I move between two languages on a daily basis, English and Japanese. When I say that I “move between” these two languages, I mean that I dive into conversations, jokes, sarcasms, criticisms, small-talk and office politics in both languages throughout the day. I am surrounded by others who do the same. I am also surrounded [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Communication Studies, Japanicity
| Tags: Aimai, Communication, Efficiency, Foreigner, How to, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, Language, Learning, Study, working in Japan |
Image from WikipediaThe following is an original translation of the late counterculture essayist/novelist, Ramo Nakajima and comes from his book “Shiritori Essays.” “Shiritori” is a Japanese word-game where one after saying a word begins the next word with the last letter of the preceding word. For example, if I say “tree,” you may say “eat” [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Japanese Translations
| Tags: 1970s, George Romero, Horror, Japan, Japanese counterculture, Japanese culture, Japanese Translation, Japanese Writers, Lucio Fulci, Ramo Nakajima, Subculture, surreal, voodoo, Wade Davis, Zombie |
March 31, 2008 – 12:20 pm
It seems that Slavoj Zizek’s book “How to Read Lacan” is a wonderful starting point for both students of Zizek and, of course, for new students of Jacques Lacan. At least in my case it has provided a graspable yet engaging starting point for my study of both of these thinkers. I have stumbled through [...]
By jgrefe
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Posted in Communication Studies
| Tags: Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, How to Read Lacan, Jacques Lacan, Japan, Japanese culture, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Slavoj Zizek, The big Other, The Triad of the Real |
March 29, 2008 – 12:44 pm
Every year in Japan there is a vote for the most popular new word. In 2007, the word of the year was “KY,” which stands for “Kuuki wo Yomenai,” literally translated into English means: “Air read cannot.” This calls for an adaptation and through this adaptation, it can be translated as: “One who cannot read [...]
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