{"id":732,"date":"2021-09-01T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pywackettproductions.com\/blog\/?p=732"},"modified":"2022-02-14T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T18:18:08","slug":"what-the-hell-is-kawaii-%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8f%e3%81%84%e3%81%84-or-%e5%8f%af%e6%84%9b%e3%81%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pywackettproductions.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/01\/what-the-hell-is-kawaii-%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8f%e3%81%84%e3%81%84-or-%e5%8f%af%e6%84%9b%e3%81%84\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Hell is Kawaii? (\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044 or \u53ef\u611b\u3044)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following Precure video is one example of Kawaii:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DokiDoki! Precure - Ending 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KZi0neoZJfM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Click on Red Arrow above<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A sample of several Kawaii images. In the Wikipedia Kawaii frame below, click on the first image called &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hello_Kitty\">Hello Kitty<\/a> on a sign in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ikebukuro\">Ikebukuro<\/a>. &#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will bring up a slider frame, then click on left &lt; or right >  keys to move through the images. Return here in the normal fashion by return browser arrow &lt;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kawaii#\/media\/File:Pink_bunny-shaped_roadblock.jpg\" scrolling=\"yes\" width=\"1000px\" height=\"1000px\" frameborder=\"1\" align=\"left\"> <\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<br><br><br>\n<br><br><br>\n<br><br><br>\n<br>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the wikipedia page for more info on Kawaii,<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>2) <em><strong>Impressionable Youth <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>A first impression from the video and pictures might be that of Childishness, &#8220;This is all just so immature.&#8221;\nAnd Kawaii certainly has a sure feeling of the child, where all things are possible, and any moment the infinite\nmight break through into this world, revolutionizing the human heart, mind, and soul. And yada, yada, yada. Been there, done that! Yawn!\nBut Kawaii is in very good company with some seriously profound writings such as:<\/p>\n\n<p>Mt 18:1 At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, \u2018Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mt 18:2-5 So he called a little child to him and set the child in front of them.\nThen he said, \u2018I tell you solemnly, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter\nthe kingdom of heaven. And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in\nthe kingdom of heaven. Anyone who welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Chew on those words, savor their taste, feel their flavor, smell the aroma of Heaven. Is Heaven childlike, or is it a place where &#8220;nothing ever happens&#8221; built only for grownups?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) <em><strong>What does Kawaii \u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044 or \u53ef\u611b\u3044 mean?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Kawaii (\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044 or \u53ef\u611b\u3044, [ka\u0270ai\ua71ci]; &#8216;lovely&#8217;, &#8216;loveable&#8217;, &#8216;cute&#8217;, or &#8216;adorable&#8217;) is a Japanese cultural phenomena which began around the 1970&#8217;s.\nIt is by no means accepted by all Japanese. Many intellectuals think that Kawaii is destroying traditional Japanese culture.\nIn many similar yet different ways, Japan is going through her own culture wars. This might just be an overreaction.\nThe proper translation as determined by Google Translate, is that the Japanese word Kawaii, \u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044, \u53ef\u611b\u3044 should be translated into English as &#8220;cute&#8221;!\nBut the English word &#8220;Cute&#8221; does not properly translate \u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044 or \u53ef\u611b\u3044 ! <\/p>\n\n<p>Saying that Kawaii is cute is like saying that the Sun is hot.<\/p>\n\n<p>Yeah, sure, the Sun IS hot at 10,000 \u00b0F or 5,600 \u00b0C  and so is a cup of coffee &#8220;hot&#8221;\nbut if you are going to compare your morning coffee temperature to the morning Sun temperature\nwell, Apples and Pink Elephants, one word does not fit all.<\/p>\n\n<p>Kawaii in the sense that the Japanese use the word is a level of cuteness beyond which none greater\ncan be thought, and it involves far more than images.<\/p>\n\n<p>We try in English with three degrees, hot, hotter, hottest  or cute, cuter, cutest\nSo your morning coffee is hot, and the morning sun is hotter than your coffee  or\nyour morning coffee is hot and the sun is the hottest object visible, or we just say that\nthe Sun is at temperatures of 10,000 \u00b0F \/ 5,600 \u00b0C .<\/p>\n\n<p>The problem here is that Nouns are Set specific, where the issue is scalar. While Kawaii would share in a set\nof all things \u201ccute\u201d, when placed on a scale like temperature, the two words clash violently because they are at\na very large distance of separation in value when one is compared to the other.<\/p>\n\n<p>So a pink ribbon is cute, but Pretty Cure is the cutest, or just use the Japanese word, Kawaii.<\/p>\n\n<p>Kawaii culture has infiltrated many aspects of Japanese export culture such as Manga, Anime movies and TV, J-Pop,\nIdol fandom, Fashion, and even pornographic Hentai comes in shades of Kawaii!\nHuman behavior is in many ways cultivated by Kawaii, with grown women trying to be Kawaii in their very person. This\ntheme actually goes back a long ways in Japanese history with the extreme militaristic Samurai wars allowing Japanese women\nto forge an independent existence separate from men, in many ways similar to ancient Sparta. One can hear this often in\nJapanese Female speak which tends to be an octave higher than normal, and where the Syntax is different by gender.\nI [Ore, \u304a\u308c, \u4ffa] or [Boku, \u307c, \u50d5] generally used by men and begins a sentence, is in Female speak, I {watashi, \u308f\u305f\u3057, \u79c1}\nand often ends a sentence in a less aggressive, submissive type of language. Active and passive language is in \nEnglish called Transitive \u201cThe batter hit the ball\u201d and Intransitive \u201cThe ball was hit by the batter\u201d, \nbut English does not genderize the first person pronouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>If you have seen the anime movie, \u201cYour Name.\u201d, there is a funny scene where Mitsuha who is in Taki\u2019s body and, at lunch with Taki\u2019s friends, uses watashi, and his friends look askance at him who is really her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kimi No Nawa funny moment &quot;Watashi&quot; cut\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0LPEEfBaBrA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Click Red Arrow above to play<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4) <em><strong>The Eyes have it!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Not only is this movement linguistic, but artistic where the \u2018Kawaii\u2019 style permeates the art.\nAs one example, we can focus on the eyes of anime\/manga characters, and we notice how large they are.<\/p>\n\n<p>In 2D art, we see eyes like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.weasyl.com\/~vr\/submissions\/1686586\/622ada4bd3a2cac09f652f08ecea0a9cc041994f32f54d965373ec46ffa98dc4\/vr-big-anime-eyes.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 3D art, we see eyes like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wallup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/26\/993968-anime-art-beauty-big-blue-eyes-brunette-cute-eyes-girl-grey-beanie-hand-hat-look-up-pink-lips-wear-wearing-young.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the 2D and the 3D, are very much in the Kawaii artistic style, and there is nothing unusual about our reactions to the pictures.\nIn fact, the girl in the 3D picture might be considered very attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>This Japanese artistic style, compares to a 4D \u201creal\u201d photograph with some CGI alternations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_lfill,w_1200,h_628,q_90\/ndp1mnt9gkysx0ztmupw.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most would immediately react to this girl, with horror and fear, as if she were suddenly going to attack the person\nin front of her, that she is some sort of monster! Now this is a \u201creal\u201d picture, but obviously, some serious CGI alternations\nhave been performed on it. And yet, we do not think that this girl is at all attractive.<\/p>\n\n<p>While the Kawaii style can be applied to almost any real world object, including fashion, the very clothes that one wears,\nto hair styles, and jewelry, the sound of a voice, or physical movements and behavior; when applied to the real body itself, there is a physical limit which is difficult to pass.\nWe have very definite perspectives on the human body and expect that to conform to expectations based upon body type norms. This is an observation, and not a recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>5) <em><strong>Kawaii is all about LOVE!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, yes, I know that saccharine sickly sweet taste, the Hypoglycemic reactions into prolonged cynical attitudes of rejection \nof any and all issues of feelings and love. So burned out are Western Peoples especially Americans about Love, that an immediate\nrejection follows the word \u201dlove\u201d i.e &#8220;That&#8217;s just so gay!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>Kawaii style is childlike but a child absorbs love like a sponge absorbs water! And a child will return love beginning with\ntheir mother, provided that the mother has been able to give Mother Love in first place. When a child picks Dandelion flowers\nand brings them in as a present to their mother, that is Kawaii Love.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Pywackett Kawaii playlist, a collection of some 90 videos with Kawaii content<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Folcwine P. Pywackett&#039;s KAWAII (\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044) [ka\u0270ai\ua71ci]; &quot;lovable&quot;, &quot;cute&quot;, or &quot;adorable&quot;)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLZ0ieMKiJUGeSRWr41-GinbEVGtkg59__\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Click on Red Arrow to play<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pretty Cure Anthem &#8220;Right Here, Right Now&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u6620\u753b\u30d7\u30ea\u30ad\u30e5\u30a2\u30aa\u30fc\u30eb\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30ba\u3000\u6625\u306e\u30ab\u30fc\u30cb\u30d0\u30eb\u266a\u300f\u4e3b\u984c\u6b4c\u300c\u30a4\u30de\u30b3\u30b3\u30ab\u30e9\u300d \u30c0\u30f3\u30b9\u6620\u50cf\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJRX6oRL1Rs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interpreted with English subtitles by Idol group, Morning Musume<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30e2\u30fc\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u5a18\u3002&#039;15\u300e\u30a4\u30de\u30b3\u30b3\u30ab\u30e9\u300f(Morning Musume\u3002&#039;15[Right Here, Right Now]) (Promotion Edit)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQntRgpNDu0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Click on Red Arrow to play<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you pay attention to this song and it&#8217;s message,<\/p>\n\n<p>Right Here, Right Now<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You and I are the wishes that connects to the future&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>This is not trivial do-do or pollyanish tripe. Kawaii has real, honest and deep meaning.\nThis meaning is what the people in San Francisco were trying to do during\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Summer_of_Love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The San Francisco Summer of Love<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The same that the Beatles were trying to say &#8220;All you need is love&#8221;(1968)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All You Need Is Love (Remastered 2009)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_7xMfIp-irg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Click on Red Arrow to Play<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the Dandelion flowers all over again. They keep returning every year, no matter how hard gardeners try to eradicate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>6) <em><strong>So What the Hell is Kawaii?  \u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044 or \u53ef\u611b\u3044 ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>To put it simply and direct,<\/p>\n\n<p>Kawaii \u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044 or \u53ef\u611b\u3044 is love!<\/p>\n\n<p>And this video, \u201cA Reflection of One\u2019s Mind\u201d is a direct lesson in \u201cHow to turn hate into love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u81ea\u4e3b\u5236\u4f5c\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1 \u300e\u60f3\u3044\u96f2\u300f | Animated Short Film &quot;a reflection of one&#039;s mind&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vmXi69bt3ks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Click on Red Arrow Above to play<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Live well and thrive!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em><strong>\u00a9 2021 Folwine P. Pywackett        (mox020)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following Precure video is one example of Kawaii: A sample of several Kawaii images. In the Wikipedia Kawaii frame below, click on the first image called &#8221; Hello Kitty on a sign in Ikebukuro. &#8220;. This will bring up a slider frame, then click on left &lt; or right > keys to move through &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pywackettproductions.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/01\/what-the-hell-is-kawaii-%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8f%e3%81%84%e3%81%84-or-%e5%8f%af%e6%84%9b%e3%81%84\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What the Hell is Kawaii? 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