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The Three Japanese Cultures

Posted on June 12, 2022 by bakatsundoku

Hi!  It’s been a while since I posted here, so I have a lot to say.  Truth be told, I don’t really think I’m fond of the blogging method of expressing myself, but I haven’t come up with anything better yet.  I’m working on it, though!  First, an update. The

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Japanese, Personal, Pop Culture, Social Justice Anime, cosplay, cultural appropriation, culture, japanese, kawaii, otaku Leave a comment

Kawaii

Posted on August 28, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Kawaii may be the only real Japanese word many people know. And they really don’t know what it means. It’s usually translated as “cute”. And that’s one of the meanings, for sure. Maybe it’s even the primary meaning. But that’s not really what it means. They actually have another word

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Uncategorized childlike, culture, cute, innocence, Japan, japanese, kawaii, weeaboo, weeb Leave a comment

I Think I Messed up.

Posted on August 8, 2021 by bakatsundoku

… but I’m not sure I could have done it any differently. This blog originated with a single premise: a Gaijin learning Japanese. Not much more to it than that. I was learning Japanese, about the Japanese culture, and for some reason I wanted to share it. Probably something to

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Uncategorized Anime, culture, Japan, karoushi, kawaii, manga, population decline, salaryman Leave a comment

Kawaii Aidoru

Posted on June 17, 2020 by bakatsundoku

YouTube is an incredible distraction throughout most of the issues that have been going on in the world, and in my country. One thing I’ve been watching is Babymetal reactions.  It’s quite amusing to see someone reacting for the first time – “Well, this is a band with… three girls?  And

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Uncategorized AKB48, babymetal, culture, cute, idol culture, idols, japanese, kawaii Leave a comment

Loanwords

Posted on September 23, 2019 by bakatsundoku

One thing I find fascinating is that a large fraction of the Japanese language is made up of loanwords, I’ve heard about ten percent of their language being of English origin.  But they take our words and adapt them to their syllabic structure, making them Japanese words.  Most English speakers

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Pronunciation

Posted on April 12, 2019 by bakatsundoku

On a YouTube channel I watch, the person who made a video mispronounced the word “Hitachi”.  He pronounced it “Hai-TA-chi”.  I posted a helpful comment telling him the correct way to pronounce it. Someone “took me to task” for correcting his pronunciation, with the rationalization “we aren’t Japanese”.  Of course,

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Japanese Food and Stores in Austin, part 3.

Posted on April 21, 2018September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I had some errands to run this morning up in Cedar Park.  On my way back, I decided to stop at Lakeline Mall to see what they had to offer.  I was not disappointed. However, I was indeed disappointed by their “Japanese” fast food restaurant in the food court.  It was

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Hidden Austin, Cool and Eclectic, Gift World, gifts, japanese, kawaii, Lakeline Mall, stores Leave a comment

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