Japanese names for boys and girls with the meaning “bright and clear” can be given to both boys and girls. In Japan, on the other hand, the name is more typically associated with infant males. 6. Akiro Akiro is a pretty amazing Japanese baby boy name that means “bright boy.” ...
The first lengthy work of fiction in Japanese, Utsubo monogatari (“The Tale of the Hollow Tree”), was apparently written between 970 and 983, although the last chapter may have been written later. This uneven, ill-digested work is of interest chiefly as an amalgam of elements in the poem...
Most places in Tokyo use the same standard dialect you learn from textbooks, but there are some slang words that are more common in the biggest city on Earth than outside it. チョー (chō) You’ll hear this word all the time now that you’re listening for it! It means “very”...
In another simple bout, the very last guy on the banzuke, M16 Homasho, who could only muster a 7-8 makekoshi last time, took on veteran M10 Tochinonada. It was as easy as it gets for Homer, who only needed one arm on the inside of Nada to force him out by the uneventful yori...
1851. Beside the signature is the seal shita-uri, “low sale” meaning it was sold “under the counter” due to censorship laws prevalent at the time. This is the very rare first edition with the carver’s seal Hori Take, Yokokawa Takejiro, to the right of the publisher’s seal on ...
During a flashback of Naruto and Hinata's childhood sometime after his whole clan was murder, when Iruka asked him and his classmates to write down who they would like to spend their last day with if the earth was destroy, or if the moon was falling towards earth, Sasuke was seen ...
But there’s another kanji character for しん, meaning “belief”, that is sometimes used for the word じしん; in these cases the word means “self-confidence” rather than “on one’s own initiative”. Context usually makes it clear which is meant. (Note: as we’ll see later in ...
‘Jomon’ pottery. Also referred to as ‘tojiki’ (陶磁器) and ‘yakimono’ (焼きもの), this is another hugely broad and complex artform that is impossible to describe succinctly. From the earliest earthernware to highly technical porcelain and glazing, Japanese ceramics are highly sought ...
Anyone knows if the names CWU-01P, M-445, Hirarian 427, SRU-21/P, and CFN-24 have a meaning? Log in to Reply ↓ NotedNovember 17, 2019 at 7:29 pm Interesting! I remember hearing about this phenomenon from the One Piece fanmail page–Oda would respond to questions about characters’...
According to the Li ji: the yang qi of the “cloudsoul” (hun) rises up to the sky (tian) after death, whereas the yin or dark elements associated with the body or “whitesoul” (po) return to the earth. 55 Another passage in the Li Ji , on the rites of mourning , speaks of...