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  • Gugurekasu Lyrics

    Gugurekasu Lyrics

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    Michael
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    Here are the lyrics to the famous Vocaloid song ‘Gugurekasu’ – Go Google it! The song was created by AaminP (あー民P) using the voices of vocaloid characters Megurine Luka and Kamui Gakupo -【巡音ルカと神威がくぽ】. I’ve also added translation notes and insights into the Japanese language used and slang terms from 2ch at the bottom of this…

  • Let Me Google That For You – ググれカス

    Let Me Google That For You – ググれカス

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    Michael
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    Google currently holds the title of Search Engine King for most people, and it’s the go-to tool for looking most anything up. So heavy has our reliance on the search giant become, that it’s now considered something of an insult to ask a question that could easily be answered by Google Sensei.

  • Blue Ocean Dating Strategy

    Blue Ocean Dating Strategy

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    Michael
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    Red Oceans and Blue Oceans. What does it all mean exactly? I recently heard the term used to comment on the prospects of meeting girls at a club, but the term has its origins in marketing.

  • 150,000 Free Japanese-English Sentences

    150,000 Free Japanese-English Sentences

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    Michael
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    Have you ever heard of the Tanaka Corpus? If you’ve been using Jim Breen’s fantastic free online Japanese-English dictionary JDIC, you may have unwittingly encountered it. The Tanaka Corpus is a collection of over 150,000 sentence pairs ideal for students learning Japanese. Perfect for repetitions in your favourite SRS software!

  • Changes to the Alien Registration System in Japan

    Changes to the Alien Registration System in Japan

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    Michael
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    A bit of an unusual update today. You have heard that the residence management system in Japan will be undergoing some rather big changes from July 2012. The current alien registration system will be abolished, and foreign nationals will be given a new ‘residence card’. They will also for the first time be able to…

  • Food Poisoning

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    Michael
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    Food poisoning is no laughing matter, so here’s some information from a Japanese magazine about the subject.

  • Autumn Foliage

    Autumn Foliage

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    Michael
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    Autumn is in full bloom in many places across Japan right now, so it seems seasonal for a little update about 紅葉 (こうよう or もみじ). Both words refer to the vibrant, colourful leaves that emerge with the colder, shorter days. See what you make of this listening practice. Photo from http://meow.fr Autumn Foliage The script:…

  • Carnivorous Girls and Herbivorous Boys

    Carnivorous Girls and Herbivorous Boys

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    Michael
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    Are traditional gender identities changing? It seems like it might be the case if we examine buzzwords from Japan. Popular a couple of years ago, the so-called 肉食女子 and 草食男子 – carnivorous girls and herbivorous boys – paint a very different picture to the traditional idea of assertive men and shy women.

  • Do Not! / べからず

    Do Not! / べからず

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    Michael
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    In the same way that we have different variations of the same words in English (synonyms), Japanese usually has at least a few ways of expressing a grammar point, depending on the situation. Since we are only taught the most popular methods, old Japanese tends to trip us up sometimes!