[quote]Chushin wrote:
Who is Ryu?
And yes, I’m serious.
Never heard of him.[/quote]
I think he may be talking about this guy. From Street Fighter.
And yes, everyone pronounces his name as if he is hot pepper oil (“RA-yuu”). Even in the fucking movie.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
Who is Ryu?
And yes, I’m serious.
Never heard of him.[/quote]
I think he may be talking about this guy. From Street Fighter.
And yes, everyone pronounces his name as if he is hot pepper oil (“RA-yuu”). Even in the fucking movie.
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hate that lol
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
Way too wazatorashii.
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Gotta admit, though, that there are certain concepts that are expressed more simply and elegantly in Japanese than in English.
How would you accurately express “wazatorashii” without using six or seven words in English? I mean “forced” or “affected” come close, but they rely on context, because both English words have alternate meanings. How about “natsukashii”? You really can’t use “nostalgic”, because the word nostalgia carries the implicit sense of pain or sorrow over the loss of the past, whereas natsukashisa is a happy feeling over recollection of the past.
“Gokurousama”, “otsukaresama” and “gochisousama” are three others that don’t translate smoothly into English. I’m sure you can think of other examples. [/quote]
Genki is another extremely basic Japanese word that is so difficult to accurately translate you wonder why the word doesn’t exist in English.
I always fall back and just use the Japanese word in the case I want to express some who is in a good mood, energetic, motivated, or wearing short sleeves on a relatively cool day, haha.
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“asshole” already does exist in English.
Especially for people who behave like that before 8am.
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Lol. Hard to use that one when referring to children, though. Well…most children.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]ironliron wrote:
There’s a strange shame thing going back centuries to Samurai culture. Power is for the few, not for the many. They also have unrealistic ideals of masculinity from watching all that anime. And I think the main thing we can all agree on is the fact that the most famous Japanese man of all time, Ryu, is a White American…nuff said[/quote]
Toshiro Mifune thinks Ryu is a pussy.[/quote]
Amen.
all this asian bashing is affecting my tender mercies - I want you all to desist and appreciate those lovely small creatures that make such good cars and good food, except Sushi - you can have that shit.
srsly - stop bashing these peoples, they have feelings and make awesome computers and shit. "mericans have 'sploited them enuf, dontchathink?
stop - kthx~
[quote]Chushin wrote:
I’m tempted to ask, “What is Street Fighter,” but I don’t really want to know.
Ra-yuu, huh?
Sheesh.[/quote]
You really don’t not want to know. 
[quote]Edgy wrote:
good food, except Sushi - you can have that shit.
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Real Vikings eat raw fish.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
Lol. Hard to use that one when referring to children, though. Well…most children.
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That’s why we have the term gaki for the majority of children, and [/i]kusogaki[/i] for the exceptionally assholish ones.
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
I’m tempted to ask, “What is Street Fighter,” but I don’t really want to know.
Ra-yuu, huh?
Sheesh.[/quote]
You really don’t not want to know. :)[/quote]
Ok; I (reluctantly) admit that I am better for knowing that.
Thanks.[/quote]
…Tiger…
I remember my first summer festival in Japan.
For those who haven’t been to one, it generally involves the local portable shrine being paraded around town, lots of fried/grilled meat on sticks, beer, pretty girls in yukata (like a summer kimono), taeko drums, and dancing. They festivals range from the ginormous to the tiny.
Anyway, my town held one and as part of it, there was an outdoor concert. Lots of different music.
The highlight however was a KISS tribute band.
" I wanna lock and loll awnight, an pahty evelyday!"
[quote]spiderman739 wrote:
I remember my first summer festival in Japan.
For those who haven’t been to one, it generally involves the local portable shrine being paraded around town, lots of fried/grilled meat on sticks, beer, pretty girls in yukata (like a summer kimono), taeko drums, and dancing. They festivals range from the ginormous to the tiny.
Anyway, my town held one and as part of it, there was an outdoor concert. Lots of different music.
The highlight however was a KISS tribute band.
" I wanna lock and loll awnight, an pahty evelyday!"
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I was just telling my wife the other night, as we left our own summer matsuri, that one cultural gem that is sorely lacking from American society is the collective cultural phenomenon of the festival. I suppose because we are a blend of so many different cultures, we’ve never had the opportunity for a truly all-inclusive American cultural celebration.
Sure, we have the 4th of July, but there is no comparison. Most of our big cultural events are family events, not community ones. Except for certain sporting events in certain cities, you never just see 80% of the members of a community ALL leave their houses and gather for a mutually understood celebration.
There is really something magical about it, especially as you can be assured of meeting roughly a quarter of the people you know even in a crowd of 50,000 or more people. Crazy. Wonderful.
I’d wish for year round summer here if it weren’t so damn hot.
What’s the dynamics of business like in Japan? How does it compare to American business?
[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]Cortes wrote:
[quote]spiderman739 wrote:
I remember my first summer festival in Japan.
For those who haven’t been to one, it generally involves the local portable shrine being paraded around town, lots of fried/grilled meat on sticks, beer, pretty girls in yukata (like a summer kimono), taeko drums, and dancing. They festivals range from the ginormous to the tiny.
Anyway, my town held one and as part of it, there was an outdoor concert. Lots of different music.
The highlight however was a KISS tribute band.
" I wanna lock and loll awnight, an pahty evelyday!"
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I was just telling my wife the other night, as we left our own summer matsuri, that one cultural gem that is sorely lacking from American society is the collective cultural phenomenon of the festival. I suppose because we are a blend of so many different cultures, we’ve never had the opportunity for a truly all-inclusive American cultural celebration.
Sure, we have the 4th of July, but there is no comparison. Most of our big cultural events are family events, not community ones. Except for certain sporting events in certain cities, you never just see 80% of the members of a community ALL leave their houses and gather for a mutually understood celebration.
There is really something magical about it, especially as you can be assured of meeting roughly a quarter of the people you know even in a crowd of 50,000 or more people. Crazy. Wonderful.
I’d wish for year round summer here if it weren’t so damn hot.
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When I was a kid, the local volunteer fire hall used to hold a summer fair every year. Parade, food, games, competition with the neighboring firefighters. Pretty much everybody participated.
It wasn’t quite the same scale as the typical matsuri, I guess, but it was pretty similar in nature. [/quote]
Some of them still do that. Local churches too. A lot of the churches have stopped though because most of them were held in support of their schools, which have dropped off drastically.
[quote]Cortes wrote:
Picking up girls is super easy, too, because, by virtue of who you are, you have an excuse for every violation of decorum, and the girls can also feel relaxed because they can violate decorum, too, which has to be a huge relief to be able to do every once in a while in this society of rules, manners and propriety for every imaginable occasion.
Also, Western men are in high demand because we treat ladies MUCH better than do Japanese men, for the most part. We tend to open doors, cover meals, buy gifts, help around the house, cook and act generally more romantic than any Japanese guy would ever dream of acting. Girls just eat this stuff up. Most of them have never experienced such treatment before. Not that Japanese guys are mean or bad. Most of that stuff is just not a part of this culture, to the detriment of Japanese males and hikikomori everywhere. [/quote]
So true. This July was the second time I spend my holiday in Japan and going out and partying there is on a whole different level than europe.
I am still in contact with a couple of women I met there.
One of them is working for a very famous theater company and she is telling me exactly the same thing. Japanese men are lanky, they are not taking care of their girls, they are rude etc.
Why aren’t they adapting western values? I mean if you opened a dating business for japanese men as a “western expert” you could earn yourself a mint of money.
Cortes, with your size how easy for you is it to get chicks in Japan? Aren’t they a little bit intimidated? I had women label me as “big” although my skinny ass is barely 185 pounds.
I know I kind of disappeared on this thread… but I did want to say thanks to everyone for all the information.
[quote]LoRez wrote:
I know I kind of disappeared on this thread… but I did want to say thanks to everyone for all the information.[/quote]
Reiterated