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[JP/EN Localization Job Alert]
Cygames, Inc. (JP game studio known for titles like Granblue Fantasy, Shadowverse, & Uma Musume Pretty Derby) has opened up a position for full-time JP/EN localizer (with visa support availble) at their Tokyo office!
More info ↓
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頑張って! (Ganbatte!) can be interpreted as "You can do it!" or "Work harder!" (in encouragement) but you're usually saything this to others who seem to need a pep talk.
& it's one of the phrases the JP government advises NOT to say to people with depression/suicidal ideation 🧵 twitter.com/japanese_lunch…
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We are already starting to see consequences of framing monkeypox as a something that only effects queer men.
MONKEYPOX CAN BE TRANSMITTED BY EVERYONE. twitter.com/EnemyInAState/…
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This is a really important point from @wouldhaus.
The term 弔い合戦 (tomurai gassen, "battle to avenge somebody's death") is trending on JP Twitter right now with many people worried that this will give LDP a landslide victory for the election IN 2 DAYS.
twitter.com/wouldhaus/stat…
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~ Potentially useful JP fact ~
In Japanese slang アンモニャイト ("anmonyaite") refers to the instance where cats roll up like the pictured form and they look like an ammonite, the extinct marine mollusk creature. twitter.com/monamofumofu/s…
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~ Potentially useful JP fact ~
It will never not be funny to me that uvula (the thing at the back of your throat) is のどちんこ (nodo chinko) in Japanese, which translates to "throat dick" 💀
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~ JP Pun Explainer: Xmas Ver.~
In the last hour, メリークルシミマス (Merry Kurushimimasu) became a trending topic in JP Twitter.
It means "Merry I-will-be-suffering" & was posted by people harboring bitter sentiments about Christmas, not in a religious way, however.
Continued↓
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i am speechless at the sigh of this gigantic shumai (watch it until the end)!!! :o twitter.com/muyami2525/sta…
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[Thread Rerun]
~ Queer JP historical fact ~
On the oldest surviving JP dictionary written around 934 CE (十巻本和名抄), there is an entry called 半月 ("haniwari")
The entry talks about a kind of person whose body was male for half of the month and female for another half 🌓
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Bless this lady for starting her fashion exploration in her sixties and enjoying her journey now as a 71-year-old 💗✨ twitter.com/deava0/status/…
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a very skilled wire technician, hard at work!!!
twitter.com/TheBest_Viral/…
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TW: transphobia
Currently, トランス女性 (JP word for "trans women") is a top trending topic in JP Twitter.
I advise all trans & nonbinary people to stay away from clicking it because most of the tweets on that topic are transphobic tirades about trans women in women's bathroom.
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🏳️⚧️ PLS RT AND/OR DON4TE 🏳️⚧️
Transgender Japan is an activist organization working to achieve human rights of trans people in Japan. They've started crowdfunding for this year's Tokyo Trans March!
It'll be great if you can share this info and/or don4te to their g0al!!! Thank you! twitter.com/TransMarch2021…
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Anyway, Japanese users seem to also be scrambling around to find the next social media to move to with current trending topics including Twitterサ終 ("Twitter's end of service"), Twitter離れ ("(People) leaving Twitter behind"), and クソ仕様 ("Shit ass system spec")
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If you're at San Diego Comicon, make sure to check out the Boys Run The Riot exhibition!!! 💖✨
The author, Keito Gaku, is a trans man and the English edition was localized, edited, and lettered entirely by a team of trans and/or nonbinary people! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ twitter.com/AniTrendz/stat…
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I'm losing it right now because the caption is like, "Good morning, with an Ophelia-esque capybara." 💀 twitter.com/capybaracamera…
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everyone please look at this frog artwork by Japanese painter Itō Jakuchū (2 March 1716 – 27 October 1800) that was created in 1790 twitter.com/washoking/stat…
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~ Potentially useful JP fact ~
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This guy specifically has a name in Japanese & the name is たかざわじゅんすけ (Takazawa Junsuke), a name commonly identified as a male.
Note:
Takazawa = family name & Junsuke =name because it's written in typical Japanese name form. twitter.com/lovesickdoe/st…
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Meanwhile in Japan...
In an unexpected turn of events, Kumamoto Castle (a historical castle originally built in 1607) will have its own anime (?) where it is the protagonist and will also transform into a robot (???) according to the official account below ↓ twitter.com/kumamoto_castl…
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🏳️🌈 GREAT NEWS FOR QUEER LITERATURE FANS!!!
University of Michigan Press released "Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature" edited by Stephen D. Miller!
The book contains literature pieces about male-to-male love, intimacy, & sexy things translated into English!
Links! ↓
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~Potentially useful JP fact~
Assuming that you don't know this already, in Japanese "transgender" =トランスジェンダー (toransujendah) & "trans" =トランス (toransu).
Nonbinary = ノンバイナリー (nonbainaree).
Not all but many LGBTQ+ terms in Japanese are loanwords from English.
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EVERYONE STOP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND LOOK AT THESE SHARK MEASURING TAPES FROM TAKARA TOMY
AND THIS SERIES IS TITLED サメジャー (SAMÉJAH) BECAUSE サメ (SAMÉ) IS SHARK AND メジャー (MÉJAH) IS A WAY TO REFER TO MEASURING TAPES IN JAPANESE 🦈🦈🦈🦈
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ここ24時間で起こった電撃解雇に関しては米連邦法とカリフォルニア州法に違反するとして既に米ツイッター本社に対して集団訴訟 [Cornet v. Twitter (N.D. CA, Docket No. 22-cv-06857)] が起こっていて、今後も波乱が続く様子。 twitter.com/livedoornews/s…
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I just found out that between 1845 to 1846, Utagawa Kuniyoshi created this print of an anthropomorphized corn with long hair performing Kagamijishi (a Kabuki piece) and I like how heavy metal this corn-person looks 🤘🌽
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