Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Ruins of Japanese Emperor's WWII bombshelter

2015-08-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
A translation of the broadcast is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyokuon-h%C5%8Ds%C5%8D#Full_text It is hard to understand in English, and very hard to understand in Japanese, because it is in highflow pseudo-ancient court Japanese. Many people hearing it did not understand until the

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Ruins of Japanese Emperor's WWII bombshelter

2015-08-03 Thread Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Thanks for the translation Jed. I lived in Japan with my parents back around 1954-56. I reckon I was around 2 years when we moved there. It would have been a good age to learn a 2nd language - if only I lived there longer. I am reminded of the 1980s TV Miniseries Shogun, staring Richard