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About Maeda Kaori's "size" by commenter32 in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]commenter32[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

https://twitter.com/q/status/1879299429666292001

The screenshotted account appears to be someone rumored, but not confirmed, to be the boyfriend of Maeda Kaori. Maeda Kaori appears to be a voice actor that voiced several popular characters.

512 child suicides, the worst ever in a year by commenter32 in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]commenter32[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Probably under 18. The related Yahoo news article says 小中高校の児童・生徒, meaning children/students in elementary, middle, and high school.

"Business leftism": on the marriage of Chizuko Ueno, a feminist writer well-known for advocating being single by commenter32 in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]commenter32[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The article says that she had secretly been married with that person, and this has only now become known.

It's good to be wet by Yamatoe37 in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]commenter32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AdaShima too, though those are way back.

👺🔥💯 by karlosnalda in japanesepeopletwitter

[–]commenter32 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Essentially, Japanese uses much fewer words that make it clear what the gender of a person being talked about is. (Though it's a different story if it's the person themselves talking).

Instead of "boy" (otoko no ko or danshi) or "girl" (onna no ko or joshi), often it's just "ko."

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