There is always so many things to translate, and so little time. The purpose of this poll is so I can learn more what people are interested in reading. Note: I have added entries to this poll after it was initially created, so the numbers have to be understood in the context of this. Don’t… Read More »
The film “Flying Colors” (ビリギャル), released last year (2015), is about a girl who originally has no friends and horrible grades, but works hard and drastically improves her grades. The film is based on a true story, which is captured in the novel “学年ビリのギャルが1年で偏差値を40上げて慶應大学に現役合格した話” (rough translation: “The story of a last-place girl who raises her grades by… Read More »
Today when I checked my blog statistics I saw there were many people being to referred from the website novelupdates.com. This site apparently tracks ongoing translation projects for stories in various languages, so the users can read the next installment when it comes out. This was not just my two most recent stories, but looks… Read More »
I generally try to keep posts on this blog focused on Japanese culture or language, but once in a while I’ll post someting a bit off topic. This is one of those posts, but I hope you enjoy it. Actually, there is a small connection to Japan which I’ll talk about near the end. As my family and… Read More »
My family and I have decided to move from Florida, where I’ve been my entire life, to Oregon. The response I get from most people who I tell this to is: “You’ve moving to be closer to your extended family, right?” No. (Actually the opposite) “You’ve moving because of your job, right?” No. (Will be… Read More »
While trying to organize things around the house lately, I found a bunch of novels from the famous author Keigo Higashino, known for his “Galileo” series of novels which was made into a movie, as well as many others (like 白夜行) I have around 49 novels from this great author which I’m looking to sell in bulk,… Read More »
(Disclaimer: this was an April fool’s joke.) I always enjoy researching word origins of Japanese words, since you usually learn a little of history, culture, and it often helps you remember that word or its meanings. In this post I’d like to talk about the origin of the word “くるま” (kuruma) which means “car”, and… Read More »
Sometimes you just have to try something yourself to see what will happen, even if you’ve heard from people who have done it themselves. Putting ads on this blog is one such thing. I had done some research and determined that there was a chance I could make at least a few dollars a month… Read More »
Very early on in my studies of Japanese, the idea of translation from Japanese to English popped into my mind. Many times, it would appear as a watchdog, a double check on my understanding. For instance, if I just glazed over a passage which had a few words I didn’t understand, I’d say to myself… Read More »
Yesterday I had put up a review of the podcast 「ゲームモゴモゴ」 here, and I had sent a Tweet to the authors of the podcast on Twitter. Within 24 hours they had sent me a private message on Twitter, thanking me for the review as well as providing a clarification on their name. I’ll give the… Read More »