Shinigami ( japanese) a god of death often seen only by people who are dying/near death Scanslation ( english slang) manga that has been translated by fans, and then the translations added to scans made of the original manga. the unusual design of the bottle, allows for the soda to be consumed without the marble falling to the bottom of the bottle, or out the top. Ramune ( japanese) a light citrus-like soda packaged in very unusual bottles (they look somewhat like alien-heads) and have a glass marble stopper. often come with furoku and zen-in offers. usually have 10 or so different stories each issue, or chapters from ongoing stories. Phonebook ( english slang) refers to the large manga collection magazines in japan (ribon, shonen jump, sho-comi) that are literally, the size of phonebooks from mid-sized cities. OVA ( j-english) Original Video Animation Otaku ( j-english) crazed and obsessed anime fan Oniisama ( japanese) brother often used as a name for a very dear older male friend, mentor. Oneesama ( japanese) sister often used for a dear or close older female friend, mentor Mangaka ( japanese) a manga author, writer of comics Manga ( japanese) comics often published in phonebook collections, and then in individual tankoubons Lucky ( j-english) (j) used to describe oneself or a situation as particularly good, felicitous, or well, lucky Kawaii ( japanese) cute super-duper cute with sprinkles on top. Hentai ( japanese) perverted, or just something with strong sexual content (porn) Henshin ( japanese) transformation often refers to the transformation sequence that most magical-girls have Often mistaken for the english equivalent of 'yes.' however, it does not always imply agreement with whatever has been said or asked - just that the listener understands what he/she is being told. some examples include small stationary sets, stickers, card-board desk sets, shitajiki, and small playing card sets as well as bags, headkerchiefs, and buttons. generally published as text or html files.įansub ( english slang) a anime which has been subtitled by fans, rather than licensed commercially within a particular country preferably not done for profit (ie - pirating)įuroku ( japanese) a freebie usually refers to the little extras that come with manga phonebooks. generally, these folks will send out the material that fans create for the price of creating the replica (and mailing it)Įcci ( japanese) perverted or strange, usually used between friends (often jokingly) or to refer to something that isn't totally for 'mature' viewers, but still has strong (funny) sexual connotationsįanslation ( english slang) a fan text translation of original manga into english, but not a licensed version. these often come out much faster than regular vhs fansubs since you don't need to transfer back to tape after you finishĭistro ( english slang) distributor usually of fansubs, scan/fanslations or digisubs. often in DivX, RealMedia, or other compressed formats. often used to describe an innocent love relationship (boyfriend/girlfriend)ĭigisub ( english slang) a digital fansub available only electronically. often used as a question (daijobu des ka? - are you all right?)ĭaisuki ( japanese) like intensely liking.

It might be his inner feeling just before his death that is being sung in this song.Atashi ( japanese) myself female word formīishonen ( japanese) (lit.) pretty boy the super-beautiful, often gender-bending, boys of shoujo animeĬhance ( j-english) (j) used as 'here's my chance' or 'here's your chance ' similar to the original english word used, but with some variationĭaijobu ( japanese) all right okay.

He, however, committed a suicide this year. The composer of this song, leader of the band as well, Kazuhiko Kato has played a prominent role in Japanese pop music ever since. This sad ballad, whose lyric is written by a famous Japanese poet, Hachiro Sato, sings about an anxious mind of adolescence. Among such groups was the Folk Crusaders.

Young people imitated its style and many folk singers or bands appeared. American folk music was one of the most influential. In the postwar Japan, young generation had grown very fond of Western pop music. It is not traditional Japanese folk music. When we Japanese say “folk music”, we refer to western style folk music, mostly influenced by American folk or country music. It was a big hit by a group called Folk Crusaders In 1960’s. The first Japanese song I’d like to introduce in this blog is an old Japanese folk song Kanashikute Yarikirenai (Too sad to go on).

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