Bikkuri Donki is a “steak” family restaurant similar to Gusto. The decor is always old wood and wild west knickknacks. Probably my #4 family restaurant.

I’ve never eaten at the Don Quixote cafe; I’ve never actually seen one in Japan, only Singapore, and there’s better food to prioritise there 😅.

Over the last few years I’ve done occasional grocery shopping at Don Quixote in Japan though which still feels weird because they used to sell only sweets and drinks - it’s just odd buying fresh spinach from the blue penguin store that sells PlayStations and vibrators.

You’re spot on - ~ga is with bun, ~gu is without. I’m a fan on the Bikkuri Donki Cheese-in Hamburg (hamburger patty with cheese in the middle, covered with cheese for the 2x cheese version).

In a way, Kanji is more complicated than Chinese, not simpler unfortunately. In chinese languages, each character has one pronunciation, but kanji change pronunciation from word to word.

Mainland Chinese is quicker to write, too, due to simplification of many radicals in modern times.

Aisu. Just aisu.

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That was my first thought, too… momoiro isn’t exactly common but everyone understands it. often see it on fancier products that don’t want to cheapen themselves with katakana

Thanks for the concise explanation! Sounds like quite the hassle indeed.

My home country is Australia and it’s basically the polar opposite. A direct deposit (what we call a wire transfer) is always less than 24 hours and never costs anything to the account holders. Even for hundreds of thousands of dollars (such as when purchasing property).

There’s also a secondary system called Osko and if both banks support it the transfer is instant (and still free). Salaries must be paid using direct deposit (to ensure an electronic ‘paper trail’). No one with a job or government benefits is unbanked. For at least the last 35 years everyone opens their first bank account at elementary school, where the (former) government bank attends and sets up a fee free account for each child. There are no account fees. Only 15% of transactions in Australia involve cash money, and almost all others are direct deposit or direct debit with about 0.1% being cheques.

If for some reason an individual doesn’t have an app with their account info on it they will carry it in their wallet. Many people have an email address attached to their account anyway and you can use the email address instead for sending a direct deposit. Most businesses still require the Bank/Account number instead though.

The number of people with a cheque book is statistically insignificant. The government will cease using cheques by 2028, and they will be completely abolished by 2030. I haven’t seen a cheque in the last 20 years in Europe, Asia or Oceania. The last time I saw one was in 2023 in Las Vegas.

having to deal with a wire transfer

What’s the process and why is it so arduous? Here it’s just account name, bank number, account number and you can expect it next day (or instant using modern methods). Sure beats going to the bank…

I don’t get this ‘drinking tears’ metaphor. Tears are bad, your ‘enemies’ are bad.

I get that you want to see your enemies cry. But if they pooped their pants from fear, you wouldn’t want to eat it.

LG’s founder’s (Koo In-hwoi) nickname “Yonam” is a portmanteau of Buddhist temple and pond. LG was founded in front of the temple of reference. Not surprising to see Buddhist imagery in their products.

You see them all of Korea where LG is headquartered, too. And all over Japan, and all over India, and all over Thailand, etc, etc. Any country with a historically large Buddhist or Hindu following, basically.

I heard you fight like a dairy farmer.

I can hold my breath for ten minutes!

Yes. In my country we must put all keys on our keychain to properly organise our inventory.