Barrier, Brewer and Calendar

This week I include an entry connected to the date of last weeks entry, plus one related to a great beverage (with a link to a nifty store) and a term found in many supernaturally related tales.

Enjoy.

kekkai (spiritual barrier) 結界

sakaya (sake brewer and dealer) 酒屋

tōji (winter solstice) 冬至

Girl, Photo, Catch 'Em

This week I include one for a famous genre and two for amusements that pop up again and again in anime and manga.

mahō shōjo (magical girl) 魔法少女

Purinto kurabu (Print Club) プリント倶楽部

UFO Catcher (crane game) UFOキャッチャー

The last two I could not have done without the information in an excellent little book that is just hitting bookstores in the US:

Ashcraft, Brian and Jean Snow
Arcade Mania: The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2008

Real, oral and scam

This week I have three entries from the less respectable sides of Japanese culture.

honban (real performance, real thing) 本番

kōnai hassha (ejaculation in mouth) 口内発射

tsutsumotase 美人局

New supplement topics added

I've updated the Topical Index to The Anime Companion Supplement

I have under :

Business
- Created a seperate section for the business types found in the sex trade.
Business - The Sex Trade - Business Types

Culture
- divided Literature/Folk Tales into:
- Literature/Folk Tales - Traditional/Pre-1868

- Literature/Folk Tales - Modern/Post-1868

Entertainment/Game
- divided Music into:
- Music - General

- Music - Instrument

General
- divided Transportation into:
- Transportation - General

- Transportation - Means Of

Nature
- subdivided Animal into types, as these divisions are small there are no direct links yet.
- Animal

Religion/Mythology/Belief - added a section for:
- Sects/Movements

Terminology
- A whole new section subdivided into:
Terminology

- Fanish

- Queer

- Sexual

Weaponry/War
- divided Weapon into:
- Weapon - Traditional

- Weapon - Modern

Chants, kinship terms and special effects

This week I've got some Buddhist terminology, a kinship term that also functions as queer slang and a contraction that became a term not only for a cinematic technique but for a genre of entertainment.

So here you are:

darani (dhāranī) 陀羅尼

onêsama (big sister) お姉様 or お姉さま

tokusatsu (special effects) 特撮

That's it for now, I past my lunchtime and an getting hungry.

Aquatic services and queer slang

Ok this week I get a little obscure, but stuff I feel folks may have an interest in. I also want to counter some bad info on these on the web.

So anywat here you are.

funa manjû 船饅頭

neko (queer slang) ネコ or ねこ

tachi (top/butch) タチ or たち

As usual drop a not in the comments box about what you think and if you have suggestions.