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...this brings back terrible memories

Quoted: Another crazy scene from the colourful 1977 Japanese horror movie 'Hausu'.

Quoted: 国語として勉強する学校」から「外国語として習う学校」に移ってから2ヶ月。いろいろ目から鱗なことがあって、面白い。
そこでつらつら考えるに、ニッポンの「国語なんたら審議会」には刺客を送り込まれ、全国の国語の先生たちからはカミソリを送られてきそうなことなのだが、「国家百年の計」を考えると、ここでおもいっきり、日

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Quoted: JBOX.com is a magical place where you can find hundreds of Japanese toys, candy, magazines, Japanese study aids, and much more. Come and see all the great items we have for you.

Quoted: JBOX.com is a magical place where you can find hundreds of Japanese toys, candy, magazines, Japanese study aids, and much more. Come and see all the great items we have for you.

Quoted: Fighting heroically to the end while looking good was what it was all about, even if the end turned out to be seppuku — ritual suicide — one way to avoid humiliation or assuage shame. Regardless, arms and armor of suitable grandeur and efficiency were required, and it was by meeting these requirements that generations of artisans helped shape the defining opposition of centuries of Japanese aesthetics: utter, even hermetic simplicity versus off-the-charts ostentation.

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oh, japan

From the online issue of The Atlantic, introduction to a whole 'nother type of haute cuisine.

Quoted: The non-Japanese-speaking traveler lucky enough to wind up in a really good kaiseki restaurant thus faces a twofold problem: not only does he lack the words to understand what the food is, he lacks the words to understand what the food means.