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According to this OP, their cat has learnt that it only gets food when the clock strikes 9 and thus has been trying to commit the "forbidden act of attempting to warp the time (to go faster), which the humankind has failed to actualize" 😂 twitter.com/MikasaLove611/…
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This OP says that his mom got a scam call from a man pretending to be him.
The scammer said that "he" got into an affair & "his wife" is demanding alimony so "he" wants her to lend him cash.
His mom answered, "MY SON! ISN'T THAT POPULAR WITH WOMEN!!" & slammed the phone down 💀 twitter.com/ghost03type/st…
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TL cleanse:
According to this OP, their cat sings while climbing up the stairs when it is in a good mood (🔊 sound on) 🎵🎶 twitter.com/nokonoko_don/s…
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🐱 CAT LOVERS!!!!!! 🐈
There's a new Japanese website called Uchinoko Maker which is basically picrew for cats (with over 200 million possible design combinations)!!!
It's free and you can use it to recreate your cats or create your dream cat! :3
Link below!
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I'm sure a lot of artists worldwide knows about Posemaniacs, but sharing in case you've never heard of it!
Posemaniacs is a royalty free pose reference that you can use on your web browser that is available in multiple languages (including English)! twitter.com/posemaniacs/st…
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He first reached stardom in 1957 when he sang the Japanese cover of the French song "Méqué méqué".
His trans feminine beauty drove people wild. Mass media called him the "Sister Boy" (シスターボーイ). Writer Yukio Mishima called Miwa, "The Beauty of Heavens" (「天上界の美」).
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CW: sexual harrassment and misgendering of trans woman
A trans female employee of PIXIV held a press conference today about her decision to sue her cis male boss also working at PIXIV for sexual harrassment.
news.livedoor.com/article/detail…
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#1 top-trending phrase right now in Japan is 出勤やだーーーーー which translates to "I DON'T WANNA GO TO WORK!!!!!" which is totally understandable
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ツイッターは日本でSNS一強って感じだと思うし、自分も入り浸ってるので離れる気はないけど、優秀なエンジニアが次々にクビにされてる今、サーバーが落ちる等のサービス障害も出てくると思うので、ツイ友の人とは連絡先・別SNSハンドルの交換をしておく事をお勧めします。
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~ THREAD OF 地味ハロウィン 2021 COSTUMES THAT MADE ME LAUGH HARD ~ twitter.com/MishimaKitan/s…
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バリ・ヒンドゥーの元日の前夜祭 (Ngrupuk) で披露される オゴオゴ (Ogoh-Ogoh) という妖怪・神様などの張りぼてがめちゃくちゃ凄いから皆に観てほしい ↓ twitter.com/MikaelDewabrat…
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I came to know Medjed because Medjed has garnered popularity in Japan since around early 2010s and has starred in 2 anime series (神々の記 & とーとつにエジプト神) both featuring various Egyptian gods ( ᐛ )
A clip from とーとつにエジプト神:
https://t.co/L450AuWVrR
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Congratulations to lovers of muscular pectorals for, uh, these mini plushies called 筋肉ッション (kinniku-sshon), a portmanteau of 筋肉 (kinniku, "mucles") and クッション (kusshon, "cushion")
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Meanwhile, in Japan...
The sentence 「ニャオハ立つな」 ("DON'T STAND UP, SPRIGATITO") has been nominated for the Most Trendy Social Media Buzzword Award 2022, signifying how many people just do not want Sprigatito to stand up in Japan 💀 twitter.com/oricon_anime_/…
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not another white person spreading misinformation about japanese language (especially queer-related terms) lmao
両性的な is "having qualities of the 2 sexes" or "hermaphroditic."
i have heard cis het JP people use this word to describe GNC folks to which i am always like :| twitter.com/ojeffery/statu…
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FYI for #PokemonScarlet players, there is now a Japanese account that seemingly belongs to Koraidon and they just post pictures of sandwiches with the noises (screech? barking?) that Koraidon emits in the Japanese game 🤣 twitter.com/Korai_sand/sta…
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✨HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!✨
アメリカの人気子供向け番組 Blue's Clues & You! で先日放映された、プライド月間の回の一部を翻訳しました！
I transcribed & translated a segment that was on Blue's Clues & You! It'll be great if you could share, especially with your queer Japanese friends!
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're someone especially in their 20s or younger, I want to say that it is completely fine to not have your shit together in your twenties no matter what the common societal discourses and media tells you that you should
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⚠️注意喚起⚠️
ここ最近、(プロアマ問わず) 日本人の絵師・アーティストを狙った乗っ取りが多発しています。特に乗っ取り後NFTや暗号資産系スパム垢に変更される事が多く見られます。
イラストを描かれる方だけではなく、その他色々な芸術活動をSNSでされている方は特に気を付けてください。
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THIS YEAR'S 地味ハロウィン ("Mundane Halloween") IS UPON US AND I'M GONNA POST SOME HILARIOUS ONES I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW 🤣 twitter.com/MishimaKitan/s…
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I'm sure most people know it by now, but Boys Run The Riot is about a young trans man in Japan!
It's so wonderful to see a work of Japanese trans author being brought to English-speaking world by an entirely trans and/or nonbinary team!!! 🏳️⚧️💖✨
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Honestly, I'm not very knowledgeable about the gaming industry and I didn't know Kotaro Uchikoshi (@Uchikoshi_Eng) until now.
But it gives me hope (as a JP nonbinary person) to see him (an older cis JP man) defend nonbinary identity and say that nonbinary people exist in Japan. twitter.com/JohnXuandou/st…
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It creates a great deal of confusion when "hormones" written in Japanese is ホルモン and edible beef or pork offal (ie. intestines and such) are also written as ホルモン 🤣 twitter.com/WIFEMODER/stat…
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According to this news report, a driver stopped his car because he saw a shadow on the road and by the time he knew it, he was surrounded by approximately 30 tanuki.
(Neither the driver nor the group of tanuki was hurt.) twitter.com/livedoornews/s…
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