That which does not kill you only makes you stronger.

He can probably get 50 bucks for it on eBay.

Coffee in the morning, green tea throughout the rest of the day. Mugicha in summer.

If only the NHK people were like that...

Which translation of the Odyssey did you read?

That is a very nice watch, man!

At the same time?

The Japanese are very fond of pretending to study English... not so fond of actually studying English, though.

Couldn't they at least make an update that allows you to walk out of the last room once you've entered? Nobody told me that that was the last room or that I'd be stuck in there and I'd just relied on autosaves. :{

As a history major who spent hour after hour looking through microfilm of old newspapers, I'm very worried about this trend. Without a permanent, immutable record, what are future historians supposed to do? The problem with Internet reporting is that the records can be altered or deleted long after the event.

As long as it's a kei, you're fine.

@bakagaijin: Incidentally, if you were to make it 日本にいれば,今すぐ買いたくなる, that would make it grammatically correct, though still a little awkward.

@bakagaijin: I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but the sentence is awkward not because of that, but because you used, 日本にいれば, which is a hypothetical sentence construct, with 買いたいよ, which is something that is not dependent on the hypothetical, "If I were in Japan."

@ninjaghost: If you aren't going to tell him how to say the sentence, "If I lived in Japan, I'd go buy it right away," then your critique of the sentence is without meaning. If you think you understand what he wants to say, give him advice on how to say it correctly. You could also mention that he doesn't need to put…

@ninjaghost: If you're going to criticize, make it constructive. And give the guy some advice on how he should say. 日本にいれば、今すぐ買いに行くのに is fine. That kind of mistake is common for foreigners who are still new to the language and I KNOW for a fact that you went through a phase where you said stuff like that too.

I really didn't think that Mother 3 was all that good.

I'm surprised they didn't survey children. I'm sure a big chunk of the otoshidama spending went towards games or consoles.

The really funny part is that they get blessed in Shinto shrines as children, married in chapels and buried by Buddhist monks in spite of the fact that opinion polls consistently show that 75% of the Japanese population is atheists.

I think that it's better to look at the reason why Japanese arcades have succeeded and that is: they have a gambling element which is very attractive to Japanese people who have few other outlets for gambling. Sure, they have real games at Japanese arcades, but the real money-makers are the pachinko machines, the coin…