A followup to the entry about manga kissa...
In the documentary, one of the salarymen mentions パワハラ, literally translated as power harassment, or an abuse of power within a hierarchy. ハラ (hara), as you can imagine, is short for harassment. A more common term, which just about anyone who lives in Japan is bound to hear, is せクハラ (sexual harassment).
おつかれやま!!! (In romaji, "Otsukareyama!!!" In kanji, お疲れ山?)
All of my former students in Japan officially ended their school year this week, I believe. Some will return in April, others have graduat...
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Today was our last day of school before summer break, and everyone was in fine spirits, anticipating what the coming month would bring. I h...
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It was hard deciding on the first word. Should it be a word of enormous significance, a word of transcedence, a word deep in meaning? I deci...
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