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today NEWS new single BLUE got released~ and I was immediately fascinated by 夜よ踊れ
the sound, tunes, voices, melody - and it's changes! captivating!

so I started to translate it - for myself, but since this first draft is finished I thought I could share it here... (if any of you have corrections or advise please share with me!)

while translating I realised this song could be very well a recap of the scandals of the past few weeks~ in a fictionalized, over-stylized way though

I really hope to see this song live one day, but it's just a b-side & due to it's "burning" content it could be banned in the current situation (although it would be a great song to show off, be キラキラ　and とてもチャライ aka all things NEWS)

hm~ anyway - here are the lyrics

diclaimer: The japanese text is not mine. I am not fluent, neither in Japanese nor in English

edit: there has been a mistake in the japanese lyrics I used, so I had to change the translation of one line#

夜よ踊れ – it‘s night, dance!

作詞/ Lyricist: 篠原とまと
作曲/ Composer: 伊藤賢・辻村有記
( lyrics under the cut )

I am a geeky language nerd & German as a Foreign language teacher

I am fascinated with the fascination my students have for the German expression "Genau!" - which means "Yes!" or "Exactly!"

I would love to make a list with possible translations or rather equivalents of this expression from as many languages as possible - even dialects are welcome!

if you would like to add to my list please answer here - including the country

♥
M

damn it! I've done it! I completed my PhD!

on tuesday I had my disputation - which means a presentation about a new subject (not my PhD-subject) and one hour of getting grilled about it afterwards

I was good.

so now, ladies, I am DONE!!!!

(ok, I have to publish my PhD before I am allowed to call myself Dr. phil. - but I don't have to say "NO" when you call me Dr. phil. ;P )


ahhhh~

*jumps*

years of tears and anxiety and nervous breakdowns... over & end - I finished ^^

how I said it on fb: BoomchakaYeah!!

Ohashi Junko 大橋純子

this is the song from the show:

シルエット・ロマンス



*goosebumps*

I was already teary from Jun's special and her voice was like going directly into my heart ♥

this is a live-radio show with her from 1977






I need to find some stuff from & about her~

an article about Japanese and Western (or rather English speaking Western - I come to explain why I think it's not western in general in the lower paragraph) sholary writing differs and why:

Why Japanese and English Speakers Argue So Differently - it's from Tofugu, a side I really learned to enjoy since they cover a wide range of topics about Japan, japanese language, life and lifestyle... written by a lot of different people

Why I think it's different from a German point of view:
German writing is somewhere in between, trying to get closer to the English but is kinda stuck since the art of teaching rhetoric & writing style hasn't reached Germany until recently (I'm not talking about specific schools but in general)... it's basically trial & error, with lots of error in the beginning. also: Germans (at least sholars) tend to work deductive not inductive - which needs a different kind of approach to their written works
BUT I wanna strengthen the idea, that we have to learn from different writing traditions, not only try to imitate one. I am a e.g. a fan of twists even in academical or non-fictional writing and also to strengthen a new further looking point in the conclusion. Since I do believe a thought is always only thought until the certain point by one mind.

What do you think? How about other languages and cultures? How about other traditons of writing and arguing?

Teach me!

love this song - Rebecca - フレンズ

and it won`t be over soon

“I believe, without a doubt, culture to be something that exists in the life of every single person as a part of their life from one day to another,” she wrote in a notebook in 1947. “Being faithful to yourself and becoming engrossed in your work, that’s culture.”

a wonderful, wonderful woman! I want to know more about her, I would love to read her books - so much inspiration in this short article already ♥

Masako Shirasu: woman of the world | The Japan Times

I think this is the most inspirational:
“Looking back, it seems that I’ve spent my whole life dawdling by the wayside, from one road to another. . . . I may have lost something on the way, but I think I have gained more.”

when I came back home after a week ♥

thank you Dear!!