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蜂蜜 – hachimitsu

Written by admin on Oct 18th, 2009 | Filed under: anime, manga, movie, 羽海野チカ

Honey is a very nice word.
蜂蜜 【はちみつ】 (n) honey
蜂蜜酒; はちみつ酒 --はちみつしゅ-- (n) mead; honey wine; ambrosia; nectar of the gods
蜂蜜入り --はちみついり-- (adj-no- 蜂蜜入りの) containing honey

And there is a very-very nice manga ハチミツとクローバー by 羽海野チカ (Umino Chika) - Honey and Clover.

クローバー (n) clover

With 10 volumes completed and in addition there is a live-movie (DVD box) and anime (there are many DVDs, but for instance -here).


フィーバーする – fiba suru

Written by admin on Oct 17th, 2009 | Filed under: Words, movie

Since the release of the movie Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta, in Japanese there is a saying フィーバーする which means "to go to disco/dancing".

The movie in Japanese is called サタデー・ナイト・フィーバー DVD and it is all about the disco.

The Japaneses movie poster with the pretty katakana.