Japan Constitution – Article 9
Posted by harvey in Society on 02. May, 2007 | 3 Comments
On May 3rd Japan’s constitution will be officially 60 years old. The newspapers are sure to be filled with stories regarding the topic of whether or not Japan’s constitution should be revised. Some say that the constitution currently is too vague, and others say that because it was actually written by America immediately following the [...]
As long as my eyes are black
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language on 01. May, 2007 | 8 Comments
It’s fun with Japanese time… There is an expression in Japanese that goes like this… 「私の目が黒いうちは〜」 Literally it means, “as long as my eyes are black…” and it means pretty much the same thing as the English expression, “as long as I’m alive…” For example… 「私の目が黒いうちは、彼の浮気は絶対に許しません」 「わたしのめがくろいうちは、かれのうわきはぜったいにゆるしません」 “As long as I’m alive, I’ll never allow [...]
