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無心 (mu-shin) “no-mind” or “nothingness mind”
An important concept in meditation and martial arts.
If you have mu-shin, your mind is free from thoughts, desires and assumptions.
As the Buddhist nun Reverend Jiyu-Kennett once said: “It’s nothing... but it’s the fullest kind of nothing there ever was!”
When your mind is clear, and you are free from ego and can act naturally and spontaneously.
The artwork in the photo is an original one-off, available from my Etsy store here.
Inarizaki's Kansai Dialect
Japanese Dialects are split into Eastern and Western, with the Standard Japanese dialect being Eastern (Kanto region) and Kansai region dialect being Western (eg. cities of Osaka and Kyoto, and of course Hyogo prefecture- where Inarizaki is from). The pitch, tone, and stressing of the sounds is different from standard Tokyo Japanese so you should be able to hear the difference in how the Inarizaki members speak even if you don't know any Japanese.
just in case yall didn't know, Suna is the only member on the team that does not use Kansai dialect as he was scouted from Aichi prefecture, so he basically just speaks in the standard dialect
Some linguistics of the dialect that may or may not be heard in the show:
"ya" ending vs the standard "da" ending.
Kore kirai ya. vs Kore kirai da. (I hate this.)
the use of the "h" sound instead of "s"
Han vs standard san (honorific suffix, not really used anymore)
Negation suffix "-hen" instead of the standard "-nai".
Taichou kanri dekitehen koto, homen na. vs Taichou kanri dekitenai koto, homen na. (Don't compliment him when he's obviously not taking care of himself.)
verb "oru" vs the standard "iru".
Dareka ga mitoru yo, Shin-chan. vs Dareka ga miteiru yo, Shin-chan. (Someone's always watching, Shin-chan.)
verb "temau" vs standard "teshimau"
Naitemau yaro! vs Naiteshimau darou! (You're gonna make me cry!)
Negation "suru" verb becomes "sen" instead of "shinai".
Ki ni sen dee. vs Ki ni shinai yo. (Don't worry about it.)
Some words that are different in Kansai dialect:
Honto becomes Honma (really)
Sodane becomes Seyade (thats right)
Nande becomes Nandeyanen (why)
Totemo becomes Meccha (very)
ii becomes ee (good)
"aho" means stupid in Japanese, but apparently in the Kansai dialect calling someone an "aho" is actually a compliment?! (even though it has the same definition)
Overall, I could watch the Karasuno vs Inarizaki episodes a hundred times just to listen to Inarizaki's dialect and how different it sounds to the rest of the characters in the entire show.
Although Karasuno speaks in the standard dialect (which isn't very strange since Miyagi is a suburb close enough to the Kanto region), theres a few lines here and there where one of them says something using the Tohoku dialect (the dialect that would be used often in the rest of Tohoku, such as Aomori).
(I especially like Kita's voice, thank you Nojima Kenji.)
Extra: Resident Evil Series English–Japanese Dialog Comparison
The one I briefly mentioned at the end last time.
The Resident Evil series seems to have always taken a very loose approach to the translations. The title itself is different in English and Japanese to begin with…
There's this joke where someone asked about "BIOHAZARD" in the U.S., but no one knew what it was, so it's not famous at all.
When Japanese voice acting was added, it's gotten even more confusing, because the Japanese voices and subtitles often differ. That's probably just because Japanese subtitles have a strict character limit.
So instead of having one clear "original," they seem to handle localization pretty flexibly. Anyway, here are two examples that are especially well-known in Japan.
✅ Leon's Catchphrase “Nakeruze 泣けるぜ” Leon has a catchphrase that completely ignores the English voice line. It's so well known in Japan that people can recognize his dialog just from that phrase.
In Resident Evil 4, English lines like "Geez, who are these guys?", "Great", "Women", "Very cute", and " Story of my life…" are all replaced with "Nakeruze ." It's something like "So touching…" or "It'll make me cry" in meaning.
In RE4, where Japanese voice acting was added, he actually says it out loud and the official account even posted a collection of those "Nakeruze" clips on Twitter (X).
✅ Different Conversations This one's from Resident Evil 6, Ada's chapter. Many Japanese players were talking about where the English voice line "cute" even came from.
ENG: So cute.
JPN: なんて顔してるの？ What kind of face are you making?
ENG: You're really confused by all this, aren't you, Leon?
JPN: 私がサナギから生まれるはずないでしょ？ There's no way I could have emerged from a chrysalis, right?
ENG: It's kind of fun to watch.
JPN: でも…面白いから そのままでいて But…it's funny, so stay like that.
RE4 Anime PV. These Japanese subtitles are a meme based on misheard Spanish.
There are plenty of other spots where lines were freely localized or even rewritten. For example, the team often calls Chris "Captain" in English, but "Taichou 隊長" in Japanese.
There's also a silly joke where the words the Resident Evil 4 enemies speak in Spanish were deliberately chosen because they sound like (dirty) jokes in Japanese. Even made it into the remake…
Meanwhile, English jokes often don't translate well directly, so they change them. That means the English version can actually be funnier sometimes. Plus, English slang has a lot more variety and is stronger than Japanese.
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ーのせい because of / due to
せい(sei) means “because of” or “due to.” It indicates a reason or cause, in a negative sense, implying that something or someone is to blame.
あの禍々しさはうずまきのせいだ ‘Ano magamaga-shisa wa uzumaki no sei da’ “That sense of evil is because of the spiral.”
[Verb informal] ＋ せい [Adjective] ＋ せい [Noun] ＋のせい
ストレスのせいで、頭痛がひどい。 ’Sutoresu no sei de, zutsū ga hidoi.’ My headache is terrible because of stress. 電車が遅れたせいで、会議に遅刻してしまった。 ’Densha ga okureta sei de, kaigi ni chikoku shite shimatta.’ I was late to the meeting because the train was delayed.彼は不注意なせいで、ミスをしてしまった。 ’Kare wa fuchūi na sei de, misu o shite shimatta.’ He made a mistake because he was careless.
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