Japanese 101: Ningen

February 13, 2012 in japanese

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Japanese is a beautiful language. In fact, to not see wordplay and double-entendres is more of an oddity. If you’ve been fortunate enough to see Bakemonogatari or Nisemonogatari, word puns fly all over the place. To start this new segment I’m calling “Japanese 101,” so you can connect with the shows you’re watching a bit better. Since I studied Japanese like any other anime addict (until japanese 4), I wanted to share my knowledge with you! Lucky for me, I still remember my kana (phonetic characters) and most of my basic kanji (pictographic symbols), and still read my japanese books often. But enough about me! On to our new vocab word! Read the rest of this entry →