Marriage Hunting – Japanese Slang and Society

Posted by in Culture, Society on 24. May, 2009 | 18 Comments

That says “konkatsu”. This word isn’t in your dictionary, but if you’ve been studying Kanji for quite some time and know a bit about Japanese society you can probably guess what it means. By the way, “konkatsu” was nominated for the 2008 流行語大賞, if you’re into that sort of thing. I’ll explain this “konkatsu” slang [...]


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