Nina's Nihongo Zone Episode 6 - Wordplay (Patreon)

Hello patrons, and welcome to episode 6 of Nina's Nihongo Zone. This month I talk about wordplay! In ZZ episode 11, the subtitles have Mashymre misspeak about Chara in a humorous way. What does he say in Japanese? Is the joke in Japanese at all similar to how the joke is rendered in English? I investigate, and talk a bit about puns in Japanese generally.

- Wikipedia page about Japanese wordplay.

- Tofugu.com blog post about Japanese puns.

- A blog post about homophones in Japanese puns, poetry, and superstitions. 

- The intro song is "The city" by The Kyoto Connection, from the album Kyoto Soundscapes, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

- The outro song is "Brain Power" by Mela, from the album Mela two, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

If you have language questions or a topic you'd like to recommend for a future episode of Nina's Nihongo Zone, you can email me at gundampodcast@gmail.com, or leave a comment below!