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Senior citizen arrested at ski resort three hours away from fuzoku establishment where incident allegedly took place.
A lot of linguistics, and a lot of flavor, goes into each and every cup of this dessert drink (and there’s room for debate about the cup too).
Many are assuming this is a backlash against trendy kirakira names, but is that really the case?
“Usseewa” singer and One Piece voice actress seems unclear on how long it takes to learn a foreign language.
Models and readers of gyaru fashion magazine Egg vote on the top 10 gyaru words/phrases of the year.
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