Yui Moonlights as Hiroshima Carp Mascot
This recent photograph taken by one of 2ch’s many resident otaku appears to show K-ON!’s lead vocalist, Yui Hirasawa (or p...
Chinese Cooking Oil ?Made from Sewage?
The news that a tenth of all cooking oil used in China may be made from recycled sewage and laced with toxic contaminants ...
MikuMiku Shinkansen Named ?Hatsune?
Japan?s latest high speed train looks set to be called ?Hatsune? after Miku fans noticed it shared a colour-scheme with th...
Large Breasted Idol Gallery
A gallery of large breasted idols showing off their chests in a variety of provocative if not outright lascivious poses – ...
Husband Jailed for Ejaculating on Wife
A husband refused sex by his wife has been jailed for indecent assault after taking matters into his own hands and ejacula...
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First and Second Person Pronouns
In Japanese, first and second pronouns are frequently omitted, but just for review, here are some of the most common first...
Sentences with ?May?
One way to ask for permission to do something is to use the construction ~???????
????????? = May I sit down?
(??????????/...
The Three Major Daimy?
There is a famous poem that Japanese children are taught to recite:
(1) ?????????????????, (??????????????????)
(2) ??????...
More Quantifiers
Continuing from the previous post, here are some more quantifiers:
??/??? = not often, not much
??????????????? = I don’t ...
Quantifiers
Quantifiers are words that express how often you do/don’t do things and how much you like/dislike certain things.
Here is ...
The Ryukyuans
What do famous people like ????, ??????, and ?????? have in common? Other than the fact that they’re famous in Japan and ...
? Particle
We’ve seen the ? particle used in certain grammatical expressions like:
??????? = I like the teacher.
(?? = ????/teacher. ...