Gakuranman’s Super Mario X Japanese Lesson
Posted by harvey in Language, Media on 24. May, 2009 | 1 Comment
Latest video post by Gakuranman entitled “Super Mario X Japanese Lesson” is freakin’ great. I didn’t know バーター either! And neither did my wife who is a native speaker! Mike is digging deep into the bowels of Japanese. Follow him down the rabbit hole… Or something. – Harvey
Marriage Hunting – Japanese Slang and Society
Posted by harvey 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 [...]
