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Students in Japan get free point on entrance exam because of typo, Internet says they got off easy

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2022
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Fukushima Board of Education admits mistake, but it’s hard to imagine it made any difference.

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• Japan
• (COK • education • entrance exams • Japanese language • linguistics • schools • students)

Translation trolls Japanese Elden Ring player as he tries to unlock nighttime fortress event

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2022

Auto-translated messages are all just part of the challenge in the Dark Souls successor.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dark Souls • Elden Ring • From Software • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • video games)

Japanese expat remembers the words that changed his life when he started working in Australia

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2022

Having never left Japan before, he was worried his English wasn’t good enough, but a coworker knew just what to say.

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• Australia, Japan
• (COK • foreigners in Japan • internationalism • language • learning japanese • linguistics • moving • society • touching)

Meow’s that? 2022’s ranking of the top cat names in Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 22, 2022

For the third year in a row, this particular name takes the top spot for all felines, male or female.

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • cats • Japanese language • linguistics • names • pets • ranking • Top Ten)

American’s Japanese calligraphy gets called “cultural appropriation,” Japanese Twitter disagrees

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2022

Messages of thanks and support come flooding in for shodo beginner.

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• Japan, USA
• (calligraphy • COK • cultural appropriation • culture • internationalism • Japanese language • linguistics • shodo • society)

Passing the JLPT N1 — Here’s how I did it, so you can too!

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 11, 2022

Strategies to take down the N1 final boss.

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• Japan
• (books • Japanese books • Japanese language • jlpt • linguistics • N1 • strategies • studying • test taking • tests • tips)

Japanese karaoke rooms become live concert venues for otaku and oshikatsu

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

A place where you can dance with your idol like no one is watching.

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• Japan
• (anime • English • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • oshi • otaku • teaching English)

English for otaku – New book provides fans with skills to internationalize their oshikatsu

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2022

Because the Japanese school system isn’t going to teach them how to say “The set list is lit!”

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• Japan
• (anime • English • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • oshi • otaku • teaching English)

Japanese government now officially allowed to use question marks and exclamation points

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2022

Change is part of first update to Guidelines for Official Writing Composition in 70 years.

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• Japan
• (COK • government • Japanese language • linguistics • society • weird)

Let’s learn how to sing “Jingle Bells” in Japanese with the help of Santa Pikachu!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 25, 2021

Come for the Japanese language lesson, stay for the Japanese mythology lesson!

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• Japan
• (Christmas • culture • cute • Eevee • Japanese language • jingle bells • learning japanese • linguistics • music • Pikachu • Pokemon • Santa • Urashima Taro • video)

Japan’s Kanji of the Year announced for 2021, and it’s a familiar choice

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 14, 2021

This isn’t the first time for this character to be chosen as the representative for the year, and it probably won’t be the last either.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • linguistics)

Counting down Japan’s top five New Word of the Year rankings for 2021

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 5, 2021

The top entry is a big surprise considering how large COVID-19’s influence looms in the list.

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• Japan
• (2021 • COVID-19 • gacha • Japanese language • linguistics • maritozzo • New words • Word of the Year)

Japanese mom at seaside hospital with no visiting hours gets a beautiful get-well message

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2021

We need tissues, stat.

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• Japan
• (family • hospitals • Japanese language • kids • linguistics • moms • moving • parents • touching)

Let’s learn how to order in a Japanese yakiniku restaurant with the help of a “cookable” puzzle

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 27, 2021

Can’t tell your sotomomo from your sankakubara? This puzzle is here to help!

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• Japan
• (beef • cool • food • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • meat • puzzles • weird • yakiniku)

Japanese park’s English dog turd warning minces no words【Why does Engrish happen?】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 20, 2021

Kanji quirk leads to some harsh language in reminder to pet owners.

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • gross • Japanese language • linguistics • parks • SNJO • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

Japanese baby name app releases 2021 ranking of top ten most intriguing boy and girl baby names

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 2, 2021

App publishes a ranking of the names that got the most hits during expectant parents’ searches.

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• Japan
• (baby names • COK • Japanese language • Japanese names • kids • linguistics • name • Parenting • parents • ranking • society)

U.S. college student learns the hard way to get your Japanese kanji tattoo checked by an expert

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2021

Innocent idea doesn’t go anywhere close to how she expected.

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• Japan
• (COK • funny • Japanese language • kanji • linguistics • tattoos)

Adorable dog plushie from Japan looks 100-percent like actual dog, but nothing like you’d expect

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2021

A very cute dog that should not be confused with a pup or pooch.

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• Japan
• (clever • cute • dogs • funny • Japanese language • kanji • linguistics • plushies)

Japanese politician apologizes to prime minister for calling wife’s cooking “Hiroshima-yaki”

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2021

Hiroshima foodies find it an unsavory name for their savory pancakes.

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• Japan
• (food • funny • Hiroshima • Japanese language • linguistics • okonomiyaki • Osaka • politicians • politics)

Japanese netizens give their thoughts on how English has changed the meaning of “senpai”

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 12, 2021

The new usage has even made Japanese news.

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• Japan
• (english language • funny • Japanese language • language • linguistics • senpai)

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