Zdenek's definitions

kotoba

Means speech.

Some other variations include:
hanashikotoba - spoken word
kotobadzukai - expression

by Zdenek December 5, 2003

yogasm

The result of several outlandish excersises, that stress your brain. A softer variety of this is the satisfaction after a long run.

Why are you still standing on your head clapping your hands behind your back? Don't tell me you are trying to achieve that yogasm nonsense again!

by Zdenek August 9, 2004

tuning

Changing your car's appearance to enhance it (in your eyes) - ranges from lame dasher frills and spoilers to reboared cylinders and rechipped injection circuits. It's supposed to make your car go (or just look) faster.

The proud owner of a tuned car won't likely sell it to anyone else.

by Zdenek August 20, 2004

onyomi

A reading of the Kanji characters taken from China and loosely understood. Explained in katakana for educational purposes. See also kunyomi.

--+--
. A . . . DAI
_/ \_

See also kunyomi for the other reading.

by Zdenek June 8, 2004

harakiri

The most (in)famous kind of Japanese suicide. As it says, I'm slitting my stomach, it refers to this gruesome kind of killing oneself.

He was not able to stand the pressure of the society, so he decided to solve the problems in an "honorable" way.

by Zdenek June 8, 2004