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Simple curiosity...
Where Did the Name “Tsukuba” Come From:
Tsukuba City Hall recently upgraded its
Japanese website and has made it a bit easier to navigate. They have also added some new pages about
the history of the Tsukuba area. One of the new pages gives
some possible explanations for the name “Tsukuba”.
According to the Hitachi no Kuni Fudoki (常陸国風土記, a kind of almanac for the Hitachi area — present day Ibaraki) which was written in the Nara Period (710 to 794 AD), Tsukuba (筑波) was originally called “Ki no Kuni” (紀の国). The first administrator of the Tsukuba area, an emissary from the Yamato court, was called Tsukuhako no Mikoto (ツクハコの命). During the reign of
Emperor Sujin (崇神天皇, third or fourth century), Tsukuhako no Mikoto decided to change the name of Ki no Kuni to “Tsukuha no Kuni” so that his name could be remembered by future generations. Over the years, Tsukuha became Tsukuba.
Another story, this one from a book written by a Mt. Tsukuba monk in the Edo era (1603 to 1868 AD), says that during the reign of
Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, legendary Emperor of Japan, 660-585 BC), the Eastern Sea swelled and threaten to inundate the country. However, Mt. Tsukuba was very tall and it stopped the wave (波), therefore protecting the parts to the west of the mountain from flooding. From this, the name Tsukuba (築波, meaning built-up wave) was given to the mountain.
Finally, the word “chiku” (筑, also pronounced “tsuku”) refers to an instrument that is similar to the
koto.
Amaterasu (天照大神), the sun goddess born of
Izanagi and
Izanami, was playing the chiku to comfort her parents. Doing this cause a wave (波) from the Kashima Sea to reach (着く, pronounced “tsuku”) the peak of Mt. Tsukuba, so the mountain was then called Tsukuba (着波, or reach-wave). Another explanation was that the sound of the chiku (筑) brought the wave (波), so the mountain was named Tsukuba (筑波).
(This information comes from a book called “Tsukuba no Mukashi Banashi” which is published by Tsukuba Shorin and available to be purchased through Ibaraki Zusho. If you are interested in purchasing the book, please see the
Tsukuba Mukashi Banashi page on the City Hall website.)
There are many possible explanations and we may never know for sure why this area was given the name Tsukuba, but these historical accounts make for interesting reading (and good history lessons).
If you want to practice your Japanese while reading about Tsukuba, click on “♪音声で聞く” (written in red at the top of the page) on the
City Hall page to hear someone read the explanation in Japanese.
And Finally:
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Tsundere (ツンデレ, pronounced [tsɯndeɾe]) is a Japanese term for a character development process that describes a person who is initially cold (and sometimes even hostile) before gradually showing a warmer, friendlier side over time. The word is derived from the terms tsun tsun (ツンツン), meaning to turn away in disgust, and dere dere (デレデレ) meaning to become 'lovey dovey'.[1] Originally found in Japanese bishōjo games,[2] the word is now part of the otaku moe phenomenon,[3] reaching into other media such as maid cafés,[3] anime, manga, novels, and even mass media. The term was made popular in the visual novel Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.[1]
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Manga author Ken Akamatsu lists tsundere as one of the special cases in his definition of moe: "The person feeling it must be stronger: The object of 'moe' is weak and dependent (like a child) on the person, or is in a situation where she cannot oppose (like a maid)... (*Tsundere only: There will be times where the stronger and weaker role is reversed)."[4] The concept has received increasing attention in Japan, with a maid cafe named Nagomi in Akihabara started having "tsundere" events in 2006[5][note 1] and tsundere-themed products released (like Tomy Co.'s portable television set),[note 2] and the concept increasingly reflected in recent anime, from an extended discussion of the meaning of the concept and its origin on the Internet in Lucky Star's Lucky Channel segment classifying the characters according to tsundere-ness. Another accepted definition of tsundere is a girl or a guy who has a combative attitude toward others but is also kind on the inside. They usually play out as having an attitude toward the main character, either a male or a female, and often criticizing them in one way or another, until they eventually warm up to them or fall in love with them as the series progresses, though they usually find it very hard to admit it or outright deny it in some cases.
Comiket organizer Koichi Ichikawa has described Lum Invader of Urusei Yatsura as being both the source of moe and the first tsundere;[6] figurine sculptor Bome has also cited Lum as an inspiration for his designs.[7] Manga critic Jason Thompson named Madoka Ayukawa of the 1980s series Kimagure Orange Road as the root of the tsundere archetype.[8] Other anime and manga featuring tsundere include Love Hina, Neon Genesis Evangelion,[9] and Bakemonogatari,[10] among many others. Some voice actors have garnered a reputation for voicing tsundere characters such as Rie Kugimiya who voices Louise in The Familiar of Zero and Nagi in Hayate the Combat Butler.[11][12] In Excel Saga volume 15, author Rikdo Koshi defines tsundere as "hard on the outside, soft on the inside" and associates it with character Misaki Matsuya.[2]
Tsundere as a concept is not strictly limited to women, and is not strictly limited to manga or anime. The character Germany from the series Hetalia: Axis Powers is portrayed as being tsundere, and is paired with a "lovable loser", Italy Veneziano. These characters represent their respective countries; thus the implication is that Germany, the country, is tsundere.[3] Tsundere role-play has become a common theme in maid cafés.[3]
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