Who said which quote?! Samurai or CEO?! 誰がどの名言を言ったか？！!侍か社長 ？！
We’ve translated quotes of famous CEOs and Samurai leaders from hundreds of years ago and mixed them up. Can you tell which said which?
Spoken in English and Japanese.
社長と昔の侍の名言を訳して混ぜました。どっちがどっちを言ったか分かりますか。
日本語と英語で話します。
We introduce our favourite matcha whisk chasen. What to look for, available options, how they are used and not used.
What does it mean to be “busu” 「ブス」or “minikui” in Japan?
In a world that worships at the altar of kawaii 「可愛い」, at saucer sized eyes and at double skinned eyelids. What is it like to feel like you don’t live up? And how can you live a life so that it doesn’t overwhelm you.
Twitter writer and Youtuber “Todoron” painfully, graphically and courageously lays bear her experiences of this situation for all to see on Twitter, and later Youtube. Her first tweet was a single Hiragana character. Her third tweet got 150,000 likes and 30,000 retweets.
She seems to having something that resonates with contemporary online Japanese society. She mixes simple-truth observations of the state of the world, and her own inner state. Topics she tackles include her history of cosmetic surgery, concepts of beauty and mental health.
Today I want to have a look at the language she uses around the issues.
Why did Hana Kimura die? We translate and analyze the social media from Japan that led to, and then attempted to deal with, the Terrace House, wrestling star’s death.
木村花を殺した言葉は何？日本のSNSのコメントなど英語に訳して分析してみました。
For over a thousand years Japanese people have had a tradition of writing poems on their death bed. These poems provide an intriguing window into the most intimate thoughts of people far removed from us by time and geography. And yet they voice thoughts that are timeless and universal.
Here we take a lot a poem by Chirin from 1794, translate the poem, analyse the language and provide some correlations with English texts.
Article in Japanese and English about Live Painting artist Kohei Kondo and his experience of Covid-19 in Japan.
Torres De Toyo Ito, Barcelona Introduction Japan and the west have a long history trading ideas about architecture, building and construction. Most famously, luminary Frank Lloyd Wright, was a big fan. He incorporated Japanese ideas into many of the building he designed. In his autobiography he wrote: “I found that Japanese art andarchitecture really did …
A look at Japan’s unusual Hometown Tax system ふるさと納税ふるさと納税.
Look, life’s too short for drinking from boring cups. At Japanoscope, we believe that if you’re going to be using something a lot you may as well get something nice that you can take a little bit of pleasure in every time. Let’s figure out how to do that! All About Japanese Tea Sets If …
And musings on art, party tricks, volleyball, trains, rivers and nothingness in Japan Korin Lyrics by Takashi Ueno. Translation by Peter Joseph Head 光輪 あぁもう ぜんぶやめたいな ねぇいっしょに帰ろう 最終電車にのれば もうもとに戻れない すごい汚い川も 夜はきらきらしてる ねぇ このままずっと ねぇ時間がきても あぁもう すべてはきっと なんの価値もないんだよ Halo I, I wanna give it all up Let’s, let’s go home together If if we get on the last train …
