Three Fun Things

Mostly I am MAJIME, but sometimes have a need to be IRUSU.. :-)

Ah I am guilty of of tsundoku, but only with the best of intentions. I’m delighted to learn that the word ikigai exists, it breathes inspiration and intention.

Ahh, Majime is my new favorite word! How lovely. Crazy how many English words you have to string together to express the same idea…

Love those words. Vocabulary is sexy.
Lynn | http://thisrainylife.com/

I got both questions right on the rationality test, even though I consider myself more emotional and intuitive than logical and objective. That’s so interesting to me–I LOVE personality tests and things like this.

I am extremely risk averse financially, though–I’ve never gambled in my life, and the though of going to Vegas boggles me. To each their own though! My brother loves little bets like the quarter question and somehow always wins them. That kind of thing gives me a little pit in my stomach.

Great melange of fun stuff in this post!

Apparently I’m completely irrational and it’s freaking me out. I need some shinrin-yoku…

Thanks Joanna for posting, I am LOVING all these words! :-)

Lovely Japanese words! :) Why do we not have these in other languages as well? :) They say it all… I may need to share these as well!

I also like the Danish ghosts, super cute!

tsundoku is me! – I’ve banned myself from buying anymore books until i start reading the ones i have!

I sucked at the test! – maybe next time. :(

Yoisho! I live abroad and love discovering words that are almost just meaningful sounds, in that they aren’t in the dictionary but are used nationwide in specific situations to express a certain feeling. Everyone uses and knows them, there’s something inclusive about them. I feel like English has fewer, but I’d love to see an international comparison of these feeling word sounds!
And imagine: finish work, kiddo to bed, tidy up, armchair, yoisho. Aah.

Yoisho, in context, is more frequently used when picking up something heavy :)

I can’t wait to start using these words on my friend from Japan!! Tsundoku is the one to be used to describe me….the books keep pilin’ up on my night table!! xo

Kissis,

(=’.’=)
-Lauren
adorn la femme

I am irrational, but not more so than Stanford business grads who’ve actually studied probability :).

I love tsundoku! Totally guilty. And my husband is majime through and through.

Thanks for this :).

Oh my gosh that lava ghost! It looks so sad but I can’t stop laughing either haha

-Nicole
Meet Me in Midtown

I love the 14 beautiful Japanese words. It’s always interesting to find out words that have so much meaning in different languages.

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I do IRUSU all the time hahaha!

Surprisingly I did well on the logic test. I love watching Matt Bellassai’s Whine About It Wednesdays so that personally helps keep me from dragging. Also all those Japanese words are amazing but would be better if it showed how to pronounce them.

Thank you so much for sharing these!
Loved the japanese words!
Cheers,
P&F

This could not have come at a more perfect time. Work is dead, and I keep checking the blog to see if there is anything new! I could really use a shinrin-yoku.

Aww the little lava ghosts! They look so sad!

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That rationality test hurt my feelings. Also, tsundoku describes my life!

Majime. Love it.

It makes me so happy yet frustrated that those Japanese words exist (if they do exist–I do not speak Japanese so I cannot verify). They’re so, so perfect, I can’t even. I don’t know why. I guess I’m wondering if these seemingly esoteric feelings are what everyone feels, and also what it means that these words are in Japanese but we don’t have English equivalents for them (What does it say about their culture? What does it say about ours?)

Well I’m apparently not very logical. I’ll take that as a compliment and stop over thinking things since it seems as though it’s not doing me any justice. ;-) Love the anxious ghost too.

According to the survey, I am rational, though that is hardly how I would describe myself. ? Really interesting- thanks for posting!