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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Two of the most helpful phrases I learned my first month in Japan were koko de and omochi kaeri . I needed to know them for fast food plac... -
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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