Archive for 2006/05/26

The Zero Hour

I was watching an old episode of the Simpsons, and there was a brief, cameo, whatever you call it,… an appearance of Tokyo Rose, working at a diner. For many people especially in the US, you hear of the name, Tokyo Rose, but do you actually know who this person was/is? A while back, I [...]

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Hibachi? 火鉢? Mottainai? もったいない?

During my Language Salon gathering last night, a couple of words came up that were discussed. There are various English terms and Japanese terms that don’t possess a direct translation or how certain words may mean something else. There are plenty of cases of that in every bloody language. Sure, there were plenty of cuss [...]

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