Word: baing
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...about the importance of privacy. In my second year studying Japanese at Harvard, we learned that there is technically no word for privacy in Japanese; when the Japanese need to use the word “privacy”, they use the English derivative “pu-rai-ba-shi.” Until the twentieth century, there wasn’t even a word for the concept. From small Japanese towns to Tokyo highrises, everyone knows their neighbors’ business, because the walls are made of a very thin—but equally delicious—rice...
...sense among many Iranians that the candidacy of Barack Obama offers real hope for repairing the U.S.-Iranian relationship. Commenting on the Iranian preference for a Democrat in the White House, Sergei Barseghian, a columnist for the reformist Etemad Meli newspaper noted that in Farsi, the words Oo ba ma would translate as "He's with...
...Sunnis worship God; Shi'ites worship God - and the imams," says Tareq Sammaree, offering a bumper-sticker putdown of the Shi'ite devotion to their pious human heroes, Ali and Hussein. The 58-year-old Sunni is a former professor at Baghdad University and a long-time Ba'ath Party member; he is not particularly fond of his Shi'ite countrymen. He claims he and his son were kidnapped by a Shi'ite militia and tortured for over a year at the Jadiriya prison in Baghdad, and that he does not know the fate...
...album. The vocal effects on “Neighbors” and “Open Book” recall his production of Gorillaz’ “Demon Days.” Additionally, the psychedelic “Surprise,” with its “ba-ba” harmonic chorus, brings to mind an unusual influence: Athens, Ga. indie-pop band The Olivia Tremor Control, who have been previously cited by Danger Mouse as a significant influence. Some of the album’s less hectic tracks showcase the neo-soul that...
...Friday morning, British newspapers were lambasting the new terminal as a "disgrace," and BA then announced it would be canceling one out of every five flights during the terminal's second day. The airport held overnight meetings (while some passengers were sleeping on the premises) and its attitude toward journalists became decidedly frosty. An army of support staff holding clipboards and wearing blue t-shirts emblazoned with the question "Can I help?" marched around the terminal. Their answers to media queries mirrored official statements and were structured with supporting evidence. As one employee, who asked not to be identified, says...