Studying Japanese at uni and spending a year abroad in Kagoshima. Expect pictures. bespektacled on Twitter mothproofrhubarb on deviantART mothproofrhubarb on FlickrTumblr (3.0; @bespektacled)http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/835e083bfaaad275381342df8f69b41d/tumblr_mo43vdv0rO1rwpktbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scarjoing.tumblr.com/post/52523774313/if-you-could-sum-up-hannibal-in-a-few-words" target="_blank">scarjoing</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small>if you could sum up ‘hannibal’ in a few words.</small></p> </blockquote>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/53260782540http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/53260782540Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:34:14 +0100hannibalwill graham<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a7d98c236be5186171a3cf0854832480/tumblr_mo7b3bwxmV1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52727230490http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52727230490Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:30:00 +0100PokemonEeveeEeveelutionvaporeonjolteonflareonespeonumbreonglaceonleafeonsylveon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e353a9ae413f1a5b886231da3157da9c/tumblr_mo0jn5ErCy1qaj9q7o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52398329179http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52398329179Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:30:05 +0100motivationalpenguin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6d5a9535f4c044566acc39cf038e66d1/tumblr_mnt80uHYrA1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Indian fritillary<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/19bc185001c4da5f81680b390ed69bd6/tumblr_mnt80uHYrA1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> common bluebottle<br/><br/> <p>Butterflies in Japan > butterflies in the UK</p> <p>(top: Indian fritillary, bottom: common bluebottle)</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52238685270http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52238685270Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:30:30 +0100butterflyJapan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7a826ede1cd17047c36065e72d392e9/tumblr_mnt6ryN9H41qaj9q7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2e53a653c5c047c7b011fea1d9075bbd/tumblr_mnt6ryN9H41qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0d758641c28639a38ec34981f40a09d5/tumblr_mnt6ryN9H41qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52157890697http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52157890697Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:30:04 +0100Japanhydrangea<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/98f81129c57fd33c2bb73cdeab2fc181/tumblr_mnt6mlzGby1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0fbc75f92b2662ffb37ba92e6bbea277/tumblr_mnt6mlzGby1qaj9q7o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a4c8f5ed799ded3dd2634c5b75d2240/tumblr_mnt6mlzGby1qaj9q7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ddbe3b925d169351f54c1f521e019f7e/tumblr_mnt6mlzGby1qaj9q7o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ae5c915e188a21453399230c73f5006a/tumblr_mnt6mlzGby1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9cfd299b01676b06b82cd81b820d9cd/tumblr_mnt6mlzGby1qaj9q7o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52075671012http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52075671012Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:30:25 +0100Japanlilyhibiscusflowerpetunia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fb1166736c966e753fb653282b2c860e/tumblr_mnt607Sg2x1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ca2313f6dc8aff936075db464be9e7cb/tumblr_mnt607Sg2x1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Somen nagashi (known as nagashi somen in the rest of Japan) is tasty. </p> <p>Fish with head still attached, not so much. Not that I eat fish anyway.</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52044669634http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/52044669634Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:24:00 +0100Japansomenfishnoodles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/af1fffe8bc7d82ab9756f0e78ccf430a/tumblr_mnd2zwXKuJ1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51494999765http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51494999765Mon, 27 May 2013 20:30:03 +0100Japanmoon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/07be3037f8dd49975c21251461e9c108/tumblr_mnd2oaRFap1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/58185a1c0cdc4102182359ecc6cb8c38/tumblr_mnd2oaRFap1qaj9q7o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a57c2c844f9a27fb90b90e88e494045/tumblr_mnd2oaRFap1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7812a19d73056d9fc3f80c95b032b9d9/tumblr_mnd2oaRFap1qaj9q7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3b5eb88acb9cd71ae852f56824379efa/tumblr_mnd2oaRFap1qaj9q7o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51412344304http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51412344304Sun, 26 May 2013 20:30:04 +0100Japanspringflower<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2caf71359690187fbac124331944c924/tumblr_mnd2c2xOlY1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c59011a14f43a8308b8972904631f36/tumblr_mnd2c2xOlY1qaj9q7o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These baby statues at a local park creep me out.</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51323192156http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51323192156Sat, 25 May 2013 20:30:10 +0100creepy babystatueJapan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e2a524b342e366190c88ed309c83f0c3/tumblr_mn2ctoO4W31qhttpto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8363be0b12f055ca3b520ffda81c8fa7/tumblr_mn2ctoO4W31qhttpto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a08fcc6b55efcf6f00a0372cce1232ab/tumblr_mn2ctoO4W31qhttpto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ced480cbff7498a6ee7bae0fb55394db/tumblr_mn2ctoO4W31qhttpto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofanimation.tumblr.com/post/50850032220/tangocharlieesq" target="_blank">theartofanimation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://tangocharlieesq.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">TangoCharlieESQ</a></p> </blockquote>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51314931623http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51314931623Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:06 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/97b0ba50a68e6cf6265a5ff4f65b6eda/tumblr_mnd2t75oxH1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s a bazillion stray cats round here, but this one doesn’t look too healthy. It blew a snot bubble at me :(</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51308323634http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51308323634Sat, 25 May 2013 16:53:31 +0100catstaryJapan<p><strong><u>Barbara (f) Greek, “a stranger”</u></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Kana transcription</span></strong><span>:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>バーバラ</span><span>／</span><span>ばーばら</span><span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Purely phonetic transcription</span></strong><span>:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>馬亜馬等　瑪雅磨羅　場蛙魔喇　羽雅碆螺　婆薔薇　</span><span>and also　</span><span>馬場等　瑪磨羅　婆芭鑼　羽碆螺</span><span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Purely denotative transcription</span></strong><span>:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span>部外者</span><span> </span><span>= a stranger, <em>bugaisha</em>;</span><span>　他人</span><span> = a stranger, <em>tannin</em>;</span><span>　不案内者</span><span> = a stranger, <em>fuannai-sha</em>;</span><span>　客人</span><span> = a guest person, <em>kyaku-jin</em>;</span><span>　異国人</span><span> </span><span>– a stranger, <em>ikoku-jin</em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Phonetic &amp; denotative transcription:</span></strong><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>磨薔薇</span><span> = a refined rose (which is not found locally), hence a “stranger”;</span><span>　羽薔薇</span><span> = a feather-like rose, hence a “stranger” (a strange kind of rose not found locally);</span><span>　婆罵裸</span><span> = an old woman who is shouting in the nude, hence a “stranger”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Phonetic and eulogistic transcription:</span></strong><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>芭薔薇</span><span> = a rose;</span><span>　馬場鑼</span><span> = the gong at a stable;</span><span>　芭磨良</span><span> = a good refined flower</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Attention-getting transcription:</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>婆蛙罵裸</span><span> = an old woman frog shouting in the nude;</span><span>　馬唖婆蝸</span><span> = a horse laughing at an old snail</span></p> <p>　　From &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Write-Your-Name-Kanji-Nobuo/dp/0804833346" title="Write Your Name in Kanji" target="_blank">Write Your Name in Japanese Kanji</a>&#8221; by Nobuo Sato</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51067964797http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/51067964797Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:25 +0100JapanesekanjiJapanmightbewrongcantreadmyblurryphotothinkillsticktokatakanathankyou<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/58e05645f0dde3318ddf26642aab2633/tumblr_mn2egwhD8H1qf968wo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/47303fe98f4952a07039fee95d173ca2/tumblr_mn2egwhD8H1qf968wo2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/35f2f38d8924d737a3369a73655ff2ef/tumblr_mn2egwhD8H1qf968wo3_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2f801b3550ed7940273815059442cbca/tumblr_mn2egwhD8H1qf968wo4_400.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ohcorny.tumblr.com/post/50852896663/weepinduo" target="_blank">ohcorny</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>weepinduo</p> </blockquote>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/50903328320http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/50903328320Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:41 +0100pokemon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bda7ec6ee470ae875d21492aa688652d/tumblr_mm9hrrHnN91rrwt3po1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a277b7558739c5fc8da522ab0ca4b9d0/tumblr_mm9hrrHnN91rrwt3po2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ba7436d29e56817563f22b5db9d4ca5/tumblr_mm9hrrHnN91rrwt3po3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b274f9f26fc85e53d6b7ac91ffc9597/tumblr_mm9hrrHnN91rrwt3po4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>Shit just got real.</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/49680720800http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/49680720800Sun, 05 May 2013 13:23:13 +0100Hannibalspoilers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4c3b2414c1c7ebb738885eee70175a8a/tumblr_mlp448kgol1s3joi0o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kendra-p.tumblr.com/post/48698387340/danyvsastapor" target="_blank">kendra-p</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hey I love Game of Thrones</p> <p>(Inspired by lots of wonderful gifs and photo sets, thanks internet!)</p> </blockquote>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48918897460http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48918897460Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:47:28 +0100Game of ThronesKhaleesiDracarys<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6986166623219890aecb766874bcdd14/tumblr_mlfcr20QFi1qar3s3o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wellthatsadorable.com/post/48237799350/weve-found-the-apex-of-the-internet-everybody" target="_blank">wellthatsadorable</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>We’ve found the apex of the internet, everybody. Shut it down.</p> <p>(Thanks for the gif, Brett Morris!)</p> </blockquote>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48501789365http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48501789365Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:19:03 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ad43452b0438c1287133d8022de704f/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf5c10a2ca84d72709487f81694a7914/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/041797b03d772fac50f55ff102eb1c9a/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ffaa782b025df3c988965b9143b8d1f8/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4594d5fe3db0155319c1bfebc95d26e/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0510bd41b556c9fc93dc68009188c70b/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c78ca4228e7026d0ebe6d517fc12381e/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9d7d312a31bbe0d067f752dab24b343b/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/21421b6ad54e5048a825128c6e3e1786/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/598744a76f6311e5b0c946ac9807d192/tumblr_ml9e1ty4bo1qaj9q7o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Tokyo Disneyland Parade</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48137567847http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48137567847Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:30:26 +0100TokyoJapanDisneyDisneylandTiggerPoohSimbaLion KingHookPeter PanMonsters IncToy StoryIncredibles<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/36b2d0792138b4bff8df360319e1ade4/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ce2c231e9ca85a263028d667de41e26a/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/399541d9ebbdf2e6b2053b5fb26fd555/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/72b901cd568622495d734fedf9e86e81/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/999bb54420b1805051754a46a166ca89/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f5ec4dfda062c243562989de2394ba9e/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b948fe9dd2719cab9ddd2b67e427cddd/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ef31d456105a596d459adc9c940c64a/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e7d777e7dfbb5b1c795b75688926e89/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/725d835ca980b89f0c9f6d10834f91d5/tumblr_ml9dw8KiSM1qaj9q7o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Tokyo Disneyland</p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48058039288http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/48058039288Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:30:28 +0100JapanTokyoDisneyDisneylandMinnie MouseCinderella<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2e76221ae1fc4076d5bf2e88733b5945/tumblr_ml98vjuyID1qaj9q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c383a2a9623ac8d5d962ba36ef3ee373/tumblr_ml98vjuyID1qaj9q7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/53851e272b40f302d39dc9efbf3a716e/tumblr_ml98vjuyID1qaj9q7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64da3f83a78e501ad7789ca7498db072/tumblr_ml98vjuyID1qaj9q7o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>お台場</span><br/><span>Odaiba<br/></span></p>http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/47976949865http://bespektacled.tumblr.com/post/47976949865Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:30:21 +0100JapanTokyoOdaibaGundamRainbow BridgeStatue of LibertyFuji Television