Alex - Myriad of Leaves (Page 5)

29 May 2023

Speech Patterns - Sunpoo (Chibi Robot)

Sunpoo (“Chibi Robot!”, 2005) The ursine stuffed imitation from Nintendo’s eccentric adventure-platformer “Chibi-Robo!” (GameCube, 2005),featured a diminutive automaton, the titular Chibi Robo (ちびロボ,

A question of Hokuto Fists

18 May 2023 japanese translation

A question of Hokuto Fists

In the seminal martial arts epic “Fist of the North Star” (Hokuto no Ken), there is a scene near the end of one of the

One word, multiple kanji

12 Mar 2023 japanese translation

One word, multiple kanji

In Japanese you will from time to time encounter that a verb can be written synonymously with different kanji, but these meanings whilst sharing similarities

Writing out the I

05 Mar 2023 japanese translation pronouns

Writing out the I

In the manga adaptation by Gatou Asou of the 2012 CGI animated feature of Shoutarou Ishinomori's classic, Cyborg 009, titled "009 Re:

Aggrandising Japanese Keigo

11 Feb 2023 japanese translation politeness

Aggrandising Japanese Keigo

Whilst browsing through some of the linguistics that I own, I encountered this gem from Bjarke Frellesvig's excellent A History of the Japanese