Japanese Word of the Day #187

Welcome to the N.H.K. (NHKにようこそ!)

Satou Tatsuhiro is a NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) and a social recluse, also known as hikikomori, for almost four years. He believes that everything around him is one big conspiracy created by a secret organization called Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai, or NHK.

Satou is increasingly becoming desperate until a innocent-looking girl by the name of Nakahara Misaki showed up in his life and claims to have a cure for his problems. 

Welcome to the NHK is an anime that will make you laugh, think and maybe cry. 

Source: http://www.nihonreview.com

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母(はは)(haha): MOTHER

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無視(むし)する(mushu suru) TO IGNORE

Anime Recommendation: メモリーズ (Memories)

Memories consist of three stories: In "Magnetic Rose" two space travelers follow a distress signal that come from a palatial ship of a former opera diva. In "Stink Bomb," a young chemist accidentally transforms himself into an unstoppable biological weapon set on a direct course for Tokyo. The last story, "Cannon Fodder", depicts a day in the life of a militarized civilization whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unknown enemy.

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Recommended Movie: Battle Royale (バトル・ロワイアル)

In a dystopian future, the authorities have devised an ingeniously brutal way of keeping order and channeling the inherently violent impulses of the young. Every year a group of teenagers is sent into a carefully observed wilderness to hunt and kill one another, until only one survivor -the winner of the game- remains.

Source: nytimes.com

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押(お)す (osu): PUSH

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You use ojiisan(お祖父さん) when talking about another family's grandfather and sofu(祖父) when talking about your grandfather.

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Recommended Drama: Kodoku no Gurume/The Solitary Gourmet (孤独のグルメ)

The story follows a man named Inogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka ), who privately runs an imported dry goods business. In his spare time between work, he visits various shops and tastes their cuisine. The shops that appear in it are all real shops geared towards a general public. Matsushige is not very expressive and his character isn’t necessarily charismatic, but the real stars of the drama are the different dishes shown in every episode. Kodoku no Gurume is currently in its third season.

Source: wiki.d-addicts.com