A Sheep, a Halberd, and a Polite Society Walk into a Bar... Let's talk about 儀 (gi): the kanji that shows up overdressed to a sword fight and still gets complimented on its bow. This dapper character combines 亻 (a person) with the kanji 義, which, stay with me, is a sheep

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The Mask of the Rising Sun: When Foreign Nationalists Pretend to Be Japanese Over the past few years, a curious trend has emerged across X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, and YouTube comment threads: accounts claiming to be Japanese, speaking in awkward or stilted Japanese, posting

外国の極右が「日本人」を演じる時代 ― SNS上に広がる“日本人なりすまし”現象

外国极右势力戴上“日本面具”的时代 近几年，在 X（原 Twitter）、Reddit 以及 YouTube 评论区中，出现了越来越多自称“日本人”的账号。 这些账号使用生硬、奇怪的日语发布排外、反移民的言论，指责“外国人犯罪”“日本社会被外国人破坏”。

趣 – The Kinkiest Kanji You've Ever Collected Let's talk 趣 (shu, omomuki), the kanji for interest, taste, vibe, and (depending on the day) fetish. But before 趣 got cozy with stamp collecting and niche obsessions, it had blood on its hands. Literally. At the core of 趣 is 取

Spit, Soil, and the Art of Cultivation 培 (bai) is a kanji that, like any good gardener, knows the value of dirt and the power of well-placed phlegm. Let's get our hands muddy. At first glance, 培 looks harmless: you've got 土 (tsuchi, earth), which screams "I do gardening!"

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The Kanji That’ll Stretch Your Noodles and Your Patience: 伸 Ever tried stretching udon dough with your bare hands until it looks like a jump rope for giants? That’s the visual energy of 伸 (nobu / shin). On the left, we have 亻: a person, hopefully still standing. On the right,

That summary is misleading. The Netherlands isn't "returning" Nexperia to China. And it couldn't even if it wanted to. There are two separate layers of control at play: - Political control through the ministerial (Vifo) order, and - Judicial control through the Enterprise

The King Who Mastered the Art of Damp Diplomacy: 沾 Say hello to 沾 (romaji: uruou, though let’s be honest, only ancient poets and bonus‑chapter nerds ever say it out loud). This rare kanji means “to moisten” or “to touch lightly”: like the kind of poetic contact between spring

Thus Spoke the Axe and the Sieve: 斯, the Separator of Stuff and Sentences Behold 斯 (ka): a kanji forged from a philosophical axe fight. On one side: 斤, the axe: pure blunt force. On the other: 其, a square sieve once used to separate grain from husk. Together, they form a

That is not an argument; it's a premise that ignores facts and norms. Fact: a serving consul publicly wrote a death threat toward the leader of the host country. That is not "admonishment," it is a violent statement that any professional diplomatic service treats as a red line.

Let's be precise. Japan has already extracted what it wanted from this incident. - A public acknowledgment from Beijing, however defensive. - An implicit admission that the Osaka consul's post was a personal statement. Not an official one. - International confirmation that China