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The number one pick is derived from the lyrics of a song that’s sung in neither Japanese nor English.
“Such a miracle can only occur in North Korea” and other popular phrases from an authentic DPRK phrasebook.
A cutting comeback from a Japanese-proficient foreigner leaves one man with a permanent emotional scar, but there are softer ways to make your point too.
Find out this year’s trendiest slang for Japanese female teenagers and you’ll be grouped in the cool crowd while strutting the streets of Shibuya.
In case you’re wondering why your kids are doing something like the “Thriller” dance all of a sudden.
It’s not fire, and it’s not food, but every Japanese person immediately understands the symbol that has the rest of the world scratching their heads.
Kanji are one of the hardest parts of leaning Japanese, but they’re easier when they have move sets related to their meanings.
”This is Japan, you know?” he asks, but others want to show him the ways of the modern world.
The country was proud when “emoji” and “anime” became part of English-speakers’ vocabulary. But when the British government uses the Japanese word for “train gropers?” Not so much.
Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency claims the country isn’t exciting enough to appease the Western crowd.
And should probably brace themselves for a slew of complaints from angry stag beetle and ant farm owners.
Common sense might lead you to believe that “emoji” is simply a variation of “emoticon,” but Japanese common sense tells a whole different story.
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