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About Confanity

I love the written word more than anything else I've had the chance to work with. I'm back in the States from Japan for grad school, but still studying Japanese with the hope of becoming a translator -- or writer, or even teacher -- as long as it's something language-related.

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Posted on April 9, 2017 by Confanity

彼を知り己を知れば百戦殆うからず (Kare wo shiri onore wo shireba hyakusen ayaukarazu; “When you know your opponent and yourself, you need not fear a hundred battles.”) Definition: If you know the strengths, weaknesses, and situation of yourself, your allies, and your foes, then … Continue reading →

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No words, but four characters

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Confanity

言語道断 gon.go.dou.dan Literally: say – language – road – sever Alternately: Outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; unreasonable; terrible; something so far beyond the pale that you don’t even have words to describe how crazy it is. Mostly used for bad things. … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – Physical magic – I’m’a cut you!

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Confanity

    Hamonnoah Hahd (Embladen; Spirit Sword; Psiblade) Physical adepts of the Fells often fight bare-handed, and when resorting to weapons they often fight with sticks instead of metal weapons. That doesn’t mean they can’t cut things when they need … Continue reading →

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Please be true please be true please be true

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Confanity

天知る地知る我知る人知る (Ten shiru chi shiru ware shiru hito shiru; “Heaven knows; earth knows; oneself knows; people know”) Definition: Secrets and crimes will eventually come to light. Even if you think something is completely hidden, the gods of the heavens and … Continue reading →

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Tidal waves just sneaking right up on ya there

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Confanity

天災は忘れた頃にやってくる (Tensai wa wasureta koro ni yatte kuru; “Disaster comes when it has been forgotten”) Definition: Don’t let your guard down, because disasters always seem to strike exactly when you’re doing just that. The last catastrophe has faded from memory, … Continue reading →

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Giving oneself a (winning) hand

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Confanity

得手勝手 e.te.ka-.tte Literally: acquire – hand – win – hand Alternately: Doing whatever you want without regard for other people. Caring only about one’s own needs, desires, or convenience. Selfish or willful behavior. Notes: While toku is a valid reading … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – The Sorcerer’s Valet

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Confanity

Servant-Spell While many magicians preserve traditions of living within a community and working with their hands, others – especially the wealthy and antisocial – isolate themselves and try to meet their daily needs with magic as often as possible. The … Continue reading →

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Gird your loins, or your chin

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Confanity

勝って兜の緒を締めよ (Katte kabuto no o wo shimeyo; “When you win, tighten your helmet-strap”) Definition: A warning to not let down one’s guard even when things seem to be going well or when one seems to have won a fight. Always … Continue reading →

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Maybe later; not yet and not now

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Confanity

古今無双 ko.kon.mu.sou Literally: old – now – nothing – pair Alternately: Something is unmatched from the past to the present. A quality (often, but not always, greatness) is unequaled at any time in history, right up to the present moment. … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Stars

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Confanity

The Stars (The Dancers of the Astral Plain; the Lights) Description: It turns out that the world really is ringed in a shell, nest, or shield of rotating crystalline spheres. The innermost face of these – which we call the … Continue reading →

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