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Scott Wilson

After getting bored with high school French, Scott came to a crossroads in life whether to study Japanese or Native American Mohawk instead. Mohawk's lack of kanji was its ultimate downfall, and Scott hasn't looked back since. After years of non-stop sweating while working as a translator in sweltering Okinawa, he moved back to his native, delightfully frigid Massachusetts to work as a private Japanese tutor. His hobbies include re-reading One Piece for the hundredth time, dreaming about Shakey's Pizza, and getting feedback on stories he's written from both his wife and cat.

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Japanese Twitter comes up with ingenious new way to eat popsicles, so we tried it out!

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 12, 2017
• Tweet

No more sticky hands or melted puddles necessary.

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• Japan
• (DIY • Garigari-kun • popsicles • summer • sweets • twitter)

W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 kanji with ironic meanings【Weird Top Five】

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 6, 2017

It would just be silly if the kanji for “strong” had “weak” in it… right?

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• Japan
• (Japanese language • kanji • learning japanese • linguistics • scotto-sensei • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)

Magazine teaches Japanese using Kemono Friends anime, Japanese netizens can’t stop laughing

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 6, 2017

And what they find funny probably isn’t what you think.

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • hiragana times • Japanese language • Kemono Friends • learning japanese • linguistics)

Los Angeles’s 2000-calorie XXXL Fatburger destroys our Japanese reporter on trip in the U.S.

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 5, 2017

What better way to remember your stay in the U.S. than with a heart attack?

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• USA
• (California • challenge • cheeseburger • FATBURGER • food • funny • Los Angeles)

Japanese Twitter artist’s cute anime girl rendition of a mosquito is so accurate it hurts

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 2, 2017

“What? It’s not like I enjoy sucking your blood or anything, baka!”

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• Japan
• (gijinka • mosquito)

Mistaking “vertical” for “horizontal” readings in Japanese can have hilarious consequences

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 1, 2017

Japanese Twitter shares some of the best “accidental misreadings” they’ve encountered.

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• Japan
• (ambiguous • funny • Japanese language • twitter)

W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 Japanese foods for people who don’t like seafood 【Weird Top Five】

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 29, 2017

There’s much more to Japanese food than just sushi and seafood.

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• Japan
• (food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • scotto-sensei • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)

Japanese quality! Antique 70-year-old battery still works great to power a modern calculator

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 27, 2017

This WWII-era battery still has what it takes to tumble with modern devices.

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• Japan
• (battery • cool • history • technology • twitter)

Test your boy’s love knowledge! Can you pick the “uke” and “seme” in each relationship?

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 26, 2017

Sometimes figuring who’s on top and who’s on bottom isn’t easy.

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• Japan
• (boys love • funny • manga • quiz • relationships)

How dirty is your mind? Find out with this innocent picture of a Japanese bunny

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 24, 2017

This bunny may need to wash your mind, it’s been in the gutter too long.

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• Japan
• (bunny • funny • optical illusion • twitter)

Meaning of life discovered using Japanese calligraphy, math, and puns

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 24, 2017

To go from “death” to “life,” it turns out all you need is “42.”

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• Internet
• (funny • Japanese language • kanji • twitter)

W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 odd ways Japanese people beat the summer heat【Weird Top Five】

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 22, 2017

Try some of these out the next time you need to cool off.

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• Japan
• (heat • scotto-sensei • summer • W.T.F. Japan • weather • Weird Top Five)

Kim Jong-un’s face on one-piece romper suit available online, because that’s the world we live in

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 18, 2017

Every Great Leader deserves equally great fashion.

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• Internet
• (clothes • fashion • funny • Getonfleek • Kim Jong-un • North Korea • romper)

Japanese Twitter can’t figure out how to wear these shoes, comes up with hilarious ideas

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 15, 2017

Apparently the line between fashion and torture device can be quite funny.

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• Japan
• (fashion • funny • high heels • pumps • twitter)

W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 most confusing Japanese compound words【Weird Top Five】

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 8, 2017

What happens when you put the kanji for “skin**” and “meat” together**? Uh, not what you think.

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• Japan
• (Japanese language • kanji • linguistics • scotto-sensei • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)

W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 hardest Japanese habits to break 【Weird Top Five】

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 1, 2017

After living in Japan for a while, chances are you’ll be handcuffed to these new habits.

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• Japan
• (culture • habits • scotto-sensei • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)

Can you answer this question for 14-year-olds from the Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad?

• Scott Wilson
  Jun 1, 2017

You’re gonna need a heavy dose of logic and probably a couple headache pills to tackle this one.

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• SE Asia
• (brain teaser • logic • puzzle • question • quiz • Singapore)

W.T.F. Japan: Top 5 nicest sounds in Japan【Weird Top Five】

• Scott Wilson
  May 25, 2017

Sounds that you just want to close your eyes and savor.

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• Japan
• (culture • scotto-sensei • sounds • W.T.F. Japan • Weird Top Five)

Cute Japanese pet snake hunts bowl of cup ramen, coils around the hearts of the Internet

• Scott Wilson
  May 25, 2017

Not sure if cute…? Nah, it’s cute.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • Instant Ramen • Noodles • pets • ramen • snakes)

Penguin that fell in love with cardboard cutout anime girl now has his own drink for sale at zoo

• Scott Wilson
  May 21, 2017

Does it taste as bittersweet as unrequited love?

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• Japan
• (cute • drinks • Kemono Friends • love • penguins • Saitama • zoo)

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