Monthly Archives: April 2007

Butterflies and Elephants

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Clay

While watching a detective show (相棒) there was a scene where the younger detective was telling the older detective (水谷豊) some obscure tidbit about butterflies. Impressed by the fact the older detective didn’t know that piece of trivia, he continued … Continue reading →

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Tattoos and Busyness

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Clay

Perhaps we should put a big 640 x 480 graphic on the front page of TJP saying “We don’t help with kanji Tattoos!” – I’ve been busy with a major product that I hope will go live in a little … Continue reading →

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Funny　スターウォーズ Video

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Clay

Obviously, I didn’t do this one, but it is just funny: It seems Princess Leah’s mom ate Doraemon’s last Dorayaki and this is the catalyst for him turning to the dark side. This is a scoop not even George Lucas … Continue reading →

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How People Find this Blog…

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Clay

This site doesn’t traffic in any traffic to speak of (yet), so I am always interested in how people find the place. As you would expect most people come here from TheJapanesePage.com, but occasionally I get hits from Google and … Continue reading →

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サラリーマンNEO

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Clay

A few nights ago, while flipping through the late night listings on TV Japan, I set the receiver to DVR a サラリーマンNEO episode. I thought it would be a repeat since the series ended a while back. But it was … Continue reading →

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Yumi’s Blog 猫日記

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Clay

Years ago Yumi had a blog even before I knew what a blog was. At the time we were living with my parents who had cats; five cats actually.* Yumi loved cats. So her site was called Neko Nikki (cat … Continue reading →

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New 1 Minute Japanese

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Clay

Learn Japanese: Animal Sounds Part 1 New Video! One Minute Japanese: Animal Sounds Part I Cat: nya-nya- Dog: wan wan Pig: bu-bu-

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Dog and Boy Food – 復讐

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Clay

This just in… Today’s word: 復讐 fukushuu – revenge Hearing Makoto (the boy) cry, I noticed Teyve (the dog) had snatched the apple Makoto was working on. I said, ‘bad doggie’ and turning back to Makoto, I spotted him taking … Continue reading →

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袋の鼠 and 朝飯前

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Clay

I discovered two new idioms (for me). I was watching a 名探偵コナン anime. The bad guy after seeing Conan and his little friends seemingly trapped in an elevator – it looked bad for them, really bad – belted out a … Continue reading →

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Hana, mizu (with a comma)

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Clay

Ok, I know I’ll get into trouble for this one (again), but my fingers are doing the typing – not my better sense. The other day we came back from our daily walk (lately, bi-daily) and as usual, I called … Continue reading →

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