2012-02-27, 00:34 | Link #2262 |
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But... "personal Vexx touch" is the same as 1930$&&:@!/&$ssdkjh
"btw is it true that Japanese kids beg for chocolates from the American soldiers on the street?" ..... Hey, at least I moved up two decades.
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2012-02-28, 05:24 | Link #2264 |
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Mother – Aishiteru or Daisuki. But aishiteru would only be when she really is trying to tell the child that he/she is loved. Otherwise on a daily manner it would be daisuki.
Teacher - Daisuki. Aunt - Daisuki But to be honest, I cant imagine that conversation happening in a Japanese setting too much. Usually we don’t express our feelings verbally. Maybe to a young child, but not when you get to a certain age.. maybe up until the child is 9 to 10 ish…? Would love to hear other people’s opinion on this one though |
2012-02-28, 12:38 | Link #2267 |
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Just say "suki", and don't make the atmosphere and your tone of voice romantic. I mean, just think of how you would say "I like you" to a girl.
I wish to state this: At least half of the questions on how to conduct yourself in Japan can be answered based on universal standards. As much as there is the hype of the Japanese traditionally hiding their heart and stuff, in the end it's just a more stylized version of how one would conduct oneself in any modern society. Japan isn't some special unique country: It's a country having a culture made by humans, and as such it can't deviate into some alien world in today's cosmopolitan age. |
2012-02-28, 14:39 | Link #2268 | |
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Yeah i can image that would not be daily thing, and won't be used much after certain ages. I means , jokingly put it, universally every parent is more or less tsundere toward their children... Quote:
Edit: Actually a question as well. Is the obon festival and the word bonfire in English have the same origin? Did the term obon exist much earlier than Western arrival to Japan?
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2012-02-28, 22:16 | Link #2272 |
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Nope. The "bon" is 盆, the shorten form of Ullambana (于蘭盆會 or 盂蘭盆會). It means "great suffering", and so the festival is to ameliorate the suffering of the "Urabanna" while remembering and appreciating ancestors and their sacrifices.
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2012-02-28, 22:44 | Link #2273 | |
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The modern word "bonfire" [Middle English bonnefire : bon, bone; see bone + fir, fire; see fire.] bonfire [ˈbɒnˌfaɪə]. Obon is far older than the "english incursion" into Japanese linguistics.
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It could be the case of "hey, don't you think 'Buddhism Festival for honoring the dead' too mouthful, how about just call it Bon + O, since there are lots of bonfire anyway" Quote:
I know lots of country, include Japan calls it cha through
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2. 盆 is pronounced bon in Japanese, bun in Korean, pen in Mandarian, and pun in Cantonese. That comes from the reading of the character for tea, 茶. |
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