Notices by Jan Manus Leupert (マヌス) (kojinmanus@mastodon.social)

@mario Is the literal expression of any importance for the plot/story? (Haven't read the book.)

@mario Do you already know the reason for the pronunciation being the same even though the verb in the first case is 逢(あ)う?

@mario Interesting. Haven't read it in a while, but loved it when I did. I agree it's difficult to seperate the art from the artist, but on the other hand I can't lie when I actually do enjoy a novel by someone like Mishima.

@mario Damn, just the UK? Lucky you!

@mario Haven't seen any Sōmai films besides Typhoon Club (which is pretty good) yet but this one's definitely on my to-watch list among some others of his.

@mario Album's pretty good indeed. Didn't know (remember?) they were on hiatus but I'm glad they're back.
I had the pleasure of seeing them live and stay at one of the guys' home in like 2010 or so. I was on tour with Tides From Nebula at the time (used to be their booking agent) and the Totorro dudes had organized a show for us in Rennes, which was awesome. Great times were had. Haven't seen them since, unfortunately.

@mario Fun dudes, too! Great to see they're still doing their thing after all these years.

@mario Saw them last week and was surprised how well the new stuff worked live for me (as I said I'm not a fan of the new record). Still, a few more older songs would have been nice.

「長い文章なら、どんな下手でも書く事が出来る。文章を短かく切り詰める事が出来るやうになつたら、その人は一ぱしの書き手である。」

薄田泣菫『茶話』(大正6年)より

#読書

@mario Seen this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxv-tu_LeJ8

@mario If you like this one, try 犬のかたちをしているもの, too, if you haven't already. I liked that one even better.

@mario Billy!

@mario I would go as far as to say that it's their best

@mario The new DH is so good

@mario According to some dictionaries the 八つ here means 八方 = "all directions" (as in 四方八方 and other expressions), which would be my guess as well.
(Also, 八つ doesn't just mean "eight" but can also stand for an unspecified large number.)

@mario Thoughts on the new Envy?

@mario Should be just ずっ友, unless I missed something 😬
(じゃん is short for じゃないか)

@mario The word for polygamy is 複婚（ふくこん）.

If you want to be more precise, 一夫多妻 is polygyny, and then there's also 一妻多夫, polyandry.

"Und außerdem hab ich gelesen, dass der Körper zu 80% aus Wasser besteht. Das heißt, wenn ich dauernd deutsches Wasser trinke, dann bin ich 80% deutsch. [...] Davor kann man sich gar nicht schützen." – Tawada Yōko

https://www.dctp.tv/filme/was-fuer-eine-wirkung-haben-buecher?thema=japan1

@mario 子守 means babysitter/nanny or babysitting/child-minding, so I would say it's a song sung when babysitting or sung by a nanny or babysitter. I believe in Japan women who were taking care of chilren often used to sing about themselves and their lives, so this makes sense.