Hello Everyone, First of all, I would like to thank you for all your support. It’s been incredibly fun to share cultural and language insights with you all. Unfortunately, I have had to make the difficult decision of putting my Patreon on pause until further notice due to some chronic shoulder pain issues. I am […]
🇺🇸 Congrats to Hervé who just won the French music awards at the “Les Victoires de la musique” as the revelation of the year! I really like several of his songs too, it’s very well deserved🎵 You can check out a short video clip where he is interviewed in French about his nomination, before he […]
« Quot homines tot sententiae » – Terence 🇯🇵 人の数だけ意見がある 🇫🇷 II y a autant d’opinions que d’hommes 🇺🇸 There are as many opinions as there are people 日本語の「十人十色」に似ていますね！
« Les privilèges de la beauté sont immenses. Elle agit même sur ceux qui ne la constatent pas. » Jean Cocteau Les enfants terribles (1929) 🇯🇵 ジャン・コクトー、美貌の特権について。
花曇り - Hanagumori 🇺🇸 ENGLISH It means “Overcast weather during the cherry blossom time.” It’s not just any overcast weather (which is 曇り kumori), it’s specifically during the cherry blossoms. In Japanese we have so many precise terms, and that’s what makes it so beautiful and deep. Also since ancient times, Japanese people have been very sensitive […]
🇺🇸 ENGLISH Interesting article in French about the « poète maudit » of the 19th century, Arthur Rimbaud. There was a petition to make him enter into the Pantheon next to Paul Verlaine, another legendary poet and former lover. However on the request of his family, Macron decided not to. Rimbaud is one of the most talented poets of […]