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  • Started by Jenny Steffan
    Having a healthy skin would be hard to maintain but is a must. The skin plays a vital role in protecting your body and generating the sufficient temperature to keep yo...
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  • "Letters on a Japanese Moth" is a found poem that recently appeared in "Every Day Poems". http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2016/10/letters-on-japanese-moth-poem.html
  • Saturday Short offers a look at the trailer for the documentary 'Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight: The Japanese War Brides': http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2016/11/saturday-short_12.html
  • Hi All. My mother would LOVE it if I actually knew how to cook a traditional Jewish-holiday meal, but all I can offer is this: http://www.cookinglight.com/entertaining...
  • Last reply by Jennifer Johnson
    Each month on my blog, SarahJoyAlbrecht.com, I give away a care package filled with fun things from Japan, where I live. I tie in the prize with a theme. This month's...
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  • Started by Kathleen Kern
    Last reply by L. A. Howard
    A character in my novel is obsessed with high-end Japanese anime.  I am looking for the Japanese translation of "whatever" in the sense it is used by young people when...
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  • I think that it depends on the situation.  Their culture isn't quite as sarcastic as ours.     The only thing I can think of is "Itai!" which roughly translates to "no...
  • Started by Brooke Warner
    Last reply by Layne Wong
    Shanghai Love is a gripping novel about the unlikely love story that develops between a Chinese herbalist and a Jewish refugee in Shanghai during World War II. Peilin...
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  • This makes me think of a Japanese horror film....you think it's a pretty girl crying, then she looks up and it's all over! You're haunted, your friends are haunted, and your family is haunted. Ghosts never go away in Japanese films...ever.
  • Okay. Shoot, guys. Fairly drastically reworked version of the short story tentatively called, "Crossing the line." Can you tell me if this is better? Well, actually, b...