Where should I study Japanese in the Bay Area? I work at EA and one of my co-workers is visiting from Japan. I'm conversationally fluent but still feel my grammar and vocabulary is really rough (plus, I'm as illiterate as a peasant). [more inside]
posted by ebness86 on Nov 24, 2008 - 3 answers

What does this Japanese character on this Daruma doll mean? At least, I assume it's Japanese...
posted by killerinsideme on Sep 29, 2008 - 12 answers

Asking for a friend: Can you translate this (Japanese?) tea package? PDFs here and here. [more inside]
posted by fiercecupcake on Sep 8, 2008 - 5 answers

MusicFilter: In the long version of the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" (available on the 12") there is a female voice saying something in what I believe is Japanese. Can anyone translate that for me? Thanks. [more inside]
posted by HE Amb. T. S. L. DuVal on Mar 20, 2008 - 27 answers

Roommate purchased a new Japanese tatami bed this weekend. He woke up with one of the worst allergic reactions in his life. He didn't think about it until afterwards, obviously, but he's highly allergic to the hay material the tatami is crafted out of. Help me brainstorm ideas to resolve the issue. [more inside]
posted by Nerro on Feb 19, 2008 - 9 answers

Japanese A/C Unit - Translate Buttons, Please! [more inside]
posted by SlyBevel on May 18, 2007 - 5 answers

Probably easy question about PHP and unicode (UTF-8) and RegEx. I'm trying to modify a php webcalendar (VTcalendar) to allow Japanese text in calendar postings. I've found all the variables to get the UTF-8 headers, and so japanese text manually inserted into pages appears fine. But, there's an input validation thingy I don't know how to modify. (short snippet inside) [more inside]
posted by planetkyoto on Mar 29, 2006 - 4 answers

Sushi in London - please, your hot tips! Yes I did Google but no luck. [more inside]
posted by Wilder on Feb 8, 2006 - 20 answers

I just watched The Chinese Connection for the first time in a long time. There is a scene where Bruce Lee sees the nipples of his kung fu school's cook. (Lee walks into the kitchen and the camera does a tight shot on the man's exposed nipples.) Somehow, the nipples are evidence to Lee that the cook is in fact Japanese, not Chinese (and therefore the likely murderer of the school's teacher.) Is there any rational reason for this?
posted by badstone on May 9, 2004 - 12 answers