If you can speak English (fluently), then you have no excuse. You should be able to pronounce everything in Japanese, and pronounce it nearly correctly (with the exception of the ‘R’ sound, but even that isn’t too bad). If you are having trouble with Japanese pronunciation it is either because of poor basics or you [...]
*This article marks the beginning of the “profile” section, which discovers fairly obscure Japanese people that should be ruling the world. The goal is to find someone new every week (or every once in a while), so saying that, we’ll be adding a “profile” category over on the right. Check it out for new people [...]
First comes love, then comes–oops! Ah well, can’t get it right all the time. I’m referring, of course, to the July 17th wedding of Nozomi Tsuji, former Morning Musume (I only know her from this) and Taiyou Sugiura, of Ultraman Cosmos fame. Interestingly enough, their marriage was a “done-it marriage” (できちゃった結婚 or デキコン); at the [...]
For some reason I’ve been getting a lot of emails regarding this subject lately. There are a lot of people out there learning Japanese on their own who don’t know what to do first. Of course, there isn’t a set way to start learning Japanese. Everyone will have their own opinions and their own ideas [...]
The only thing that is worse (but oh so much better) than anime addiction is a J-drama addiction. Sure, there are other drugs out there, like K-drama, C-drama, and crack cocaine, but none can compare to what is GTO, hana yori dango, Odorudaisosasen, Trick, and Gokusen. This post is just for fun. I love J-drama [...]
(Loosely Translated: The technology to change yourself) Seeing as this is my first “fashion” post, I figured I’d do something small and slightly amusing, just to get myself started.Thus, I bring you, メイクアップ ヘアコンタクト! Geeks and pretty-boys (I’m talking to you, Gackt) rejoice, for rugged now comes in a box.Basically, メイクアップ ヘアコンタクト are pieces of [...]
About a week ago (sorry about doing such a terrible job keeping up with news) music information provider Orichon came out with a study that they called “June Brides,” even though it clearly involves would-be grooms as well. They surveyed 800 men and women over the internet (though approximately 400 of them were overweight, middle-aged [...]