闇弱
Basically, “stupid and weak-willed” or “unable to understand the reasoning of things”
I found it interesting that I couldn’t find definitions in most JP-EN dictionaries, but there were a few JP-JP ones, such as スーパー大辞林 and 日本国語大辞典, that gave a definition for this.
Yeah, I may have rewatched a particular scene from NGNL somewhat recently…
You could suggest it as a new entry for EDICT if you like. It having an entry in Daijirin should be good enough as a reference to back having an entry, I think.
Yah, I was gonna say. I went through roughly the same process. 
「パーシーの爪のあかでも煎じて飲みなさい！」
Not a word but a phrase. Apparently if you drink a tea made from someones nail clippings you’ll become more like them? Definitely did expect this from a children’s novel.
Even worse, it’s the dirt buildup from under the nail that you’re supposed to boil 
When you put it that way why does that actually make sense though? If your drink the tea of the essence of their hard work you’ll learn from their experiences.
The level of optimism in this message is making even me stare in awe 
しそうのうろう = periodontitis (歯槽膿漏). I understand Kanji, but written in Kana makes things harder (even if in context with 歯).
ホーロー = enamelware (琺瑯, not that Kanji helps). 琺瑯質 is エナメル質 (tooth enamel).
絵具 and 顔料 => both are pigments / paint
Though I’m pretty sure 顔料 is the powdered pigment while 絵具 is paint in a tube.
Hey y’all! Do you know what day it is?
It’s the ante-monthiversary of me going to Japan! Yaaaay! pachi-pachi-pachi-pachi
I am Supes McCited, as they say across the pond, and of course I’m doing my best to expose myself to all things Japanous.
I’ve also been watching Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshi-tan-tan. It’s a show about a deer called Shikanoko and her friend Koshi-tan.
This show has been very helpful to me; I’m planning to take a day trip to Nara on my next trip, and I now feel that I have a much better understanding of what it means to be deer.
てぇてぇ is an online slang version of 尊い, roughly meaning “precious”.
Also, not exactly a new word to me, but one that I was surprised to see in Japanese: プロギング. I came across it on Runnet while looking into what races will be on while I’m in the country.
plogg(n)ing is a Swedish word combining plockning (“picking up”) and jogg(n)ing (“jogging”), with the idea being that you go for a run and pick up trash while you’re out. I didn’t realize it has spread, but it appears there are plogg(n)ing groups all over the world now.
[The n is optional, both in *jogg(n)ing) and plogg(n)ing.]
My next Japan trip is now just over two weeks away, and I’m torn between wanting time to fly by until then and wishing that I had more time to brush up on my Japanese. Unfortunately, work is keeping me fairly busy and tired, but I’m trying to spend a lot of time on listening exercises, as well as watching videos without subtitles.
Not much to say about the show this time, except that I was very confused by the phrase YOSOUGAIJINBUTSU, because I parsed it as 予想 + 外人物, rather than 予想外 + 人物.
(“Shouldn’t that say ‘expected visitors’?”)
Recently, I reached a part of the game where instead of being attacked by women, I’ve been getting attacked by taxi cabs, referred to as イエローキャブ. Oddly enough, my flirtation-themed attacks still worked on them …
After successfully getting some of these taxi cabs to fall in love with me, it was revealed that they were actually people (mostly women) who had “done ♥♥♥” with gaijin.
I found this absurd plot line quite hilarious. After looking into it, it appears that this is actually a cultural reference that I had been oblivious of, but which would probably have been obvious to Japanese people playing the game in 1995.
It turns out that イエローキャブ is “a disparaging term for Japanese women who travel overseas or to foreign enclaves in Japan seeking to meet foreign men”.
This make this portion of the game all the more relevant for those interested in Japanese language and culture, but it does make it more problematic, which is why I’ve decided to put it behind a content warning. However, for those undeterred, the history behind this term is honestly quite fascinating.
Oh, an in case you’re wondering: I was able to break the curse.
This seems like rather a useful word. Literally, it translates to something like “without inquiring/caring about”.
It can be used in phrases such as:
It seems that 不問 has a similar meaning, but is perhaps used a bit differently. (I’m not quite sure, hence it not being on my list of words I’ve learned.)
I learned these words from the video above. Do yourself a favor and watch it … or at least the kids part, starting just after the 6 minute mark; it’s adorable.
Pressuring somebody with bullets is kind of oppressive, yeah.
Hedgehog: ハリネズミ Needle mouse
Only if they say “You’re being oppressed right now, no cap frfr”.
I’m amused by the seemingly same expression having different meanings in different languages.
JP: 棚に上げる = to shut one’s eyes to (one’s own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see. (From the expression: 自分のことは棚に上げる = to ignore one’s own shortcomings)
EN: putting (something) on the shelf = to delay something or put it on hiatus
Norwegian: legge noe på hylla = to quit (soccer career, project, etc)
We also have 棚上げ which is similar to the EN one above. But for 棚上げ and 棚に上げる to be so different, I can’t help but shake my head, haha.
JP: 棚上げ = shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); putting on hold
