What is That Japanese Kanji Flag in “Natsume Yujin-cho”?

09/16/2017Posted inJapanese Kanji Blog
I've talked about a popular Japanese animation show "Natsume Yujin-cho(夏目友人帳)" in a previous post. And I realized the Yokais have a Flag that says "犬の会". What is it?? I was not sure, so I researched the official information. What is That Japanese Kanji Flag in "Natsume Yujin-cho"? The flag is The Japanese Kanji "犬" means "Dog" and  "会" means "Meeting" or "Association" here. Therefore "犬の会" can be translated as "Dog's Meeting" or "Dog's Association". All of those Yokais are related to Natsume. Whenever they have opportunity, they gather and have a party. Then sometimes they put that flag. That means the group of Yokais call themselves "Dog Circle". Dogs are…

Yokai Trick and Japanese Kanji for “Natsume Yujin-cho”

09/13/2017Posted inJapanese Kanji Blog
Yokai is very popular motif for TV shows in Japan. And I'm watching one, too. Do you know "Natsume Yujin-cho (夏目友人帳)"? Its very calm, lay back and a little bit creepy atmosphere is nicely unique. You can see the today's Japanese country side life and scenery. And of course, highlight of this show is Nyanko-sensei's UGLY cuteness.... His design is based on real Japanese traditional cat figurehead "maneki-neko". Well, then let's talk about kanji that I noticed in this show. Yokai Trick and Japanese Kanji In "Natsume Yujin-cho", so many human-shape yokais are covering up their eyes like this. She used to be a bird and now she can shift…