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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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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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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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BANDAI is releasing まちぼうけUMA2 ("Cryptid waiting for someone to come around #2") which features a some famous cryptids around the world including this sad Mothman sitting on the ground 😭
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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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ウニは外敵から身を守るため、そしてカモフラージュのため、自然界では貝殻を使うらしい。
それを聞いた水生生物愛好家の人々が、3Dプリンターでウニ専用の帽子を作った結果がこちら ↓ twitter.com/todayyearsoldi…
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MOS Burger in Japan is releasing a limited-time menu, Tsukimi Focaccia & the ad for it features Sailor Moon.
The ad also uses a slightly changed version of Sailor Moon's iconic catch phrase:
「月見にかわって、おいしいよ」
("In the name of moon viewing, it's delicious.") 🤣
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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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Thanks to the OP for tagging me in his thread to let me know that the Japanese version of Harvestella uses the word ニュートラル ("Neutral") when the English version uses "Non-binary" for the 3rd option.
To me, this seems as a deliberate choice by the studio.
(Continued ↓) twitter.com/StarKirby/stat…
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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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英語圏のお絵かき界隈で今日流行ってるやつ ↓
目の中にデカい靴履いたアモングアス描くと悲しいアニメキャラの目を簡単に描けるとめっちゃ話題になってる twitter.com/NenekHani/stat…
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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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🐱 CAT OR DESSERT LOVERS!!! 🍮
If you go to 坂の上のネコプリン (Saka no Ue no Neko Purin) shop in Umeda, you will get serviced by a human-sized anthropomorphized cat in real life!!! 🤣 twitter.com/INUGURUI_MAN/s…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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🏳️🌈 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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[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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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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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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GET THEIR ASSES, LAWYER PIKACHU!!! twitter.com/vooksdotnet/st…
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