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You can see that “moon”(tsuki)(月) and "rabbit"(usagi)(兎) are often associated with each other.

This is because in Japan, there is a tradition that rabbits live in the moon.

The moon looks like a rabbit making rice cakes here.



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The phrase "Zero kara hajimeru~''(ゼロから始める〜)(~ starting from zero)

is a common sentence for the title of an introductory book about something.

I'm sure Subaru would have wanted an introductory book about life in isekai.


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~About Baka(馬鹿)~

Baka is ''idiot'' in English.

Ba means ''horse''🐎

Ka means ''deer''🦌

There are some theories about the etymology but the most famous one is

''One day, a fool man mistook a deer for a horse. That's why he's baka.''


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There is a famous English phrase in Japan.

It is ''Boys, be ambitious!''

It's translated as ''少年よ、大志を抱け!''
(Boys, possess ambition!)(Shounen yo, taishi o idake!)

Both are very famous in Japan.

It was said by William Smith Clark.



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I introduce to you an interesting Japanese family name.

It is 小鳥遊 (Takanashi)

小鳥遊 is read as ''Takanashi.''
But actually, 小鳥's pronunciation is ''Kotori'' and 遊's is ''Yuu.''

So 小鳥遊 should be pronounced ''Kotoriyuu'', right?



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Christmas is popular in Japan as you see from anime, but Japan isn't Christian country.
I'll explain, how Christmas was established among Japanese.

In 1890s, Christmas was already known by some Japanese but it wasn't known by most Japanese.


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巡査(じゅんさ)Junsa... police officer

→Junsar

(Actually, 巡査 is the most ordinary police rank)

女医(じょい) Joi... woman doctor

→Nurse Joy

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It is a normal graduation essay.

But trying to read it horizontally...

The cutest idol in the world ''Koshimizu Sachiko'' is my waifu.

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