Japanese wordplay
Japanese wordplay relies on the nuances of the Japanese language and Japanese script for humorous effect.
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Museum and Gallery Listings for May 18-24 - New York Times
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Museum and Gallery Listings for May 18-24 New York Times (Roberta Smith) ★ Japan Society: 'Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945' (through June 10) This beautiful, surprising and sociologically intriguing exhibition reveals how Japanese artists, designers and craftsmen cultivated their own version ... |
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Gantz's Omnibus Edition Puts Hatsune Miku on the Cover - Anime News Network
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Gantz's Omnibus Edition Puts Hatsune Miku on the Cover Anime News Network ("3.9" is a wordplay on how "39" can be pronounced in Japanese as "Miku.") The collaborative crossovers continue in the third Gantz Reboot Sōshū-hen volume, which will bundle a variant cover drawn by Nejimaki Kagyū manga creator Atsushi Nakayama on May ... |
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In Brief: Fiction - Wall Street Journal
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 Wall Street Journal | In Brief: Fiction Wall Street Journal ... strenuousness those who proclaim the so-called superiority of Japanese-manufactured televisions." The jokes crackle—though "Brokeback Mountain" gags long ago stopped being funny—and the requisite Buckleyian wordplay is laced through the book. |
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Different strokes for the current folk - The Japan Times
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 The Japan Times | Different strokes for the current folk The Japan Times In fact even the most dedicated Japanese-music fans can sometimes get burned out on all the gimmicks. For those people, Turntable Films might be the antidote they need. Countryside folk: The members of Turntable Films (above from left are bassist Kento ... |
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9 Striking Presidential Campaign Posters (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post
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9 Striking Presidential Campaign Posters (PHOTOS) Huffington Post They are like Japanese manga: the less detailed the image, the more easily we can identify with the candidate, the more space for projecting our dreams. The more specific the image, the greater the risk of creating a feeling of "otherness" which ... |
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Let the Computer Talk - Speech Synthesis is Giving Machines the Chance to Have ... - Singularity Hub
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 Singularity Hub | Let the Computer Talk - Speech Synthesis is Giving Machines the Chance to Have ... Singularity Hub Meanwhile, the speech patterns of dearly departed voices are being painstakingly recreated, as with the beloved Japanese entertainer Hitoshi Ueki, aspiring for total realism in vocaloid form. Years before Coachella, holographic superstars have been ... |
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Going Dutch: The Lankan way - Sunday Times.lk
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 Sunday Times.lk | Going Dutch: The Lankan way Sunday Times.lk O! again to the mischievous menu with cheeky wordplay. No pretensions. Only playful concoctions and fun inventions: Grease Yaka (local fried favourites O!-style), “Kade” chicken/pork/beef bisstake, Appuhamy (Lankan peppered beefsteak), tortilla-wrapped ... |
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Paperback Row - New York Times
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Paperback Row New York Times In her first novel, “When the Emperor Was Divine” (2002), Otsuka presented a resonant portrait of one Japanese-American family, at home and in the internment camps, during World War II. This second novel uses a chorus of narrators to tell the ... |
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Urdu another attraction for Pashto writers - DAWN.com
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Urdu another attraction for Pashto writers DAWN.com But then he continued: 'Duniya ka har naqsha ulta nazar aata hai' and the audience quieted down pondering over the deeper meaning of Pashtun Baba's wordplay. This incident shows that Pashto writers and poets have used Urdu as much fluidly as their ... |
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Robb Bank$ : Get Familiar - SoulCulture (blog)
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 SoulCulture (blog) | Robb Bank$ : Get Familiar SoulCulture (blog) But if you're willing to read a little deeper, you'll find witty wordplay that takes a minute longer to absorb. It will most likely refer to Pokemon or Dragon Ball Z, but that don't make it any less impressive. Calling South Florida home since the age ... |
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