Comment author: Jake2 11 October 2008 11:12:47AM 0 points [-]

My Japanese is rudimentary at best, but isn't issho related to issho ni meaning "together"? And what about the practice of saying gambatte kudasai before exams -- "please do your best"? Maybe the Japanese have as many ways of describing effort as they do to describe the circumstances of death.

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Comment author: Jake2 22 May 2008 09:04:29AM 2 points [-]

Halfway into the post, I thought I was reading a synopsis for Lem's "His Master's Voice".