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  2. Shōten - Wikipedia

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    Should the resultant answer be funny or witty, the member will receive one or more floor cushions - the number increasing with the level of audience response and the host's own amusement or admiration. The floor cushion is brought to the stage by hapless sidekick Takao Yamada, formerly a successful popstar with the 70s idol group Zūtorubi, but ...

  3. Manzai - Wikipedia

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    Manzai is a traditional style of comedy in Japanese culture comparable to double act comedy. [1] Manzai usually involves two performers (manzaishi)—a straight man and a funny man —trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and other verbal gags.

  4. Ring of Curse - Wikipedia

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    Ring of Curse, released in Japan as Gomen Nasai (ゴメンナサイ, lit. "I'm Sorry"), is a 2011 Japanese horror film directed by Mari Asato.It is based on the 2011 cell phone novel Gomen Nasai by Yuka Hidaka.

  5. Kansai dialect - Wikipedia

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    Do not let your bag get snatched!" The Kansai dialect (関西弁, Kansai-ben, also known as Kansai-hōgen (関西方言)) is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese, Kansai-ben is the common name and it is called Kinki dialect (近畿方言, Kinki-hōgen) in technical terms.

  6. List of backmasked messages - Wikipedia

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    The message is composed of rearranged verses from earlier in the song. The B-52s "Detour Thru Your Mind" "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backward. Watch out, you might ruin your needle." [4] A reversed message in Fred Schneider's voice, starting at the 4:35 mark.

  7. Jugemu - Wikipedia

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    A tutor of Japanese poetry sneers at this, opposing such use of foreign language to name a Japanese's son. The tutor proposes Nagakiyono tōnonefurino minamezame naminaminori funeno otono yoshibē, a traditional poem of good fortune. The scholar and the tutor starts quarrelling, so the father decides to make the name by himself.

  8. List of Komi Can't Communicate episodes - Wikipedia

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    While Komi loves cats, none want to play with her, leaving her jealous of Otori. However, a black cat named Chocolat approaches and lets Komi pet her, delighting her as Onemine takes a picture. Yamai and Najimi play the "I Love You Game" with Komi to see her response to the words "I love you" coming from different people.

  9. Japanese profanity - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese culture, social hierarchy plays a significant role in the way someone speaks to the various people they interact with on a day-to-day basis. [5] Choice on level of speech, politeness, body language and appropriate content is assessed on a situational basis, [6] and intentional misuse of these social cues can be offensive to the listener in conversation.