火の中に病気の小２が・・弟と曾祖母が助けに戻り帰らず

「２遺体は折り重なるようにして見つかったという。」って。

~J

トイレのドア開かない！　車掌閉じ込められ特急に遅れ

Best excuse for a delay I've ever heard, I think.

~J

Thought this one might be of interest to anybody who's paid for a kanji proficiency test:
利益禁止の「漢検」２０億円もうけ、経費３倍の検定料も

Extra bonus story suggesting where the money may have gone:
漢検協会、理事長の会社に「広報費」など８億円

woodwojr Wrote:トイレのドア開かない！　車掌閉じ込められ特急に遅れ

Best excuse for a delay I've ever heard, I think.

~J

Haha, I used to use that one in high school to skip classes!

２９年ぶりとなる常用漢字表の改定の全容が１６日、明らかになった。

(「わたし」が「私」の正しい読み方の一つとして認められなかったなんて信じられない。。。)

Only just finished Heisig and they've added another 191 (or will by autumn unless somebody points out some tremendous screwup.)

pm215 Wrote:２９年ぶりとなる常用漢字表の改定の全容が１６日、明らかになった。

(「わたし」が「私」の正しい読み方の一つとして認められなかったなんて信じられない。。。)

Only just finished Heisig and they've added another 191 (or will by autumn unless somebody points out some tremendous screwup.)

No worries, learning 191 new should be no problem and take no time at all. However, of the kanji listed, none of them seem too common to me...

Very interesting article!

EDIT: Ah, the ones listed in the actual article makes more sense. 俺、誰、頃 (all of them kanji I've seen VERY much and has been sorta surprised about them not being 常用).

Tobberoth Wrote:俺

On that one in particular I find one or two of the quotes from this Sankei article from last year kind of amusing, in a "trying to turn back the tide" kind of way, eg:

Quote:公の場では『私』を使い分けられる生徒を育てたい。『俺』と『私』を同じように認めたくない。

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/...000-n1.htm

Doraemon anime 30 year anniversary article