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Ningen shikaku
(More or less) 四角四面 shi.kaku.shi.men Literally: four – corner – four – face Alternately: Square. Four (equal) angles and four (equal sides), just like it says. By extension, a “square” personality: extremely, perhaps even overly, serious. Meticulous; stiff; formal; lacking … Continue reading
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Tagged 真面目, paladins played this way are boring, serious, square, 四面, 四角, 太宰治
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🎶So🎶
Later someone invented a system of eight directions. 四面楚歌 shi.men.so.ka Literally: four – face – Chu – song Alternately: Completely alone and cut off, surrounded by enemies. Having foes in all (four cardinal) directions. Feeling forsaken and betrayed. Notes: This … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, cat versus chickens, 項羽, forsaken, Records of the Grand Historian, surrounded, Xiang Yu, 史記, 四面, 楚歌
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