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Weebs, Rejoice: ‘Isekai’ Is Now In The Oxford Dictionary
Kotaku via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Oxford English Dictionary (aka the OED) runs an update to its repository four times every year....
Banh mi and omakase join the dictionary. What it says about Asian cultural influence.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Andrea Nguyen was growing up in the 1970s and 80s, banh mi was still an insular Asian...
People Who Speak Chinese And Japanese Are Sharing The Dumbest Things They've Seen Tattooed On People
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWe've all heard of people who've gotten regrettable tattoos — whether they weren't sober while...
Merriam-Webster Asks For Best Non-English Words And The Results Are Awesome
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMerriam-Webster started a Twitter thread on Tuesday, and there are no words for just how awesome it...
4 Independent Japanese Watchmakers That Are Shaking up the Horological World
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the increasingly competitive realm of independent watchmaking, the lion’s share of the glory has...
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are...
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSince Scrabble adopted an official lexicon in 1978, one thing has been constant: People have never...
What is the Japanese ‘wabi-sabi’ aesthetic actually about? ‘Miserable tea’ and loneliness, for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months ago‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long histories, but they are rarely used together in the...
Lawmaker wants Tennessee driver license tests in ‘English only’
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — One lawmaker wants to eliminate translation services for the written exam...
'ET' leaves home, travels 6,500 miles to West Holmes High School class reunion
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Japanese exchange student Itaru Kaji was at West Holmes High School in 1987, he was known for his incredible gymnastics ability, tumbling down the basketball court with the cheerleaders ...
Major events during the Queen’s long life
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoHere are some of the major events and milestones the Queen lived through: 1926: General Strike. Duchess of York gives birth to Princess Elizabeth....