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Matsuri

Posted on June 1, 2020 by bakatsundoku

My formative years were troubled.  I have many horrible memories, of which I refuse to go into here – they’re personal, and it’s not appropriate.  But the memories were not all bad. Every year we had a religious festival – we called it the Festival of Tabernacles, or the “feast”

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Uncategorized culture, ganbatte, Japan, music Leave a comment

Why does a Classically Trained Pianist like J-Pop?

Posted on November 16, 2019 by bakatsundoku

As I might have mentioned at one point, I am a classically trained musician.  I am familiar with most of the works of many major composers, but my favorite classical pieces – or romantic pieces, as the case may be, are some of the more famous piano concertos.  Those by

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Uncategorized AKB48, babymetal, classical music, ganbatte, J-pop, Japan Leave a comment

Ohori Meshibe

Posted on June 24, 2018September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

In my seeking to understand Japanese culture, I found a YouTube video, and found it very interesting. Ohori Meshibe (also known as Ohori Megumi, but that was her name for this recording) was a 25 year old AKB48 member who was given an opportunity, but with a catch:  we’ll give

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Pop Culture AKB48, AKBingo!, ganbatte, idol culture, japanese 2 Comments

Ganbatte

Posted on June 3, 2018September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

“Ganbatte” is a word that, in Japanese, means “try your best”.  It seems to be a very frequently used word, particularly in competitive contexts, such as variety shows, etc.  But looking at the context in which it’s used, I don’t think it translates very well.  The reason is, as with

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Japanese culture, ganbatte, japanese, 日本語 1 Comment

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