Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Kanji’ Category

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
[...]

Read Full Post »

that’s ma boy!

This word is just straight-up cute…

So the characters literally mean “grandchild’s hands”… can you guess the word?
.
.
.
.
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)

Read Full Post »

round up!

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 [...]

Read Full Post »