck of a [...]
Photographer – Shibata Toshio
Posted by harvey in Media, Society on 21. May, 2007 | No Comments
“Dogs and Demons” recently discussed here mentions a Japanese photographer named Shibata Toshio who takes dramatic photographs of the natural environment blended with Japanese construction projects. You can read his profile and see some of Shibata’s most famous works on the Nikon Web Gallery. One of my favorite shots is of a concrete wall in [...]
Dictionary Encounters – No Diggity
Posted by harvey in Humor, Language on 20. May, 2007 | 3 Comments
Was looking up the exact meaning of 「同感」, literally means “to share the same feeling” in English. Check out some of the example translations and sentences that ALC gave me. そのとおり！／同感！ ；〈米俗〉 No diggity!◆同意・賛成を表す。 Awesome, I can say “No diggity!” in Japanese! – Harvey
Language – kusai
Posted by harvey in Language on 18. May, 2007 | 7 Comments
Language fun everyone. Let’s talk about KUSAI. 「くさい」 means “stinky”, but if you add the term 「くさい」 to the end of the term to make it mean “seems”, or “has the traits of”. Some examples of words you can stick 「くさい」to the end of include… 「ばかくさい」stupid 「古くさい」old 「めんどくさい」annoying 「うそくさい」fake (like a lie or sham) 「おじんくさい」old [...]
Denki Anma Attack
Posted by harvey in Culture, Humor on 15. May, 2007 | 3 Comments
Yes. This is culture. Japanese Doritos? Denki Anma is a technique, if you will, that was popular in Japan among elementary school kids approximately 15-20 years ago. Much like the picture, one person will grab the others legs, and place their foot in the others crotch. The foot is then jiggled, causing discomfort, and getting [...]
