CultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiSlangUncorrected Toru Oct 10, 2023Jan 01, 2024 1980s, antonym, cheerful character, cheerful personality, gloomy character, gloomy personality, in-kya, neaka, nekura, yō-kya Nekura (根暗 – Gloomy Personality): Part 2 Nekura: Part 2 根暗 Part 2 In the 1980s, as a synonym for nekura (根暗 – meaning “gloomy personality”), the Read More
CultureEssayHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Oct 09, 2023Jan 01, 2024 1980s, cheerful, dark personality, Jun Ishikawa, manga artist, nekura, personality, popularization, Tamori, TV entertainer Nekura (根暗 – Gloomy Personality): Part 1 Nekura: Part 1 根暗 Part 1 People sometimes use the term nekura (根暗) to describe someone with a fundamentally dark Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 27, 2017Jan 03, 2024 1980s, 2011, obsolete, popular, pun, reason, seaweed, slang, understand, wake wakame Wake Wakame (わけわかめ) I sometimes introduce slang terms, but some of them are becoming obsolete. わけわかめ For example, there is a slang term, Read More