Comments on: Haikara

By: Etl World News | HAIKARA.

Etl World News | HAIKARA. — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:50:43 +0000

[...] of No-sword has another essay up at Néojaponisme, this one about the old-fashioned Japanese word haikara, from [...]

By: Jarvis32

Jarvis32 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:51:46 +0000

Fine article. Just one thing to add:

My wife tells me the word bankara has long been associated with Waseda University, and, by extension, with the Naturalist writers associated with the school’s literary magazine.
This is in contrast to the “haikara” of Keio University, and the tanbishugi associated with it.

-Jarvis32

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:53:08 +0000

Very fine work, indeed. I say the world needs a little more bankara and less haikara.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:31:35 +0000

Wow this is a great piece of research! I imagine you must have had to dig pretty deep to find all this background info on ハイカラ – great stuff!

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:13:01 +0000

Yipes, I didn’t even realize you had done an article on ‘naui’ when I wrote that.

I agree with Connor. Except about Obie Trice.

By: Connor

Connor — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:52:27 +0000

To Matt: Awesome piece. You do not need a gimmick, much like Obie Trice did not need a gimmick. I bet the readership will go for “this is a fun word and let’s all check it out.” I’m always in.

To David: I want more, more, more Capsule references.

By: Matt TREYVAUD

Matt TREYVAUD — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:41:05 +0000

Cf. 'naui' indeed! ... Maybe I need a new gimmick for these pieces.

By: W. David MARX

W. David MARX — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:38:49 +0000

ハイカラ・ガール

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:42:03 +0000

Great post. ‘Haikara’ is one of those words I laugh at, because it would be a dead word (shigo), except that there is still a smattering of people out there keeping it alive, still using it as an adjective for some anachronism of Japanese culture (which, at the time, was probably unmistakably ‘haikara’).

Cf. ‘nauii’