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!

Beetlejuice シュ

"シュ Beetlejuice, shoo!"


particularly
殊
The Deitz's are particularly hellbent on remodeling the house.

hunt
狩
Sandworms hunt people. Beetlejuice hunts suckers.

take
取
Take a number and sit down... 5,440,003

neck
首
Juno, the caseworker, has a gaping hole in her neck!

discipline
修
The Maitland's must learn discipline to haunt properly! (the bedsheets scene)

species
種
What species IS Beetlejuice?

gist
趣
The Maitland's try to scare 'em, and the Deitz's got the gist... of the CALYPSO!

guard
守
Beetlejuice is here to help guard the house?.... (by turning into a snake)

vermilion
朱
"Dante's Inferno" [Otho's little chant also beings with "Hands vermilion"]

masses
衆
The masses of dead-people who go through that after-life office.... like the football players.

pearl
珠
pearly-white eyeballs... on fingers...


lord
主

hand
手

sake
酒

RTK3

tumor
腫

holly
柊
imagine every tree in Adam's model is a holly tree.

advise
諏
Lydia advises against the use of sheets to scare the Deitz's.

Anchorman ジョウ

Anchorman

"The name of the show is Anchorman, not Anchor lady! 嬢 And that's a scientific fact!"

ジョウ

brew
醸
"I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch."

surplus
剰
They must have had a real surplus of scotch on the set when they filmed this!

lass
嬢
Ron says: "I usually don't do this but... you have an absolutely amazing heinie. I wanna be friends with it."

defer
譲
...but Veronica won't defer to his wishes. :*(

steam
蒸
steam -> steamy -> SEX PANTHER.

twig
条
"STOP CALLING YOUR ARMS GUNS!"

determine
定
Ron is utterly determined to get in Veronica's pants.

lock
錠
But she tries to keep him locked out.

turn into
成
Ron turns a flute into a flame thrower.

castle
城
"Oh, I'm storming your castle on my steed, m'lady"

quiet
静
Ron can't keep quiet, and announces his relationship on the air.

ride
乗
The scene with Jack Johnson. "WHAT THE HELL BRO..... YEA, WELL NOW THIS IS HAPPENIN."

feelings
情
"I'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTION"

boom
盛
The station experiences a boom in popularity when Veronica takes over

lot
壌
The epic fight scene in the parking lot

clean
浄
They don't keep the fight clean. or. "Go f*ck yourself, San Diego"

length
丈
The length of Ron's beard during his "depression"

usual
常
"You stay classy, San Diego"

location
場
San Diego.

above
上
No one above Ron.

tatami mat
畳
Imagine how well Ron would do in Japan. Sitting traditionally on a Tatami mat.

superfluous
冗
EVERYTHING Ron Burgandy says.

straw rope
縄
Since this is the kanji for the なわ in Okinawa, I imagine Ron Burgandy enjoying a tropical vacation there.

status quo
状
Ron IS the status quo.


RTK3

commotion
擾

mushroom
茸

cane
杖
Ron's weapon of choice in gang fights.

bumper crop
穣

helping hand
丞


Notes: I picked something as far removed from Indiana Jones as possible to avoid confusion between ショウ and ジョウ (although of course the former can become the latter when it's the second-half of a vocabulary word - but lets not worry about that eh!)

Borat - ジュウ

Borat

ジュウ

"In my country, there is problem, and that problem, is the ジュウ"

accompany
従
Borat's agent, accompanying him.

vertical
縦
This was the hardest one. Perhaps the bear vertically pushing himself out of the truck window, or Borat's height - he stands vertically on purpose, so his head is cut-off mid-interview.

allot
充
America won't allot Borat a wife, a gun, or a license.

gun
銃
the "town kindergarten," or, "which gun is best for to kill a Jew?"

ten
十

dwell
住

tender
柔
Borat's tender affection for Pamela..... or his manager (eewwww)

heavy
重
Borat makes light of some really heavy topics, getting various reactions. "I'm retired" "You are retard? Physical or mental.... it so nice you let him eat with you"

animal
獣
The beginning of the movie (animals running around everyone in Kazikstan), or where he lets loose a live animal on the subway!

astringent
渋
The taste of his manager's.... ahem... .yea that scene. (wish I could unsee it!)

soup
汁
The dinner scene in the south. "In my country, they would go crazy for you two... her not so much."

pick up
拾
The scene where Borat picks up Pamela Anderson, literally! (Or, his hitchhiking adventure)

RTK 3:

Carpet Yarn
絨
That scene i wish I could unsee... they are rolling around fighting on the carpet....

X
什
This movie should have been rated X!

Quick and easy! And funnier than I remembered it. Entries like 十 and 住 don't need stories, because I already know them from vocab. Next, finish up the Indy trilogy.

Ghostbusters キ

キ 53 characters.

"I am the キmaster... are you the gatekeeper?"

how many
幾
How many ghosts are there in this movie? How many people get marshmellowed?

strange
奇
Egon is the epitome of strange.
Venkman: "This reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head"
Egon: "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me."

draw near
寄
As slimer draws near, Venkman really should have moved. Eww!

equestrian
騎
I thought there was nothing remotely equestrian (related to horse riding) in this movie, but one scene with Rick Moranis talking to a horse comes close!

mechanism
機
The traps, the zappers, this movie is loaded with awesome mechanisms.

spirit
気
I ain't 'fraid of no ghost!....or spirit!

vapor
汽
"At noon, 10 people witnessed a free floating full torso vaporous apparition!" - Ray, about the library ghost. Or you can think of vapor as dry ice, one of the most overused special effect of the 80s, and this movie is no exception.

desk
机
Venkman giving the poor guy with the fro electric shocks from across the wooden desk. or the secretary's desk in the GBs HQ.

hungry
飢
Slimer is always hungry!

previously
既
The GBs get kicked out of their previous college facilities. So, they take a previously run-down firehouse and turn it into HQ!

hope
希
Sygounrney Weaver hopes that the ghostbusters can help her!

standard
規
The GB's set the standard for "paranormal elimination" in NYC

dangerous
危
Don't cross the streams! It's too dangerous!!!

scribe
記
Janine Melnintz, the secretary, is a memorable scribe. I think of that scene where Egon pops out from under her desk. *AHEM*

self
己
Ray: "We really haven't had a successful test of this equipment
Egon: "I blame myself."
Venkman: "So do I."

rouse
起
The scene where Ray is roused from his sleep by a female ghost undoing his belt... I don't seem to remember that from when I was a kid, hmm...

chronicle
紀
Chronicle sounds like the name of a newspaper, so, the various newpaper headlines involving GBs that pop up during the montage.

mourning
忌
When Bill Murray thinks his girlfriend his dead (And doesn't know she is alive inside a crumbling shell of a statue)

national flag
旗
I imagine the national flag of zuul looks something like this.

chess piece
棋
Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis play characters who are used like chess pieces: the keymaster and the gatekeeper.

fundamentals
基
The fundamentals of ghostbusting: aim steady, set the trap and don't cross the streams!

period
期
Both Moranis and Weaver's characters (keymaster and gatekeeper) are possessed for a period of time in this movie.

branch off
岐
Venkman's expertise branches off into many fields, but mostly ghostbusting and lady killing.

brandish
揮
The GB's brandishing their badass zappers.

radiance
輝
This could reference many of the paranormal scenes of the movie... when Sigourney Weaver's characters sees the radiant light behind her door.

abandon
棄
The GBs are forced to abandon operations when they get arrested!

seasons
季
This kanji reminds of me of changes in weather, so I think of the dark clouds, storms and all around hell-breaking-loose weather that comes when Zuul is in season.

undertake
企
The GB's undertaking their first case, in the hotel.

homecoming
帰
The end of the movie.

precious
貴
Dr. Venkman, in the beginning of the movie, is loathe to collect the precious ectoplasm. "Somebody blows their nose and you wanna keep it?"

rut
軌
The GBs are in a "rut" when they are overloaded with work.

rejoice
喜
All of NYC rejoices when the Stay Puff Marshmellow Man is defeated!

utensil
器
utensil... this kanji is also used for weaponry. Hence, the GBs zappers (or protoplasm emitters if you prefer)

ghost
鬼
I ain't afraid of no ghost!

tortoise
亀
It just doesn't fit the flick, so, I imagine some kind of funky tortoise ghost, maybe Slimer's 2nd cousin twice removed...

pray
祈
when the catholic priest shows up in the mayor's office! "I'm not gonna call a press conference and tell everyone to start praying."


**RTK3**

break 毀
overjoyed 嬉
hollyhock 葵
glitter 暉
zelkova 槻
rocky beach 磯
sparse 稀
peep 稀
winnowing fan 箕
ornate 綺
kneel 跪
tuna 鮪
fish fin 鰭
giraffe 麒
capital suburbs 畿
stalwart 毅
cheer 煕

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Notes: As you may have already noticed, I've added lists of kanji from Remember the Kanji 3 (an expansion of the first book with another 1000 characters) that match my on-yomi groups. My plan is to go back and make stories for them, most likely next year after I've learned them sufficiently. It will also be a good chance to review my old templates.

Notable, recurring correlations: 己、棋 (right side)、奇。This template is much more random than some previous ones.

This movie is just plain fun. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did, (if not for studying, than for the nostalgia!) I'm a busy man, but I'm trying to generally update once a week. See you next time...

South Park - Season 2 Episode 2:"Cartman's Mom is still a Dirty Sl*t" - エイ

[You can watch this episode for free at www.southparkstudios.com]

South Park - Season 2 Episode 2:"Cartman's Mom is still a Dirty Sl*t"
エイ
エイ - 映画（えいが）movie. America's Most Wanted makes a movie out the South Park's shooting!

16 characters

eternity
永
Kenny reappears back from eternity for another episode!

swim
泳
Kenny (a.k.a. Team B) swims through sewage and snow to get to the power activation area.

recitation
詠
Cartman needs to recite all of "come sail away" after hearing the opening line.

England
英
The Dr. in this episode sounds rather campy. And English? (tho if so it's a terrible attempt at it)

reflect
映
The people of South Park deciding to eat Eric Roberts doesn't reflect well on their morals.

occupation
営
The Hells Pass Hospital in South Park is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" - hence their quadriplegic nurse. (Image: Remember when she hands the doctor the needle with her mouth. Despite her handicap, she does great at her occupation!)

defense
衛
Mrs. Cartman sleeps with every politician in defense of her beliefs about abortion! (or was it adoption...)

pointed
鋭
Cartman's pointed attitude when it comes to finding out who his father is! Or the quadriplegic nurse holding the long, pointed needle in her mouth.

shadow
影
Mephesto is shot in shadow... or when the power goes out, putting the town and hospital in
shadow.

flourish
栄
After the fetus has flourished to the "40th" trimester, it's too late to get an abortion! Poor Mrs. Cartman!

**RTK3**

sucking infant
嬰
crystal stone
瑛
brush tip
穎
drag
曳
dribble out
洩
sapience
叡

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Notes: I decided to go ahead and make this episode be my template for エイ; If I find it confusing (in correlation with the previous episode, which I don't think I will since they're pretty different in plot besides a running gag) I'll redo it later.

There are some good examples in here of stories that I personally don't even need. I already know 英語 (English) and 映画 (movie) and you probably do too, it's beginner's material. I'm putting them in for the sake of completion and, perhaps, readers of this blog, assuming it builds some kind of following. But I know those two stories are lame (connecting England with this episode was tough), so if anyone has any better/alternative ideas please submit them. A few of the other characters in this group I'm familiar with, such as 栄養 (えいよう nutrition) or 水泳 (すいえい swimming) but could definitely use the reinforcement on them. And the rest are brand new to me, as far as on-yomi goes.

I've been itching to get started on this project for a while, and the momentum is full speed for now! Work should keep me busy but I will try to get another movie template done this week. I want to crank out a lot of these this summer, before I'm bogged down with JLPT2 studying in the fall.

South Park - Season 1 Episode 13:"Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Sl*t" - エ

This next template is an example of what I'll be doing for on-yomi groups with too few kanji to make a whole movie template. I was 13 when I saw this episode, and I remember being extremely annoyed when they opened the next season with Terrence and Philip instead of the legitimate sequel. (there was actually a huge, unanticipated surge of complaints to Comedy Central as a result) If the show aired in Japan, perhaps there would have been one loud, resounding え？！？

[You can watch this episode for free at www.southparkstudios.com]

South Park - Season 1 Episode 13:"Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Sl*t"
エ
" エ! Kitty, that's my corn-beef cabbage! That's a bad kitty!"

favor
恵
Mr. Mackey asks a favor of the boys, to videotape Cartman's strange behavior.

meeting
会
Mrs. Cartman's infamous meeting with Eric Cartman's... father(s)?! (Chef, Chief, Mr. Garrison, pick your favorite)

picture
絵
The end of this episode is the picture of suspenseful cliffhangers. (this one was a bit difficult)

-times
回
How many different times does Cartman's Dad's identity change in this episode?!

garment - reliant
衣 依
Cartman is reliant on his "Naive American" garments to understand his "father." And his hip hop garment when he thinks Chef is his father. ("Oh my God! I'm a black African American!)

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Notes: 回向 (えこう), Buddhist memorial service is the only compound with 回 using that pronunciation (which I could find in my Nelson's Kanji Dictionary); かい is MUCH much more common. However, since it's a valid pronunciation it's included in the list. This is a problem - the problem of multiple 音読み - we'll run into time and again, and it really can't be helped - しょがない as the saying goes. If there is any way to mentally link the two or three movie templates which share a kanji reading, that might be a good strategy. For example, assuming I used 回(かい) for, say, Die Hard - "how many times does Bruce Willis almost die in this movie?" Imagine Eric Cartman thinking John McClain is his father. It's a bit of a stretch, but from what I've read (and my own imaginative experiences learning kanji) this kind of thing does work - I will report on how it works for me, anyhow.

The real conundrum here is, should I use the sequel to this episode (Cartman's Mom is still a Dirty Sl*t) as a template for エイ, the elongated version of this reading? Or would it be too confusing? Looking for feedback, thanks.

Half Baked - イン

What better way to start a blog about memory than a movie about the lack thereof? The first template is for Half-Baked, a 90's stoner comedy featuring Dave Chappelle, and favorite movie of mine back when I was in high school.

HALF-BAKED
イン
Can Thurgood save Kenny from Nasty Nate イン time?!

employee
員
Kenny Davis the kindergarten teacher is not a model employee - neither is the rest of the group! (Scarface with his burger job or Thurgood, stealing from his employers)

rhyme
韻
"It's hard bein black and gifted, sometimes I just wanna throw it all down and get lifted!" or "candy makes you dandy"

cause
因
The cause of every problem in this movie is weed. The cause of this movie is weed. Cause = weed = half baked.

matrimony
姻
The way this movie ends it's like Thurgood dumped weed to end up in holy matrimony with Mary Jane.

Inst.
院
Kenny Davis the kindergarten teacher is institutionalized after he gets busted! Image: Nasty Nate staring and Kenny... in the shower.

sound
音
Jerry Garcia performing in Brian's (Jim Breuer's) ear-lobe.

stamp
印
The stamp of Sampson and the stamp of Mr. Smiley are both infamous stamps in this flick!

pull
引
The memorable way Snoop Dog pulls on a joint in this movie.

drink
飲
Kenny emerging from the slurpee machine after he first gets high: "I've never felt so thirsty, in my entire life!"

shade
陰
When Mr. Sampson is introduced, the lighting is dim, he sits in the shade of his fire surrounded by ninja women (with hair-curlers on).

license
允
A license to teach - something Kenny Davis the kindergarten teacher would love to get back (and I wonder how he got it in the first place...)

conceal
隠
Scarface, trying to conceal his identity by dressing up and acting like a mime.

**RTK3**

windpipe
咽
lewd
淫
behind the scenes
蔭
parakeet
鸚
blood relative
胤