Although I still crave pizza now and then, I’ve been having a lot more Donburi cravings lately…
So, here are some Donburi-related words I found funny…
Can you guess the ingredients?
First, in the top-left, is parent-child donburi (oyakodon)
The second one is called ‘tanindon’, or, ’stranger donburi’
And while you’re thinking, here’s a nutty vid from ニコニコ動画
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Archive for the ‘Kanji’ Category
Just because I’m hungry…
Posted in Japan, Kanji, tagged donburi, 親子丼, oyakodon, tanindon, 他人丼 on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
that’s ma boy!
Posted in Japanese, Kanji on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This word is just straight-up cute…
So the characters literally mean “grandchild’s hands”… can you guess the word?
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It means ‘backscratcher’…
Now I’m just not sure if that’s simply really cute or if someone should be reporting it to child welfare :o)
round up!
Posted in Japanese, Kanji, tagged rounding, 四捨五入 on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was thinking that if I come across kanji (compounds) I like, I might as well post some instead of secretly emailing them to friends :o)
Well, let’s start with:
It means “round (up)”…
so, why is that interesting? Well, it’s basically an abbreviated 4-step algorithm: the kanji, in order, are:
four, discard, five, enter
There’s just something terribly geeky [...]

