Evangelion in Kansai-ben
Posted by harvey in Humor, Language, Media, Movies on 17. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
This is quite possibly the coolest Kansai-ben thing ever.
Kansai-ben is an international language. You must learn it.
Near the end it busts into Yappa Sukiyanen by Yashiki Takajin, quite possibly the most famous songs in Kansai-ben ever (except maybe some of Ulfuls tracks).
And… don’t miss part 2!
If you’re curious about Kansai-ben check out our Kansai-ben lessons, [...]
Study Joyo Kanji on your iPhone with iKIC
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language, Media on 12. Feb, 2010 | 2 Comments
Yet another iPod Touch or iPhone App to help you learn Japanese has been released. This one was released my my former school, IUC Japan.
iKIC is available as a free limited download, and as a iKIC full paid version with more content. You can also purchase add-ons for the paid version that adds even more [...]
Kana Balls for iPhone and iPod Touch
Posted by harvey in Language, Media on 10. Feb, 2010 | 9 Comments
My good Twitter buddy @papajohn let me know that he had a new Japanese-related application called Kana Balls in the iTunes Store so I gave it a try.
Fun stuff! Despite the possibly awkward name… Kana Balls is a slick application!
This app will help you learn to read Japanese Hiragana and Katakana quickly. It doesn’t teach [...]
Rock in Direct Translation with Osama
Posted by harvey in Language, Media, Music on 04. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
Get ready for Highway Star and Smoke on the Water Japanese Style!
Highway Star in DIRECT translation.
The musician went by the name of Ousama 王様 (king) and was a musician engaging in this style called “chokuyaku rock” 直訳ロック. Here is Ousama on Wikipedia (Japanese). The focus of this music is on the lyrics, because they’re just [...]
More Mameshiba Advertisements
Posted by harvey in Food, Humor, Language, Media on 25. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
These are just too funny. Sure I could have tweeted it… but this deserves more permanent placement.
Be sure you catch the Kansai-ben speaking mameshiba commercial that I posted earlier!
- Harvey
Meet the Complaints Choir of Tokyo
Posted by harvey in Media on 07. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
I heard that @Durf translated some stuff for the Mori Art Museum related to this video.
Awesome.
This is awesome. Actually though, I sent my seasons greetings via email. I’m sorry.
- Harvey
Mameshiba – the Kansai-ben speaking Bean
Posted by harvey in Food, Language, Media on 05. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
This bean speaks Kansai-ben.
MAMESHIBA
Girl 1: そろそろお見合いとかどうなの？
Girl 2: そんなの必要ないわよ
Bean: あかんって
Girl 2: え？
Bean: まいど！
まいど…
Bean: ね、知ってる？歌が下手なカナリアは、一生独身なんやって。
Girl 2: ええ？！うるせー！
In my Translation:
MAMESHIBA
Girl 1: It’s about time you tried to get set up for an arranged marriage or something isn’t it?
Girl 2: I don’t need anything like that…
Bean: Hey that’s no good!
Bean: Welcome!
Girl 1: Welcome?
Bean: Hey did you know? A canary [...]
English Songs Translated into Japanese, and Sung
Posted by harvey in Language, Media, Music on 30. Dec, 2009 | 1 Comment
Have you ever thought about translating your favorite Japanese music into English, and then singing the translated lyrics?
That would be really tough right?
Well this guy is doing the reverse, English into Japanese. The difficulty of this task should not go unnoticed! He’s a total stud.
I learned of Choco from No-Sword, a great blog for Japanese [...]
