@writerofscratch

PhD candidate at Leiden University. Editor at Tokyo Review. Freelance journalist & translator. Volunteer lexicographer. 研究者。記者。編者。翻訳者。日蘭・蘭日辞書編集者。歌人。

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Today marks ten years since Shibuya and Setagaya became Japan's first two municipalities recognizing the relationships of LGBTQ+ couples with local policies that would end up contributing to nationwide change. My latest for @TokyoReview: tokyoreview.net/2025/11/a-de…

A decade of LGBT partnership systems in Japan

Ten years ago, two municipalities in Tokyo wrote history by commencing Japan’s first so-called “partnership systems” (パートナーシップ制度) to recognize LGBTQ+ couples’ relationships. In the years that...

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Recently, I was talking with three women in Japanese about my love life, while three men talked in Dutch about fishing equipment (?) on the other side of the living room. "What are you guys talking about?" asks one of the men in English. "Girl stuff", responds his wife.
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Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff
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ettingermentum
@ettingermentum13h
Lula
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Alonso Gurmendi@Alonso_GD17h
Shady stuff happening in Brazil’s election, with certain pro-Lula areas experiencing public officials refusing to release 100% of bus fleets, meaning people can’t get to vote in time. Many domestic flights to Lula’s northeast bastions have been cancelled too.
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RayRassa@RayRassaArtOct 25
Genuinely the h3 pod has gained value because of the cheating. It’s been made watchable by looking for the clues
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Haala ⚢@haalaphrodykeOct 25
I don't care if Tamara Joseph wasn't a "girl's girl" to Hila. She got her bag and technically did more damage to the IDF than anyone else on the show. In this house Tamara is a hero, end of story
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Morpheus: You take the blue pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. You take the red pill--well, the same thing, really. Neo: Huh? Morpheus: They're both estrogen. Same dosage, too. Just different manufacturers. Now choose.
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おやすみ! ✨
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brother-in-law→義弟 (結婚による) stepbrother→義弟(親の再婚による） adopted brother→義弟(養子縁組による) 日本語でどっちがどっちか判断できないの欠陥言語すぎるだろ
さけのみ🍺
@SakenmiloveOct 24
兄→brother 弟→brother 英語でどっちがどっちか判断できないの欠陥言語すぎるだろ
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Staying the night with people I've only met for the first time today, over 100km away from home, and suddenly found out they're actually friends of a friend of two of my really good friends in Japan. I'm sidequesting so hard today.
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梅酒美味しいわぁ飲み会いいね
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I think I accidentally freaked one of my friends out by tweeting the below tweet
Emily Maple@writerofscratchOct 23
Thank you, I’ll say goodbye soon Though it’s the end of the world, don’t blame yourself, now And if it’s true, I will surround you and give life to a world That’s our own
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Such a flat country.
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The average stiltecoupé with like 5 travelers in it on a train in the Netherlands is more loud than the average Yamanote train car that is so full people almost spill out at every stop.
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Had my injection with testosterone blockers I get every 12 weeks on Thursday. Yesterday and today I've been feeling absolutely amazing. So connected to my body. Or at least more than usual. Very happy to be alive and such. I wonder if the correlation is causation or coincidence.
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Actually, Thursday already too. I got chills in the cinema. Chills. Do you know how rarely I experience those?
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Guy on the train intercom just said "dames en heren." What happened to "beste reizigers"? Paying lots of money to travel by train is one thing, but paying lots of money to travel by non-woke train...?
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Reminds me of when I asked the woman behind the desk at the doctor's office "でも、インフルエンザでもないなら、一体なんですか、この病気は?" after I tested negative and she grabbed a big black marker and wrote "カゼ" in big bold katana on a white sheet of paper that she held up.
ありす🩵🇱🇨@_shiopanOct 22
me and the nurse yesterday when she hesitantly asked if I could read MY OWN NAME in katakana on the vials they were about to put my blood in after we’d already had a 15 min conversation in Japanese where I’d fluently outlined my medical history and said Id been here over 10 years
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