Jizz in my Pants - エキ

Before I celebrate the joy that is Golden Week in Japan, here is a "quickie" (no pun intended), from a viral internet video nearly everyone has seen. I've been showing it to a few of my Japanese friends lately as well! Oh the joy of bridging cultures. Makes me wanna....


エキ = fluid = Jizz in my pants

station
駅
I was about to board the train and I...

easy
易
It's all to easy for him to...

benefit
益
I see no benefit to always...

fluid
液

epidemic
疫
The spreading epidemic of...

duty
役
It's his duty to learn some self-control! (or not eat grapes)

Clue - サイ

In the midst of studying for 一級 (and needing a break while convincing myself I'm still studying), I present my first template in months!

Clue

"It was Colonel Mustard in the Study with the... サイ？

dainty
細
Ivette, The maid.

tailor
裁
The maid's outfit.......

wife
妻
Wife to many unfortunate men, more of a black widow of sorts... Mrs. White is.

pick up
採
Prof. Plumb (C. Loyd) picking up Ms. Scarlett, cuz her car broke down

sponsor
催
Mr. Body sponsors this event by providing the weapons!

coloring
彩
hmm... err... the coloring of all the dresses all stand out quite a bit? =/

load
載
The cook's body.

bond
債
さい with this kanji can mean a "debt." Which everyone owed Mr. Body

smash
砕
"I'm sorry, I'm a bit... accident prone" - Mr. Green *smash*

property
財
"Husbands should be like clean-ex, soft, strong and disposable" - Mrs. White

disaster
災
"The only way to avoid finding yourselves on the front pages is for one of you to kill Wadsworth.... now." - Mr Body 26:34

again
再
"Mr. Body, dead, again!" - Wadsworth

cut
切
The cook....stabbed!

purification
斎
destroying the evidence (tapes burned, evidence tampered with, etc.)

superintend
宰
If anybody's superintending THIS party, it's Wadsworth.

year-end
歳
year-end... life-end?

finish
済
"That's how it could have happened..."


ritual
祭

occasion
際

kill
殺

vegetable
菜

genius
才

utmost
最

west
西

plantation
栽
Nothing doing here. I recommend rote learning 栽培 （さいばい）


RTK3:

grab
采
my apologies to any lady readers but.... it happens to the maid quite a bit.

brushwood
柴
Brushwood...matchsticks...drawing lots for partners.

fort
砦
The mansion, like an impenetrable fort(ress) after the guests have unwittingly entered.

rhinoceros
犀

memorial
偲
Lets hold a nice memorial for the "singing telegram" lady (had to slip her in here somewhere, classic scene)

my son
倅
lots of references to procreation, but no children in this movie. =(

bleaching
晒
a way to dispose of the bodies?

i wonder
哉
I wonder who really did it! REALLY.

notes: first of the year. Another fun and nostalgic movie. And a lot of さい I knew incidentally from vocab. Enjoy!

another "I'm still alive" post

Sorry, sorry, sorry. I want to do more of these, it's just a matter of time and being busy. Tokyo moves fast, and to make enough money to stay afloat and study hard every day is a full time job, plus other things I stack on that. March is also one of the BUSIEST months of the year in Japan. Blah blah excuses etc. I have a movie half-finished I'll get around to it as soon as I am able.

Remember, I take submissions if anyone wants to prepare a movie template for this blog? *cricket chirps*

Happy trails and study hard!

Happy new year!!

Hey folks, happy 2010. To make a long story short (too late) without going into a ton of detail (that's what my other blog is for) it's been a hell of a ride lately, and I haven't had any time to work on new movie templates. However, once I've caught up with my 1500+ overdue flashcards in anki and am back on track, I should have time to do more. I see this blog, while by no means immensely popular, has some people following it, so I'll do my best to help myself help you help me. =D

I think I passed jlpt2, but won't know until mid-February. =/ Either way, I have no plans on working toward jlpt1 at the moment, as I've decided it would make more sense to review what I know, improve more relevant speaking/reading skills and hopefully get a killer translation job before the year is out. How's that for new years resolutions?

JLPT got me by the balls

Sorry for no posts. The Level 2 JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) is fast approaching, now 13 days away, so I am left to the less efficient but more practical methods of rote memorization to try and cram cram cram until the test. I should continue this blog some time early next year.

If anyone would like to contribute in my stead, just let me know! :)

Star Wars セイ

A New Hope

blue+
青
R2D2

refined+
精
C3PO. He talks in quite a refined manner for a robot.

feelings
情
The 2 main Droids. They have feelings. anthropomorphism, anyone?

system
制
The system the sand-people use to process and sell scrapped droids.

focus+
省
Vader focuses on and eliminates (another meaning of this kanji) any dissidence in his ranks (famous "strangling" scene)

adjusted
斉
"She may not look like much, but I've made a lot of personal adjustments myself"

quiet
静
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

solicit
請

made in
製

life+
生
Harrison Ford risking his life to save Luke

animal sacrifice
牲
Chewie

holy
聖
The Force

west
西

politics+
政
The Empire

turn into
成

boom
盛
Death Star goes boom!

sincerity
誠

organize
整
The rebels organize and prepare their counter-strike on the Death Star.

subjugate
征
The Empire

generation
世
Anakin -> Ben -> Luke, generations of jedi

voice
声
Darth Vader's voice.

well+
井

vow
誓
Luke vows to avenge his Uncle.

year-end
歳
At the year's-end, Star Wars grossed much more than expected.

bridegroom
婿
Han Solo preparing to get it on with Leya?

departed
逝
Obi Wan Kenobi.

sex+
性

star+
星

surname+
姓
With a surname like Skywalker.... (he's gotta be a main character)

pure+
清
vader, pure evil.

correct+
正

force
勢
=D

clear up
晴


RTK 3

nifty
凄
Nifty special effects!

river pool
瀞

aglow
晟

roost
棲
Mos Eisley Canteen: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." Where scum and villainy come to roost!

nestle
栖

repose
靖
Han Solo gets frozen in Carbonite

get
貰

awakening
醒
Han Solo being un-frozen

gong* (carillon)
鉦

mackerel
鯖

nephew
甥
According to Wiki, Gorga the Hutt is Jabba's great-nephew.


This group shares a good number of readings with ショウ, all of which I've labeled with a + sign. Generally, only kanji with the "blue" or "life" radical have such a double-reading, so be careful! Also, I was expecting to use all 3 films, but I found it unnecessary.

It's alive, it's aliiiiiive!

I had a thought that now would be a good time to write in a little intercession post, and low and behold, it's been precisely 3 months to the day since I started this blog! With over a dozen movies under the belt, can I say this method has helped my ability to read and retain Japanese on-yomi? The answer is a resounding Y E S!!!

I remember reading on a forum (perhaps the RTK ones) something about how "the only good way to memorize on-yomi is through vocabulary. I couldn't disagree more! At least in my experience. For example, sometimes I have tried to remember them via cross-referencing vocab in my mind However, since they're all compounds, (2, 3, 4 characters) they are easily confused this way! If I think, ok, it's the けい from 経験... but god, which kanji was pronounced けい again?!? It can lead to lots of problems. And, as is the whole PURPOSE of the life-changing book "Remembering the Kanji," I wanted to break out of just boring, repetitous rote memorization. Yaaawwwnnn.

Some tips in execution of the method that I've worked out recently:

-Whenever you find a scene where you want to associate the image with a character, pause the movie. Watch that scene while writing the character and repeating the on-yomi to yourself 10 times or so. Remind yourself of it later, after the movie is finished.

-Don't worry about learning every character! As I've mentioned before, partial retention is all we are going for here. Naturally, some templates (lists of on-yomi groups) will contain not so memorable stories from not so memorable scenes. When the vocab comes up (I do 100+ flashcard through anki a day, myself) take a look at the template, remind yourself of the scene. Eventually, it will stick! And, as with RTK, eventually the story/movie scene will be long forgotten, whilst you retain the on-yomi!

I know this site only has a handful of followers, but for those who are trying this experiment with me, keep it up! I plan to keep this going strong as long as possible.

Over and out,

-Ben

P.S. Star Wars is next, I think. ;)