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Author Archives: Confanity
You’ve got to really “stick” it in?
連木で腹を切る (Rengi de hara wo kiru; “To cut one’s belly with a wooden pestle”) Definition: An impossible event or task. By extension, attempting to achieve the impossible. Attempting a task that is as daunting as slicing one’s belly open with … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Kotowaza
Tagged Baba Yaga, 腹を切る, harakiri, impossible, Iroha karuta, mortar and pestle, 擂粉木
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Wolf-Mother
The Wolf-Mother (Moro, The Full-Moon Mother, The Huntress) Description: Moro is a huge white wolf the size of a large horse or small elephant. Despite her mass and color, she is a surprisingly stealthy hunter. She and her family live … Continue reading
Posted in Rules, Setting, World-Building
Tagged god-eaters, Magic Monday, Moro, Princess Mononoke, wolf
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Rui-san calls her friends?
類は友を呼ぶ (Rui wa tomo wo yobu; “Like calls unto like”) Definition: People will naturally self-sort. People who are similar will tend to find each other, group together, and become close. “Birds of a feather flock together.” Nerds sit at lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Kotowaza
Tagged birds of a feather, 類, I Ching, like calls to like, 友を呼ぶ
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Spinning everyone’s wheels
and spinning and spinning and spinning and spinning and 縷縷綿綿 ru.ru.men.men Literally: thread – thread – cotton – cotton Alternately: Someone speaking, talking, or just generally carrying on in a long-winded, verbose, wordy way, possibly with lots of repetition or … Continue reading
Magic Monday – God-eaters – Echo
The Knocker (Echo, Kobold) Description: The Knocker is the genius loci of a specific mine, and never ventures beyond the mine’s entrance – only even approaching areas where the outside light is visible under extreme circumstances. It rarely takes physical … Continue reading
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Tagged Echo, god-eaters, Knocker, Kobold, Magic Monday
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Never trust anything strawberry-flavored
In fact, when in doubt, just go with the most masochistic option available. 良薬は口に苦し (Ryouyaku wa kuchi ni nigashi; “Good medicine is bitter in the mouth”) Definition: Good advice is hard to listen to. The advice that we most desperately … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Kotowaza
Tagged advice, bitter, Confucius, 良薬, good medicine, Iroha karuta, 口に苦し
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They’ll let you have next Tuesday, though
来年の事を言えば鬼が笑う (Rainen no koto wo ieba oni ga warau; “Oni laugh when you talk about next year”) Definition: Nobody can accurately predict the future, so there’s no use in trying to say what’s going to be happening next year. People … Continue reading
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