“Otaku” Number One Japanese Word Overseas?

Author: Artefact
Filed under: Anime, Articles
Date: Jun 5, 2008 04:40 JST

Tags: Japanese language, Otaku, Statistics

Some interesting results from a survey emerge: the number one Japanese word understood overseas is thought by respondents to be “otaku”. “Anime” comes in at 9, “manga” at 16 and “Nintendo” at 17. See the full list (with English). See below for the vastly superior Sankaku Complex list of Japanese words with international currency.

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Artefact commented on June 5, 2008 13:54

The point is most probably that they generate great traffic by way of writers too lazy or irresponsible to check what they write about, and readers who don't see past the headline... Their dubious results even... More

IcyStorm commented on June 5, 2008 09:25

What is the point of publishing these articles if they aren't actually what they say they are? I'm sure anime, ramen, bukkake, and sushi would top the list.... More

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StarDict for learning Japanese

Author: Artefact
Filed under: Japan, Reference
Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:38 JST

Tags: Dictionaries, Japanese language, Learning Japanese, PC Software, Stardict

Having explained a little about how great Rikaichan is, I’d like to introduce an excellent tool for many of the instances where Rikaichan is unusable: StarDict. This open source and cross platform dictionary software functions similarly to Rikaichan, but is not bound to a browser, being stand alone software.

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Rikaichan for learning Japanese

Author: Artefact
Filed under: Japan, Reference
Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:27 JST

Tags: Dictionaries, Firefox, Japanese language, Learning Japanese, PC Software, Rikaichan

There are a few dictionary tools no student of Japanese should be without. The first amongst these is the by now quite well known Rikaichan, a dictionary extension for Firefox which, when activated, displays an inflection sensitive dictionary entry popup on mouseover of Japanese text. The original site based Rikai is now basically defunct, but deserves credit for implementing the idea.

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