#bounenkai

[linglinginjapan]

Torsdag 14.12.2023; Løvplukking med teklubben/sadoubu. Tror ikke vi utgjorde så mye forskjell, men vi kostet ivertfall opp det som var på stien i uteområdet.

Glemte å fortelle om denne ukens Japansk-klasse på tirsdag. Det var Bounenkai/ YearEndParty, så vi (jeg og Leonie) satt og hørte på mange forskjellige opptredener med sang, dans, skuespill, taler osv... Helt på slutten var det gavebytting, tilfeldig! Det var meningen at alle skulle ha med seg en gave til 500 yen(43 nok), så jeg kjøpte deilige Australske TimTam kjeks og pakket inn. Kunne heller ønske at jeg fikk min egen gave enn den jeg endte opp med å få, som var kjøleskapsmagneter. Ikke at det er noe galt med dem, de var søte, men tror det er slike som selges på 100-yen butikken.

Leonie derimot var heldig og fikk Studio-Ghibli kortstokk. Hun var grei og spurte om jeg ville ha dem, siden hun vet at jeg liker Ghibli veldig godt, men det hadde vært veldig frekt av meg så jeg holdt meg til de super duper fine julepynt-pepperkake-sukkerstang-kakao magnetene på knappe 4 cm.

[ninelanguages]

Kanji for "Circle", "round", "yen"

円 = en/ maru•i

ほぼ一間年- hoboichimanen - about (roughly) 10,000 yen - ほぼいちまねん

千円札- senensatsu - a 1,000 yen bill - せんえんさつ

五百円- gohyakuen - five hundred yen - ごひゃくえん

円顔- marugao - a round face - まるがお

円い- marui - round/ circular/ spherical - まるい

円- en - yen - えん

(Note: This is the kanji for "yen" you might be used to pronouncing it with a Y but this is not the Japanese pronounciation. In Japanese it is said "en"

Wikipage note: The spelling and pronunciation "yen" is standard in English. This is because when Japan was first encountered by Europeans around the 16th (The Dutch had some influence here by the way) century, Japanese /e/(え) and /we/ (ゑ) both had been pronounced [je] and Portuguese missionaries had spelled them "ye". Some time thereafter, by the middle of the 18th century, /e/ and /we/ came to be pronounced [e] as in modern Japanese, although some regions retain the [je] pronunciation. Walter Henry Medhurst, who had neither been to Japan nor met any Japanese, having consulted mainly a Japanese-Dutch dictionary, spelled some "e"s as "ye" in his An English and Japanese, and Japanese and English Vocabulary (1830). In the early Meiji era, James Curtis Hepburn, following Medhurst, spelled all "e"s as "ye" in his A Japanese and English dictionary (1867). That was the first full-scale Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionary, which had a strong influence on Westerners in Japan and probably prompted the spelling "yen". Hepburn revised most of "ye"s to "e" in the 3rd edition (1886) in order to mirror the contemporary pronunciation, except "yen". This was probably already fixed and has remained so ever since.)

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Kanji for "turn toward", "face", "look toward", "head (go) toward"

向 = kou/ mu•ku/ mu•keru/ mu•ka/ mu•kou

方向- houkou - a direction/ a way/ a course - ほ��こう

傾向- keikou - a tendency (to/toward) / a trend/ an inclination - けいこう

子供向け- kodomomuke - (a book) for children/ children's (museum) - こどもむけ

向く- muku - to turn one's head (toward)/ to look (to) - むく

振り向く- furimuku - to turn one's face (to) - ふりむく

向かい- mukai - (on) the opposite/ (on) the other side - むかい

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Kanji for "turn around", "revolve", "rotate", "time"

回 - kai/ e/ mara•ru/ mawa•su

回す- mawasu - to turn/ to rotate/ to spin/ to pass/ to circulate - まわす

回る- mawaru - to turn/ to go round/ to spin/ to patrol/ to tour - まわる

時計回りに- tokeimawarini - clockwise - とけいまわりに

次回- jikai - next time/ next occasion - じかい

今回- konkai - lately/ this time - こんかい

目が回る- megamawaru - to be (feel) dizzy - めがまわる

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Kanji for "next", "following", "subsequent", "secondary", "sub-", "vice-"

次 = ji/ shi / tsugi/ tsu•gu

次第- shidai - order/ the state of things/ circumstances - しだい

次第に- shidaini - gradually/ by degrees/ little by little - しだいに

次ぐ- tsugu - to rank (come, be) next to/ to come after - つぐ

次の- tsugino - next/ following/ coming/ second - つぎの

目次- mokuji - a table of contents - もくじ

次々に- tsugitsugini - one after another - つぎつぎに

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Kanji for "fearful", "fear", "be afraid of"

怖 = fu / kowa•i

恐怖心- kyoufushin - fearfulness - きょうふしん

高所恐怖症- koushokyoufushou - acrophobia/ fear of heights - こうしょきょうふしょう

怖がる- kowagaru - to be afraid (scared) of/ to dread/ to be in fear - こわがる

恐怖- kyoufu - (a) fear/ terror/ (a) fright/ (a) dread/ (a) panic - きょうふ

怖い顔をする- kowaikao (w)o suru - to make a scary face/ to look fierce - こわいかお　を　する

怖い- kowai - frightening/ terrifying/ horrifying/ fearful/ scary -こわい

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Kanji for "forgot"

忘 = bou/ wasu•reru

忘れる- wasureru - to forget/ to slip one's mind/ to be forgetful - わすれる

忘年会- bounenkai - (hold) a year-end party / forget-the-year party - ぼうねんかい

忘れ去る- wasuresaru - to forget completely - わすれさる

忘れっぽい- wasureppoi - to be forgetful/ have a poor memory - わすれっぽい

忘却- boukyaku - forgetfulness/ oblivion - ぼうきゃく

忘れ物- wasuremono - a thing left behind/ a lost article -わすれもの

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Kanji for "north"

北 = kita/ hoku

北- kita - north - きた

駅の北側- eki no kitagawa - the north side of the station - えき　の　きたがわ

北口- kitaguchi - north entrance - きたぐち

南北- nanboku - north and south (literally south and north) - なんぼく

北アメリカ- kita amerika - North America - きたあめりか

北海道- hokkaidou - Hokkaido (Japan's northernmost Island) - ほっかいどう (Literally "North sea/ocean way")

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Kanji for "south"

南 = nan/ na/ minami

南- minami - south - みなみ

南米- nanbei - South America - なんべい

東南アジア- tounanajia - Southeast Asia - とうなんあじあ

南極- nankyoku - the South Pole - なんきょく

南側- minamigawa - south side - みなみがわ

南口- minamiguchi - south entrance - みなみぐち

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Kanji for "east", "eastern"

東 = tou/ higashi

東- higashi - east - ひがし

関東- kantou - Kanto region (Tokyo and surrounding area) - かんとう

中東- cyuutou - the Middle East - ちゅうとう

東海岸- higashikaigan - the east coast - ひがしかいがん

東口- higashiguchi - east entrance - ひがしゅぐち

東日本- higashinihon - Eastern Japan - ひがしにほん

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Kanji for "west", "western"

西 = nishi/ sei/ sai

西- nishi - west/ the west - にし

西海岸- nishikaigan - the west coast - にしかいがん

西口- nishiguchi - west entrance - にしぐち

関西- kansai - Kansai (south-western region of Japan) - かんさい

東西- touzai - east and west/ the East and the West - とうざい

西日本- nishinihon - Western Japan - にしにほん

[huant45]

Bounenkai of Department of Gastroenterology. Dec. 2023

[ramblinggaijin]

Things that happened at bounenkai:

TEMPURA (I was too drunk to remember to take a picture)

GAMES!! SO MANY GAMES!

-We had a quiz game about school events, students, and staff. This was hard for me cuz I’m only there once a week.

-There was a sketching game where we all had to take turns to draw a picture of a certain thing within a time limit.

-Gesture game: Self explanatory. One of our members went up front and did gestures while we guessed within a time limit. My team crushed it in part cuz our chosen gesture candidate was very good and we were also very quick to guess.

-SANTA! My Koucho Sensei dressed up as Santa and handed out random gifts from Daiso to everyone.

-And at the the Santa outfit ended up on another coworker who was sent home in a tack wearing it so he could surprise his kid.

Overall a very good time! :D

[japaneseschooltokyo]

Time passed quickly and here we are, alr...

[nihongowithrasya]

[kanekohideshi-tyomag]

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[jinjojess]

I want to have a 新年会 (I'm missing the 忘年会) and bring my Switch with a copy of Smash or Mario Party or Mariokart or something and see how many seconds the tenuous alliances within our office hold.

[abc-z5star-s]

[fins-illusion]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: HiGH&LOW (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: Cobra (High & Low), Murayama Yoshiki, Takeshi (High & Low), Eri (High & Low) Additional Tags: Crack, crackity crack crack, Sanno Rengoukai, Oya Koukou, White Rascals, Daruma Ikka, Rude boys, strawberry milk, Mighty Warriors, gangs all here (ish), Plot What Plot? Only crack, alcohol use, Post DTC episodes, so spoilers and allusions to things through there Series: Part 1 of On the First Day of Christmas InternetSydney Gave to Me... Summary:

In which SWORD, somehow, ends up having a bounenkai and Oya Kou might collectively have a brilliant future as event planners.

[black-silystya]

[jeshikawa]

WHY IS BONENKAI ¥20,000+  THIS YEAR

[dragoninthetrees]

Do I or don’t I?

So. I'm planning on posting my first Cobra Kai fic tomorrow (yay!) which I'm excited about, and now I've had another idea for a one-shot. Only... I'm a bit nervous about whether I should go down the path of writing it or not.

Covid-19 talk below.

One of the things I do IRL is English language teaching, and a regular student, who is Japanese, told me about a type of end of year party they have in Japan called 'bounenkai'. It literally means 'forget the year party.'* On hearing it, I thought and said to my student that it's so appropriate for this year (and he said he normally goes to about ten of them, and only has two planned, because you know, social gatherings...) And afterwards, I couldn't help wanting to attached to a Cobra Kai fic, and write about how Johnny and Daniel coped with 2020.

But thinking about it, it feels so intense and heavy and I'm not sure if I should even dare. It feels that bit too much - yet thinking about it kept me awake last night. But also, given how much it has affected people, do I write something that could actually really upset people? Given how much damage this virus has done to so many, and I'm one of the exceedingly fortunate ones. I'd hate to come across as flippant - like is it just too much for the sake of a fic?

I dunno. The idea of Johnny and Daniel coming together to drink sake ('Really, LaRusso?' 'Just shut up and try it, Johnny.') and try and forget what a year it's been feels like a good one. But should I do it?

I'm conflicted. :/ Thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.

*FYI, that ‘kai’ is the same kanji as in 'Cobra Kai' - it can mean party, group, association, etc.

[ramblinggaijin]

So my 2 ES’s have such different vibes and it’s even more apparent in their nomikai/bounenkai choices.

My JHS has only had one party so far so I don’t have enough data for comparison.

FYI: My 2 ES’s events were all on the same days. So I only went to my smaller ES’s stuff cuz it’s their last year before they close.

Small ES is also just a more fun crowd in general while Big ES has a scary/super strict Koucho Sensei that makes everyone’s lives miserable.

Real bad atmosphere in the office when that Koucho Sensei is there.

I just know where the Big ES had their dinners cuz they told me.

Sports Day:

Big ES: Let’s enjoy a nice dinner at a local sushi restaurant.

Small ES: Let’s go to an izakaya and get smashed and then go do karaoke!

Drama Festival:

Big ES: We’ve rented out the fancy restaurant at a local art museum for a 5-course meal that’s specifically designed to showcase the local cuisine.

Small ES: You guys wanna get hammered at this local restaurant over in the middle of town? They have a 2-hour all you can drink course!

Bounenkai aka End of the Year Party:

Big ES: We’re going to go a ryokan (Japanese inn) in this district and enjoy a large multi-course dinner.

Small ES: WHO LIKES TEMPURA??!!!

[ja0-s-blank-canvas-fic]

Chapter 48 - Sports Festival: Birdbrains and Poprocks

AO3 - here

Fanfiction.net - here

Happy new year, dear readers! Another holiday treat for y’all! Again, regular Tuesday update will still happen. Anyway, we've got Tokoyami (bird) versus Shinsou (brain) and Kirishima (rock) versus Bakugou (pop). Yes, technically that would be rockpops with the name order instead of poprocks but that's not how the word goes! Oh and a flaming sorry excuse of a father shows up too. Wonder how that's going to go...

Thanks to those who shared their thoughts on the Tensei situation in the comments on AO3. I'm still deciding but the exchange of ideas is getting my mind coming up with some fun ideas of my own. So thanks very much and keep 'em coming if you have something to share!

Warning for a Katsuki pov.

Now, I won’t be posting on every holiday. Just when I feel like it. But this holiday season really helped me get through the sports festival arc faster. It’s so much longer than I thought it would be! XD There’s just so much to cover! Though the sports festival arc is half of season 2 of the anime and 20 chapters of the manga so I digress. Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

Linktree to all the things!

End notes for the chapter are under the line.

Uh oh! Broccoli boy is now an angry broccoli boy! Watch it, Endeavor, or Izuku will, as a commentor suggested, turn a fire extinguisher on you someday. I know Endeavor is going through a redemption arc in the manga which is kind of going up in flames. Is that too much of a spoiler? Anyway, for this fic, since I'm using it to vent and fix things, I'm having him be worse than in canon. Not a large amount but enough to satisfy my brain and its many plans for this fic.

Hoped you liked Hitoshi's match! Not sure if anyone else has had him brainwash Dark Shadow before because I've never come across that in my readings of other fics. But I thought it would be an interesting twist! Dark Shadow is sentient after all so there's gotta be a mind for him to brainwash in there somewhere. Also, I had fun playing with Dark Shadow's character again. The spirit is just so cute!

Katsuki, as ever, is harsh and brash and holds nothing back. Kirishima put up a good fight but lost in the end. I kept this fight the same because I feel the point of quirk exhaustion was important. We did see it with Uraraka's fight too but that was a combination of running around along with quirk use while this fight was almost purely just quirk use. If that makes sense.

Fun Facts About Japan:

Another break from sports festival facts to talk about New Years. Now, on the topic of Christmas, I had said that it was more of a couple's holiday than a family one while in the US it's the opposite. For New Years, I'd say we typically think of it as a couple's holiday in the US. Yes, people throw parties and get togethers. But more among friends rather than specifically family. Not to mention the whole 'kissing someone you love at midnight' part. So in the US I feel it's a couple's holiday. Well, again, in Japan, it's the opposite. New Years, or shougatsu ( 正月 , しょうがつ ), is the big family holiday. Not to mention one of the most important holidays, if not the most, of the year. Businesses shut down and families gather together during that time. Now I never experienced a Japanese New Year family gathering myself during my time there as I would go home to spend the time back in the US with my family, but I'll share what I was told, learned, and experienced in regards to that.

Each new year is seen as separate from the last. Businesses and the like even throw a bounenkai ( 忘年会 , ぼうねんかい ) which is a 'forget the year' party where everyone gathers, eats, and drinks the passing year's problems away. Like a clean slate. I've been to a few and they are fun. My first school they had a white elephant gift exchange. Now me, I love giving gag gifts or just down right silly ones. It's just fun that way. So I got one of those toy hammers that squeaks when you hit it. And it ended up being given to this science teacher who loved it and found it hilarious. He was one of the teachers that dressed like a human Gudetama man back in chapter 36's end notes. Specifically a green one so kind of a 'green eyes and ham' type of deal. XD Also at that same party there were two teachers dressed up. One was a male teacher in a Christmas dress and a wig just for the silliness of it. The other was dressed up as Pikotaro from PPAP which was a huge hit with the students my first year in Japan. Any time pens or pineapples or apples came up in conversation they would start singing and doing the gestures! Talk of pens? In a school? That never comes up! ;)

There are special phrases in Japanese you say to those you see for the first time after the turning of the year. Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegaishimasu. ( 今年もよろしくお願いします , ことしもよろしくおねがいします ) Which basically means 'Please take care of me again this year' or 'I hope to work well with you again this year'. More or less. Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu. ( あけましておめでとうございます ) Which is 'happy new year'.

I have more about New Year stuff but am dwindling in available characters so I'll save them for next chapter. :)

Speaking of next chapter, it's one of those moments you've been waiting for. Izuku versus Todoroki! The ice, the fire, the breaking of walls, and reaffirming of friendships. That's what's in store next update. Till then stay safe, report typos or weirdness, and have a happy new year!

[damasquerade]

私は東京にいます！ここに一週間ぐらい止まって、京都の立命館大学で 一月間勉強します。 一番すてきなことは二つのドールショーに行くことができます。1月5日の東京ドールショーと1月19日のiDoll Westです。驚くほど幸運です。オーストラリア人としてこんな大きいショーに行くことがありませんでした。次の話はちょっと長いし、疲れているし、英語だけで��きます。^^

I’m in Tokyo! I’m here for about a week before studying at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto for a month.  The most incredible thing is that I’m going to be able to attend TWO ball jointed doll shows while I’m here in Japan. Tokyo Doll Show is on 5 January, and iDoll West in Osaka is on 19 January. What incredible luck! As an Aussie I’ve never been to any kind of convention like that - they’re gonna be massive! 

Yesterday I had to find my way from Narita Airport to Ekoda Station (on the other side of Tokyo) with no maps, train information or internet. It took about six hours from landing in Narita to drop my suitcase at a delivery counter, pick up my SIM card (which it turns out takes a long time to activate), and manage to catch trains and finally a taxi to my hotel. It was one of the worst days of my life, barring pet deaths x_X Not to mention that apparently right now is the peak time for drunken end of year parties called "bounenkai" (忘年会, literally "forget the year meetings"). Ikebukuro station was full of drunks, police arresting someone who'd hit someone else with a bruised face, and station attendants who'd immediately turn and walk in the opposite direction when they saw a foreigner approaching them.

So yeah it was a really bad experience that I don't want to think about but I'm happy about a few things: (1) I managed to not make a spectacle of being a crying gaijin at Ikebukuro station. (2) I can speak in full sentences in Japanese and people can understand me easily, and vice versa (usually, but I'm sure people are speaking simply for me as well). (3) The taxi driver who took me from Ikebukuro to Ekoda at 12am was such a nice garrulous old man and I love him for being so kind. (4) There were several other really kind people along the way, who kind of make up for the less kind ones.

Today was a self care day. I napped a lot, and went out twice - once to grab lunch at the conbini next door, and again after another nap to go to a supermarket. Pics are the balcony that opens off the hallway at this hotel, my cute outfit for today, green tea, grilled soy sauce onigiri and katsu curry, the bounty from the supermarket consisting of 2x lemon and grape flavoured alcohol, kitsune soba and mystery ramen, milk, strawberry chocolate, something random for dinner, another onigiri, and tea. Unfortunately I've just found out the tea tastes like shit omg... it literally tastes and smells like chemicals, this is an outrage ��

Later tonight I'm gonna hop in the super deep Japanese style bath for a while to get rid of the aches of carrying heavy luggage, and then figure out what adventures and quests I want to go on tomorrow.