Comments on: Geek terms in Japanese http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/ Japan... A whole lot more than raw fish Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:27:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Torley Torgeson/Torley Wong http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-210532 Torley Torgeson/Torley Wong Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:58:55 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-210532 Thanx for sharing this, Dan! "Terawarosu" reminds me of the Bahamut attacks in Final Fantasy games... megaflare, gigaflare, teraflare! Thanx for sharing this, Dan! “Terawarosu” reminds me of the Bahamut attacks in Final Fantasy games… megaflare, gigaflare, teraflare!

]]> By: Boing Boing http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-210119 Boing Boing Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:25:49 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-210119 <strong>Guide to otaku jargon</strong> Japan times has a short list of otaku (obsessive fangeeks) jargon. Hesoten -- laid-back, secure, happy. Literally means sprawled on one's back with one's belly-button pointing skyward. Haniwa rukku -- High-school girls, particularly in northeast Japa... Guide to otaku jargon

Japan times has a short list of otaku (obsessive fangeeks) jargon. Hesoten — laid-back, secure, happy. Literally means sprawled on one’s back with one’s belly-button pointing skyward. Haniwa rukku — High-school girls, particularly in northeast Japa…

]]> By: Japundit » Haniwa and the haniwa look http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-209991 Japundit » Haniwa and the haniwa look Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:32:26 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-209991 [...] se for reference for haniwa rukku (haniwa look), which is one of the trendy new geek terms referred to Danny Bloom’s article here. This is a haniwa. This is haniwa rukku. Pos [...] [...] se for reference for haniwa rukku (haniwa look), which is one of the trendy new geek terms referred to Danny Bloom’s article here. This is a haniwa. This is haniwa rukku.
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]]> By: Simon World http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-209947 Simon World Mon, 03 Oct 2005 06:42:50 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-209947 <strong>Daily linklets 3rd October</strong> Jonathan Dresner is calling up for submissions and hosts of a Carnvial of Asian History. An excellent idea and I'm looking forward to the first edition. Please help spread the word. Pundita takes issue with Spengler's piece on demographics and Chine... Daily linklets 3rd October

Jonathan Dresner is calling up for submissions and hosts of a Carnvial of Asian History. An excellent idea and I’m looking forward to the first edition. Please help spread the word. Pundita takes issue with Spengler’s piece on demographics and Chine…

]]> By: Danny Bloom http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-209933 Danny Bloom Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:59:58 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-209933 I also like this one : ''Heso-ten'' — laid-back, secure, happy. Literally means sprawled on yr back with belly-button pointing up. I also like this one :

”Heso-ten” — laid-back, secure, happy. Literally means sprawled on yr back with belly-button pointing up.

]]> By: Danny Bloom http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-209932 Danny Bloom Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:58:53 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-209932 CAN SOMEONE POST A PHOTO OF THIS? VERY INTERESTING NEW WORLD ORDER! * ''Haniwa rukku'' — High-school girls, particularly in northeast Japan, have taken to wearing sweat pants under their short uniform skirts to discourage the ubiquitous camera peepers. By so doing, they resemble the garments on haniwa, the clay figures placed around prehistoric grave mounds. CAN SOMEONE POST A PHOTO OF THIS? VERY INTERESTING NEW WORLD ORDER!

* ”Haniwa rukku” — High-school girls, particularly in northeast Japan, have taken to wearing sweat pants under their short uniform skirts to discourage the ubiquitous camera peepers. By so doing, they resemble the garments on haniwa, the clay figures placed around prehistoric grave mounds.

]]> By: Danny Bloom http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-209919 Danny Bloom Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:25:12 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-209919 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20051002tc.htm Original article here. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20051002tc.htm

Original article here.

]]> By: Marie Mockett http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2005/10/03/1298/comment-page-1/#comment-209803 Marie Mockett Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:27:32 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2005/10/02/1298/#comment-209803 Great post Danny! I love this. Great post Danny! I love this.

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