Apologies for the lack of posts. They should hopefully resume at a more regular pace shortly now that I’ve 1) finished my graduate studies, 2) found a job (one that will keep me in contact with the Japanese language!), 3) … Continue reading
My first winter vacation living in Fukushima, I spent a week in Tokyo staying with my friend Thomas. He had come to Tokyo with his girlfriend shortly after graduating, and not long before I visited they split up, forcing him … Continue reading
Well, I’ve been on Google+ now for a week or so, and it’s pretty cool. You can find me here, and my Public posts will probably be along the same lines as my Twitter feed. I still haven’t made any … Continue reading
My handy set of inequalities doesn’t always hold true when it comes to video game terminology. I realized this last Friday when I was checking the translation of a video game manual. The word クリア is always used to mean … Continue reading
ジンギスカン = Genghis Khan = This inequality is only sometimes true; although, when it is true, it also holds true that ジンギスカン = incredibly tasty. Check out my review of Kitaichi Club, an Oimachi Jingisukan-ery, over at … Continue reading
Google Image searches confirm that “note” and “ノート” are extremely different objects, but I prefer my own photos: ノート = note = The Death Note series never really bothered me until just now. It’s a crime that the translator left it as … Continue reading
The Google Image results for this one are so awesome that I won’t even bother embedding images. Just check out the difference in the results for cameraman, and then the results for カメラマン. A cameraman always works with video, whereas … Continue reading
I’ve found another great set of equalities for my never-ending quest to debunk all mistranslations of 外来語 and 和製英語. ストーヴ = stove = I’m sure the usage of ストーヴ overlaps slightly with the English stove, as … Continue reading
I was at Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto a couple weekends ago and stopped in the 湯豆腐 (boiled tofu) restaurant on the grounds as I almost always do. A friend and I split a single serving (enough for two unless you … Continue reading
Well, at least not always: クリーム = cream = The Japanese クリーム often refers specifically to the whipped variety that goes on top of cakes or inside tasty treats, most notably the シュークリーム. I often see this romanized on packages … Continue reading