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03/03/2014

くどくない？ http://gakuu.com/too-much-kudoi/

Too Much – くどいOnFebruary 18, 2014inSlang, Vocabularyあなたの周りにくどい人いますか？ 例えば会社の上司とか、先輩とか。同じ事を繰り返して話したり、ネチネチと嫌な事を言い続けたりする、ずっと一緒にいたくないタイプの人。英語で言うとくどいの意味は、過剰（too much, excessive, goes too far) とか、口うるさい（nagging) とかそんな感じです。 良い意味では使われませんね。人に対してだけではなく、物や食べ物に対しても使えます。例えば食べ物に対してはこんな風に使います。That's not all! Log in…

03/03/2014

Me and Her! Fangirls! http://gakuu.com/me-her-fangirls-miiha/

Me? Her? Fangirls! – ミーハーOnFebruary 25, 2014inReading, Signs, Slang, VocabularyDon’t look now! It’s the Me-Her girls! The what girls? Say it with me – the Me-Har girls. You’ve got it! ミーハー女子. But what does it mean?The image above is from a プリクラ machine. You’ve heard of them, surely? プリクラ is short fo...

03/03/2014

パツパツパンツ！？　http://gakuu.com/tight-patsupatsu/

Tight – パツパツOnMarch 4, 2014inOnomatopoeia / Mimesis, Vocabulary日本人の会話の中で「ぱつぱつ/ぱっつんぱっつん」って聞いたことありませんか？？ Have you ever heard of ぱつぱつ/ぱっつんぱっつん in conversation with Japanese people?意味は、タイトやきつい、何かが張り裂けそうな様子を表しています。 The meaning of ぱつぱつ/ぱっつんぱっつん is ‘tight’, ‘hard’ or something that looks like it might spli...

12/02/2014

All about Japanese Honorifics http://gakuu.com/japanese-honorifics/

Japanese HonorificsOnFebruary 11, 2014inArticles, Reading‘Honorific’ is a linguistic term referring to titles added to a person’s name. In Japanese, the vast majority of these are suffixes. You’ve likely have heard one or two in movies: ‘Daniel-san’ and ‘Miyagi-sensei’ spring to mind. Honorifics are...

28/01/2014

Are you ready to test your True Love with this special bra? http://gakuu.com/japanese-true-love-tester-bra/

Japanese True Love Tester BraOnJanuary 28, 2014inAdverts, ReadingA little bit racy this post, but if you were able to handle the Condom Word Play frivolities, you’ll enjoy this one. In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Japanese lingerie maker Ravijour is holding its ‘Mood Up’ campaign and has com...

28/01/2014

The Chubbiness Idol GroupOnJanuary 21, 2014inAdverts, ReadingDo you have a フェッチ? If it’s for cute, chubby girls, then this is the lesson for you! In response to the rising popularity of AKB48 and other local idol groups in Japan, a niche collection of girls have popped up aiming to win the hearts an...

28/01/2014

No More Hold-Ups! A little word play http://gakuu.com/no-more-hold-ups/

No More Hold-Ups!OnJanuary 14, 2014inAdverts, Readingもう改札で止まらない！ So goes the catchy line in this advert featuring the pudgy, bulging yurukyara character that is Tokyu’s ‘Noru-run’. The picture speaks a thousand words, but can you figure out the Japanese? It’s quite clever!What exactly is のるるん? And w...

05/11/2013

New post! Ama, Japanese female divers. http://gakuu.com/japanese-female-divers-ama/

Japanese Female Divers – 海女OnNovember 6, 2013inUnusual, VocabularyHere’s word rich in culture that’s quite unusual and yet very memorable. Ama (海女) means ‘woman of the sea’ and is used to describe the free-diving ladies of Japan’s costal regions who plunge down to the shallows in order to gather she...

04/01/2012

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Gakuu - Real Japanese - We take gritty, raw Japanese stuff and turn it into useful language learning material! Real-life content that Japanese people encounter every day, complete with native-checked explanations and

15/07/2011

My Mean Senpai (and associated cut heart!) http://gakuu.com/my-mean-senpai/

Film posters can be good sources for a quick bite of Japanese without much effort. You have a large image to help you understand context and usually a catchy phrase that shows some of the more creative uses of the language.

01/07/2011

New post! Feeling noodley? http://gakuu.com/how-do-you-like-your-noodles/

25/06/2011

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