#japanese context

[bixels]

Baffled.

#personal #not art #like how do you arrive at this conclusion #what beliefs? #the man may be a total grouch but if there’s one thing he HATES it’s Japanese nationalism #Japanese nationalists famously HATE his work especially the wind rises which criticizes imperial Japan and calls out the invasion of China #don’t ask for context on the first part of the tag I’m not answering

[juliaknz]

SHOEI YOH EGAMI CLINIC, 1982 Nagasaki, Japan

#shoei yoh #japanese architecture #buildings #japan #architecture #design #architect #art #designer #archdaily #artwork #photography #juliaknz #form #material #urban #urban space #context #building #facade #architectural form

[harumichiii]

SAILOR MOON S: Episode 18 - 「芸術は愛の爆発!ちびうさの初恋」

#animeedit #sailor moon #sailormoonedit #oldanimeedit #harumichi #haruka x michiru #smedit #wlwedit #haruka tenoh #kaioh michiru #ep 107 #bssm #bssmedit #pretty guardian sailor moon #bishojo senshi sailor moon #sailor neptune #sailor uranus #michiru kaioh #tenoh haruka #HI YES THIS BLOG IS ALIVE im trying to juggle trying to make gifs for this sideblog and the other fandom one lol #i had to change some of the translation bc the context was slightly wrong... #japanese is such a hard language to translate into english sometimes #also coloring anime is so difficult sometimes im really not used to it #especially old anime haha

[svartalfhild]

Unsurprisingly, people are already being fucking weird about Mizu's gender.

Headcanons are all well and good, but maybe we shouldn't be so eager to apply modern Western gender politics and terms to a character whose identity is so tied to the time, place, and circumstances in which she exists.

Please remember that Mizu was forced to present as male for her own safety and agency. Please remember that allowing others to see her as a man and call her he/him is not a choice; it's protection; it's a means to an end. Until we see Mizu talk about her gender in further detail, that's all the context we have.

Don't project what you want to see onto her and then treat it as fact.

#Blue Eye Samurai #BES #Svar rants #also as an enby who doesn't use they it super rubs me the wrong way to see people insisting on calling her they #even if she *is* genderqueer or nonbinary (and we don't know that she is) that does not mean that they automatically applies #and if you think that it does please go back to Gender 101 do not pass go do not collect $100 #on top of that there's the whole issue of applying English pronoun politics to a Japanese speaker #like I'm begging y'all to consider cultural and historical context before y'all go gallivanting off with your readings of Mizu's gender #taking a baseball bat to a hornet's nest with this one I know but I'm Bothered

[deathberi]

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH (2024) ↳ Zack chooses to help Cloud because...?

#translator's notes at the end tags v^^ #ffvii #final fantasy vii #zack fair #marlene wallace #aerith gainsborough #ffgraphics #gamingedit #gaming #* #ff7r #final fantasy vii rebirth #final fantasy #videogameedit #dailygaming #zakkura #clerith #zerith #took the liberty to retranslate this well if you know the difference then see!!! how different it is #*ひゅひゅ* or hyu hyu is a japanese onomatopoeia thingy #theres a lot of meanings depending on the context of course but it almost all means positive #like excitement. amazement. sound of lovebirds (loool). or hot cute aww #he's telling marin something like *thats ooohhhh sooooo loveydovey sweet information huh* #marin's response was an excited tone of hyu hyu as well. and they laughed off after #anyway point is zack supporting his top loves of his life is finally shown in the game #and hopefully accepted as something entirely positive considering they all done it through marlene the purest of them all #i expected this much of his comeback like they touch on this #but still it was a bit lacking like bro really didnt get a catch up moment with the besties @-)

[marivanilla05]

Out of context dub scenes I found buried in my files

#dcmk #detective conan #conan edogawa #ran mouri #kogoro mouri #sonoko suzuki #the new dub could never #and if i remember correctly a lot of the jokes in the mountain lodge weren't from the original japanese ep #bc the scene itself was supposed to be serious #also I love the sass the VAs portray in the eng dub #as much as i love the sub i still kinda wish we still had this dub #out of context detco dub

[languagelvlup]

i'm in this really annoying cycle of intermediate japanese where i can read but it's really slow and annoying because i don't know enough kanji, and i need to read more to learn more kanji, but i don't want to read because it's really slow and annoying etc

#japanese language #japanese langblr #japanese studyblr #langblr #for context i just passed JLPT N2 but i got a really low score

[toaduskopl]

I got a folder of like 500 random comments I found from Instagram/YouTube that I thought were goofy, these are one of those commentses

#cult of the lamb #cotl #narinder #the one who waits #the lamb #cotl lamb #I genuinely dont know wtf the context was of the comment #also sorry if the random ass red dot on lamb's head bothers u #Its an easy fix but I just dont wanna bother tbh #oh but like the video where I got the comment from was just like #a normal pink aesthetic video w japanese text from what I see #it a screnshot theres only so much context I can give

[quackle]

would just like to share that emu was on japanese tv the other day. she got a lil segment. let's give her a hand and a big wonderhoy everyone :)

(link to it is here. skip to 2:01:27)

#context for it? not 100% sure but it seems like she's a huge inspiration for one of the kids who got interviewed #he seems to uplifted from her wonderhoys :) just like she would want!!! #prsk #pjsk #project sekai #colorful stage #emu otori #japanese prsk fans on twt were like ''why tf did i wake up to the sound of a wonderhoy on tv'' LOL

[fuutas-boyfriend]

funniest part about calling orekoto “john” is that there are fully japanese equivalents of john doe. like they absolutely could’ve gotten the same message across without having to rely on an american term/reference. they just really couldn’t fucking live without making a dog joke apparently

#icarus.txt #milgram #context: ‘jan’ which is what ‘john’ sounds like is the japanese equivalent of like. fido #it’s just a really common dog name #which is why both ore and mikoto brought up dogs when es mentioned the name #was it worth it. was the fido joke worth it. now we have to call him fucking JOHN

[alithographica]

HELLO???? [x]

#the jjk posting WILL continue I am not sorry #satosugu #stsg #gojo satoru #geto suguru #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk s2 #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #sort of #if anyone needs more context: #their final confrontation in this episode is set on Omoide Yokocho in Tokyo (which basically translates to Memory Lane) #people looked at the exact setting and determined that it specifically takes place in front of a KFC #thus this event becomes known as the KFC breakup #also has great significance as Gojo is aligned with the KFC (more modern) #while Geto was aligned with a more traditional Japanese restaurant (more traditional obv) #which also aligns with their split perspectives and appearances and hey I love this series

[meeko-mar]

Correct me if I'm wrong but

Friendly reminder that Katsuki Bakugou is now the only one of Izuku's friends who calls him by his given name "Izuku"...Everyone else still calls him Midoriya or Deku :')

#Which btw is major in terms of Japanese culture #Calling one by their given name is considered more intimate #and even rude or PRESUMPTUOUS in certain contexts #ITs generally only for someone you're really familiar with #so for Katsuki to go straight to calling him IZUKU #Also Izuku has always been the one referring to Katsuki as the shortened and affectionate Kacchan #PEAS IN A POD #KACCHAN AND IZUKU #my heart #Bakudeku #bkdk #just a thought #I couldn't even imagine Katsuki calling him Midoriya though #that just don't sit right #It's gotta be Izuku #At least #this is if I recall everything correctly #I reserve the right to be wrong lmao

[the-nihongo-adventure]

I love that moment in language learning when you learn a word purely through context and then it keeps coming up in almost every media you consume in that language. Every time this happens I'm like -

#my most recent example of this is the phrase あるいは #i first came across it while reading #a short story by Haruki Murakami #since then i've heard it in more than a couple of podcast episodes #i also remember coming across it in a tadoku graded reader #it's fun #to learn words in context #and getting to recognise them in various forms of media #nihongo rambles #日本語 #langblr #japanese #the joy of language learning

[kinokoshoujoart]

30 days of Harvest Moon day 15 - favorite cutscene

finished something i sketched a few months ago for this prompt, surely this is still a relevant meme … haha…ha

anyway it’s the weirdest heart event ever so it’s naturally my favorite

#you wanted other characters? um… happy rocktober! #finally showing you all the context for my profile picture #i really wonder what the scenario writers were ON for this #i wouldn’t wish the localization of this event on anyone lmao but it’s even more strange in japanese + his dialogue was left in the remake #sos awl #bokumono #story of seasons #harvest moon a wonderful life #hm awl #harvest moon #story of seasons a wonderful life #hm anwl #rock tumbling (sos) #my art #30 days of harvest moon #harvest moon another wonderful life #hmanwl #sos rock #fanart #awl pony #awl rock #yes rock took off his vest and then his sweater and then he put his vest back on and then he started sobbing and flexing at the same time #can you really say he wouldn’t #not sure whether he was trying to show compassion to the turtle by giving it his shirt or whether he just tossed it carelessly #rock x pony #rock (awl) #he’s… rockenough #barbie movie #barbie meme

[marivanilla05]

I saw a screenshot of this episode, and I was reminded that I rewatched it (and recorded some scenes) last month. Anyway, just thought some of you might want to see it.

(edit: added the tag "out of context detco dub" to all the related videos on my blog for easier searching)

#dcmk #ran mouri #conan edogawa #kogoro mouri #ran's VA absolutely destroyed me in the first scenes #and of course kogoro's VA being iconic as usual #kogoro literally being japanese taking (and flunking) a japanese class just to explain how he knew the word “king” dubwise is hilarious #like if we're talking about the dub series the characters are supposedly american? #but i know in movie 6 (at least) they're japanese? #i know its just funimation and their weird choice of localization (canadian heiji!) but i find it funny #out of context detco dub

[neversetyoufree]

Wait hold on I just noticed something really funny.

I'm sure we all remember the incredibly gay moment of Domi quoting her father at Jeanne to talk about "enjoying her beauty:"

But! I just realized that this line was changed a bit from the real de Sade quote. The real life version that's usually quoted is this: "Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite." To be really reductive, it's essentially saying "everything is about sex."

Which like. This line as written was already a lot. But so long as there was no translation weirdness, we can assume that Mochijun picked this line out for this scene based on the "sexual pleasure" version. Hello lesbians.

#I took a look at the japanese version of this scene #and as far as I can tell 'acts of pleasure' is the accurate translation of the vnc version #so I assume this was a deliberate censorship choice on mochijun's part. which. fair #can't just come out and say the word in your shonen series #also now that I'm really looking at it. I can feel an essay brewing about this quote in the context of vnc #there's some v v interesting thematic relevance going on there #both with the original and the altered version #vnc #vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #english major hours #domijeanne #domijeanne tag