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    Shear Fluke! A Rare Aussie Cultural Hit in Japan

    Australia’s impact on Japanese society is visible in numerous areas, but in the cultural sphere, Australian influence has been negligible at best. オーストラリアは日本社会に対してあらゆる分野で与えた影響が見えるが、文化の面ではオーストラリアのインパクトがほぼないといって良いところだ。 Apart from a literal honeymoon period in the early 1990s when cashed-up newlyweds made Down Under their favored destination, the odd hit movie during the Australian New Wave cinema of the 1970s…

  • Dag/ダサイ

    dag Australian English 1) Dag can mean either a socially inept person, unfashionable; or, 2) It can be used in its original meaning to describe some dirty fleece dangling from the area around a sheep’s hind. 日本語 １） ダサイ、ファッション感覚が悪い人。 ２） 羊のお尻辺りにぶら下げる汚い毛のこと。 Plain English 1) A goof, nerd, oddball. 2) Dirty, matted fleece around a sheep’s…