Fellow Filipinos, remember this?

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This sure is one timeless commercial, oh [in]famous Dragon Katol. The line “Dragon kung umuwsok… leymowk seyguradong teypok!”1 never gets old. So… katol.

If only she had Dragon Katol, tsk.2

Katol is the Tagalog word for mosquito coil or mosquito incense, and apparently, it was adopted from the Japanese word 蚊取 [katori], its [...]

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aka The Crazy Things You Do For Nihongo

Just added the English version of this as I write this post, with other additional side-comments. So yeah, be forewarned that this is not an exact 1:1 Japanese-english translation.

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Quite some time ago, whenever someone asks me about the best way(s) to learn Nihongo, I’m sure to give “playing Japanese games/visual novels” as a response, because, according to me, it’ll boost up both your listening and reading skills — hitting two stones with one bird! pun intended. Part of this scheme of mine is watching chinese subs, which, as my know-it-all self once said, can help clarify what’s being said (assuming the chinese translator knows what he/she is doing).

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LISTEN TO MY SPEECH

Not quite anime/manga related, but I thought I’d share this anyway. This is not the first Nihongo speech I delivered in the office, but since this is the most ‘ready for posting’, I decided to have this published first

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In a matter of days, I will be facing the toughest [language] challenge yet� the grueling JLPT1! It�s this coming December 7, and I�m soo running out of time to CRAMM!! I brushed up on my grammar and kanji (a little listening) for the past few months, though I�m not sure what percentage got retained in my poor brain (I�m crossing my fingers that my listening skills have improved since the last time x__X). I�ve become pretty confident about my grammar, but the writing/vocab section (where the �kanji exam� is) is still making me cower in fear T__T And of course, the 70% pass mark.

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The word mouryou (魍魎) is often translated as “goblin”. The translation, however, is inaccurate. 魍魎 is composed of two characters: 魍, which means “spirits of mountains and streams” and 魎, which means “spirits of trees and rocks”. Thus, 魍魎 is a term that encompasses all sorts of spirits, not just goblins. According to the Japanese [...]

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