conqueror_of_Uranus said...

conqueror_of_Uranus at 03:03 PM JST - 28th May

I think the "Mad" part may be a mis-translation.

“狂気に捕らわれた”　"I was taken over by madness"

"I was mad" (as in angry) would look like “怒りを覚えた”

Posted in Man gets 7 years for killing sister, but is acquitted of dismembering body at 03:03 PM JST - 28th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 06:16 PM JST - 27th May

Dang! you nailed me with the 広辞苑。　一般＝generally, most commonly....

I try not to let semantics get in the way of human interaction. Most of the time, at least.

Posted in Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist? at 06:16 PM JST - 27th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 06:10 PM JST - 27th May

dang! I'm not used to the spacing on this new design.

Posted in Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist? at 06:10 PM JST - 27th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 06:08 PM JST - 27th May

外人 is not a real word. It's an abbreviation of 外国人.

Japan is full of them, even on official documents. On a drivers liscense, one might have the following abbreviaitons.

普通二輪自動車＝普自二大型けん引自動車＝けん引原動機付自転車＝原付大型特殊自動車＝大特大型第二種自動車＝大型二

Moderator: Readers, please refrain from posting too many kanji.

Posted in Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist? at 06:08 PM JST - 27th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 06:02 PM JST - 27th May

I know, it's very confusing. It took me years to wrap my head around it.

for example: 入手 means "to acquire" 手入 means "to care for, to maintain".

Posted in Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist? at 06:02 PM JST - 27th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 05:55 PM JST - 27th May

-yellowmellow

Actually, "外部の人"　would mean something more like; "someone who came from outside".

The proper term for outsiders, or people who don't belong is "部外者". Hence the warning signs on restricted areas. "部外者進入禁止"。外部 is used more as a term for the outer side of an object.

See the Japanese word…

Posted in Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist? at 05:55 PM JST - 27th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 06:26 PM JST - 26th May

Apparently these Scottish students will not be amongst the Glasgow Rangers fans who like to chant this particularly charming (and inaccurate) terrace ditty:

Nakamura ate my dog, ate my dog...

He sliced it

And diced it

And cooked it in a wok...

Nakamura ate my dog - ate my dog!…

Posted in Nakamura factor sparks Japanese language interest in Scotland at 06:26 PM JST - 26th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 05:56 PM JST - 26th May

Maybe the oar was the two paddle-one-shaft type that kayaks and outriggers use?

Posted in Man rescued as trans-Pacific solo rowboat trip fails again at 05:56 PM JST - 26th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 05:55 PM JST - 26th May

Borat must be happy.

Posted in Japan goes down to Serbia; Kazakhstan qualifies in Olympic volleyball at 05:55 PM JST - 26th May
conqueror_of_Uranus at 04:12 PM JST - 22nd May

-Medievaltimes

There is also the opposite extreme.

Parents, Mothers particularly, who through boredom or a desire to impose their dreams and aspirations onto the child become over protective and in denial of any faults their child may have.

Such mothers refuse to accept that their child is in any way…

Posted in Ryoko Yonekura to fight 'Monster Parents' at 04:12 PM JST - 22nd May