Wasp Crackers
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers on 30. Aug, 2007 | 7 Comments
There’s a wasp in your rice cracker.
あのさ。せんべいにハチが入ってんで。
I know. That’s the way it is. Want some?
うん。知ってる。そいうもんだから。食べる？
No thanks.
いや、いいわ。
Japanese Language School Recommendations
Posted by harvey in Language, Tokyo on 30. Aug, 2007 | 11 Comments
A reader sent me a message asking for Japanese language school recommendations… But didn’t specify a return address!
So Lisa, take a look at this post I did a few months ago all about… Japanese Language School recommendations!
Let me know if there are any questions, or if anyone else has any additional knowledge about language schools [...]
Yellow Corn
Posted by harvey in Humor on 27. Aug, 2007 | 2 Comments
Biker gang from Iowa?
YELLOW CORN (RED CROSS SYMBOL) SLEDGE HAMMER HIGHWAY THE 3rd!
Frightening.
- Harvey
All talk…
Posted by harvey in Language on 25. Aug, 2007 | No Comments
Here is a Japanese expression you’ll hopefully never have to hear…
「口だけ星人」 (kuchi dake seijin)
Basically it refers to someone who is all talk, no action.
Hey, it happens to the best of us!
- Harvey
Fun Japanese Vocab: Reckless!
Posted by harvey in Language on 23. Aug, 2007 | 5 Comments
「暴飲暴食」- “bouinboushoku”
The character 「暴」is used in the verb 「暴れる」which means to “act violently” or “rage” or “struggle”. You know, like if a little kid throws a fit on the floor of the shoe store cause he want the green shoes instead of the blue ones… That’s「暴れてる」. Or if you’re scuba diving for the first time [...]
Japanese Video Game Breaks Gaijin Arms
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Osaka on 22. Aug, 2007 | 3 Comments
Newsflash! 2 of 3 of the previously mentioned video games arm break victims were Gaijin. One incident occurred in Osaka.
Why weren’t Japanese also hurt? Why???
“But I’m afraid some foreign nationals couldn’t understand the instructions well as it was written only in Japanese,” she said.
Seems it’s because gaijin can’t read… One more reason to [...]
Japanese Video Game Breaks Arms
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Gadgets, Humor on 22. Aug, 2007 | 1 Comment
Japanese video game breaks players arms.
Imagine. You’re in a Japanese game center, and you see it. The arm wrestling game simulator… Arm Spirit!
You’ve just toppled the maid character, when the next boss shows up and you start doubting your biceps and triceps and whatever else goes into arm wrestling.
Nevertheless, you grasp the mechanical arm and [...]
World of Golden Eggs – Japanese Comedy
Posted by harvey in Media on 20. Aug, 2007 | 1 Comment
A friend sent me a link to more of those Golden Egg animated comedy clips that I love so much. I used to watch them on YouTube, then they disappeared. Seems they are available on YouTube Japan now though! Check them out, they’re quite entertaining…
- Harvey
