Category: My Thoughts

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Expressions of love

There are various ways to express love in Japanese. The direct translation of “I love you” is aishite-imasu (愛しています) or aishite-ru (愛してる), but according to How to Say ‘I love you’ in Japanese, Japanese people hardly...

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Susanna and Candy

Many thanks to some of you for your comments to my post Kono, Sono, and Ano even though we aren’t really talking about that post anymore. 😉 😛 Just to let you know, I’m actually...

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Her happiness

When Terry decided to leave England, he left a note for Candy as shown in the manga here. He addressed her as someone considerate or thoughtful (心ある), telling her he quit school and headed to...

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Kono, Sono and Ano

I’ve been quite preoccupied lately that I can’t afford to update as frequently as I wish or respond to your comments promptly. Thank you all for your understanding! I’ll do my best to keep my...

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Endearing nickname

Have you watched the movie, “The King’s Speech“? It’s a story about how Prince Albert, the second son of King George V of England, overcame a stuttering condition he had endured since his youth. When Prince...

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I wish you were here…

Here I am again, sharing bits and pieces of Candy Candy Final Story (CCFS) with you. Please bear with me because I read Japanese not as fast as I wish. 😛 So far I’ve...

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“Afternoon Nap” in Korean!

It is my great pleasure to introduce to you a Candy Candy fan from Korea, 이수진 (pronounced as Lee Su Jin). She approached me a short while ago and expressed her interest to translate...

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A nice bride

I’m feeling slightly better, and thank you for your patience and warm wishes. 🙂 While reading your comments for A man worth loving, I noted some of you were talking about the manga scene in which...

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Happy Women’s Day!

Happy Women’s Day to all the friends I have met in Candy Candy world! Thank you all for the enthusiastic feedback and interesting comments to my previous post, and I will try to answer...

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A man worth loving

Found this meaningful quote (source unknown) the other day: When a guy can handle your flaws, love you on your moody days, kiss you when you don’t look great, and say you’re beautiful no...

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