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Hara-Kiri

Hara-Kiri, what some people think is called hari-kari… what is the origin of this word?

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  1. Frank says: 124

    In Japan they use the word ’seppuku’ instead of hara-kiri.

    Gosh! I have so many homeworks to catch up on. :smile:

  2. Vash says: 123

    i believe the word they use in place of hari-kari is now Bushido

  3. hutchiee says: 122

    The common name is seppuku.

    Love the random lesson button, it’s like a time warp :cool:

  4. leonard says: 121

    You sure are the cutest. Is that a t-shirt or tank top? Word request for this random lesson, we say “here kity,kity,kity” for calling the felines and was wondering if it is related :lol: My dad brought back guns and a sword from Japan; he was with the first troops to march through Tokyo. Love you all nice music, oh my God, I forgot about cat guts they use for strings on their music instruments=========rated 100%

  5. thicepecin says: 120

    lol I was hoping her belly button would start talking in the beginning, ahh if only. Marina and hotforprofits have such great bodies. Good job ladies keep it up … no pun intended =\

  6. protac6 says: 119

    Also Japanese would stab themselves in the stomach to also stab someone behind them. Talk about sacrifice. :???:

  7. actually the japanese hara kiri was suicide but they would stab themself in the belly and if they were fortunate to have served there master well, they would be allowed a friend to cut their head off at the point of massive pain from stabbing himself. this was done in tenko and a few other documentries. the samurai’s whole life was to prepare for death and so if he had done something dishonorable or as u say lost a battle yes ritual suicide would of been done.

    the katana was the samurais weapon of choice and is still a beautiful weapon it took 6 months to build and was a work of art and brilliance.

    mike

  8. tedt says: 117

    When I did the experiment of ice skating downhill on the street :cool: , with shoes and some alcohol :roll: , I kari-karied my nose :cry: .
    (please don´t try that one —–> mayor shock)

  9. I think the blade was incerted on the left, moved across to the right then with a inch or two straight up. Follwed by ones head being sliced off……all in a good days work for some!! :shock:

  10. ahszi says: 115

    Right. The word “Seppuku (切腹)” is more commonly used by the Japanese. And when I’ll talk to a Japanese person, he or she is more likely to understand it.

    In our country (Philippines) and some parts of the world, people still use and understand the word “Hara-Kiri (腹切り).” But for some foreigners (including me) who loves to study Japanese may still or will understand the word “Seppuku” and use this word, instead of “Hara-kiri.”

    Speaking of suicide (oh, Jesus Christ! :shock: ) by the way, any lessons about “Russian Roulette” and how true it is? Please discuss it to us, Marina. Thanks for your time. Mwah! :smile:

    -from Ahszi
    (you can pronounce it as “A-si” or “A-zi”, it doesn’t matter)

  11. Seppuku (I think I spelled it right)

  12. freak says: 113

    haii maria
    mne o4enj panrawilis twoi video
    u menja nebolschaja prosba
    mosche na RUSSKAM tosche delatj??? :mrgreen:
    plzzz mb freaK

  13. hutchiee says: 112

    Nice change-up at the end with Marina-flashbacks.

    Is that the same shirt you wore in your stretching video last week? I haven’t gone back to check if it is, but this could be a first – you wore the same clothes twice in a video?

  14. matilda says: 111

    Hello, Marina.
    I’m so glad that you picked a Japanese word.
    I had no idea that English speakers know the word hara-kiri.
    Actually, neither hara-kiri or seppuku are used in daily Japanese. They both sound old, even seppuku. (Part of the reason for it is that not many people kill themselves like that these days.)
    I always enjoy your lessons.
    Bye!

  15. the shaun says: 110

    First time I ever heard of Hara-Kiri is while playing the video game “Mortal Kombat: Armageddon”. Once you suffer a defeat, the other opponent is able to do a violent finishing move, or “Fatality” — however you can stop that by killing yourself, or performing “Hara-Kiri”

  16. masco82 says: 109

    sepeku.. thats gotta hurt…but its the answer

  17. marylander says: 108

    Sorry for my late comment on seppuku. I’ve GOT to get to my mail earlier!

  18. marylander says: 107

    Seppuku is the proper approved Japanese word for ritual suicide.

  19. do the word pussy scince it has many meaings

  20. kenneth555 says: 104

    Seppuku is the accepted or honored word. The cut is made with a plunge on the left side, cutting across and then a 90 degree turn up the right side to cut the renal artery. It is an extremely painful way to die and usually involves a second who uses a full length katana to sever the head. Often the head was severed the moment the seppuku blade was held to the abdomen. The best cut for the second would be to sever the head properly, however not completely because it would be improper to have it roll away. The unthinkable would be to miss and need to do it twice, however this has happened.

    Probably geisha was the first word to the west.

    • See, this is why I much prefer our old European chivalry to the honor we see in Japan. That’s just grotesque!

      Or Olde Tayles of Yore where we learn that the correct way to get a poisonous supernatural snake to release you is to set a woman in a barrel of milk and have her hang a breast over the edge, then set the victim in a barrel of vinegar and station a swordsman between the two to cut the snake in half when it leaps for the woman’s (presumably honey sweetened) breast.

      “The Story of Caradoc”

      Much more visually appealing than seppuku…. :shock:

  21. vaniljeis says: 103

    Hi, I’ve been a fan of yours for a couple of months now, but only very recently signed up here on your website.

    Anyway, I was kinda hoping you’d clear something up for me, as it’s something that I’ve been wondering about for quite some time now. Where does rucksack come from? Any clues?

  22. elvenfunk says: 102

    Where is the word Sarcastic coming from? Sarcasm? Does it have anything to do with flesh, because Sarca in greek means flesh!
    please investigate my sweet teacher! :wink: :!:
    Sarcasm! I can’t find it anywhere.

  23. Gentle Men
    Will you Please, point out the element of life?
    Or the combination of , to create Life.
    I am just to ignorant to see it.
    Actinium – Ac
    Aluminum – Al
    Americium – Am
    Antimony – Sb
    Argon – Ar
    Arsenic – As
    Astatine – At
    Barium – Ba
    Berkelium – Bk
    Beryllium – Be
    Bismuth – Bi
    Boron – B
    Bromine – Br
    Cadmium – Cd
    Caesium – Cs
    Calcium – Ca
    ……………………….Califorfnium – Cf
    Carbon – C
    Cerium – Ce
    Chlorine – Cl
    Chromium – Cr
    Cobalt – Co
    Copper – Cu
    Curium – Cm
    Dysprosium – Dy
    Einsteinium – Es
    Erbium – Er
    Europium – Eu
    Fermium – Fm
    Fluorine – F
    Francium – Fr
    Gadolinium – Gd
    Gallium – Ga
    Germanium – Ge
    Gold – Au
    Hafnium – H
    Helium – He
    Holmium – Ho
    Hydrogen – H
    Indium – In
    Iodine – I
    Iridium – Ir
    Iron – Fe
    Krypton – Kr
    Lanthanum – La
    Lawrencium – Lr
    Lead – Pb
    Lithium – Li
    Lutetium – Lu
    Magnesium – Mg
    Manganese – Mn
    Meitnerium – Mt
    Mendelevium – Md
    Mercury – Hg
    Molybdenum – Mo
    Neodymium – Nd
    Neon – Ne
    Neptunium – Np
    Nickel – Ni
    Niobium – Nb
    Nitrogen – N
    Nobelium – No
    Osmium – Os
    Oxygen – O
    Palladium – Pd
    Phosphorus – P
    Platinum – Pt
    Plutonium – Pu
    Polonium – Po
    Potassium – K
    Praseodymium – Pr
    Promethium – Pm
    Protactinium – Pa
    Radium – Ra
    Radon – Rn
    Rhenium – Re
    Rhodium – Rh
    Rubidium – Rb
    Ruthenium – Ru
    Samarium – Sm
    Scandium – Sc
    Selenium – Se
    Silicon – Si
    Silver – Ag
    Sodium – Na
    Strontium – Sr
    Sulphur – S
    Tantalum – Ta
    Technetium – Tc
    Tellurium – Te
    Terbium – Tb
    Thallium – Tl
    Thorium – Th
    Thulium – Tm
    Tin – Sn
    Titanium – Ti
    Tungsten – W
    Unnilhexium – Unh
    Unniloctium – Uno
    Unnilpentium – Unp
    Unnilquadium – Unq
    Unnilseptium – Uns
    Uranium – U
    Vanadium – V
    Xenon – Xe
    Ytterbium – Yb
    Yttrium – Y
    Zinc – Zn
    Zirconium – Zr
    RRR
    Old stupid guy.

    • Sorry Marina
      I did not stack it like that . the site reconfigured it?

      RRR
      The Instigator

    • Being elementally inclined :wink: Argon may be noble and 12% of the atmosphere it’s not necessary for life. :lol:

      Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen are the elements the are essential for life.

      • Isn’t it amazing how stars produced all this stuff so we could name it? :mrgreen:
        Sodium and Calcium are also life essentials to us vertebrate critters.

      • I spat out a loop of sound similar to what you sense undergoing anesthesia. called it nitrous oxide. I guess technically it’s a trance loop. :mrgreen:

      • OK OK OK OK OK:

        Words are fucking us up. lets try.

        A=All that is
        0=absolute nothing
        G=GOD ( unknown value )
        ……0+0=0
        ……A+0=A
        ……0+A=A
        ……0+0+A=A
        ……A+A+0=A2
        ……0+0+0=0
        .
        synopsis:
        Is as expected ……0+0 always equals, 0
        and by adding A or 0 to any equation the
        out come is the same.

        Were as adding, G + 0= A and A + A = A
        The out come goes in flux.

        …G is of unknown value [ origin ] and can not be comprehended ,
        With out the addition of G or A the out come remains static.@= 0.

        Did [ A ] or [ G ] come from Nothing ? 0 + ? = A
        [AG]=Ag

        RRR
        The Done
        There for can be only given an value of ……

      • How is that nothing? At the top it’s mathematical symbolism, if you want to break it apart into it’s elements then it’s a lot of other things and those are also things. But show me where it becomes nothing. Any example you can give will always contain something so your whole premise is invalid to start with

      • Argon;
        [Any example you can give will always contain something]

        That is what I have been saying,
        Nothing with out [ ? ] will remain nothing..
        Something is always somrthing.
        Nothing with out any something at all is nothing.

        My post was ” look into her eyes and tell me you don’t see GOD.”

        So then the Guys stated that Marinas Eyes evolved out of NOTHING
        not a god.
        THE Vast empty ,
        NO something at all.
        Not a Molecue . NOTHING!
        Mostly no god.

        RRR
        clueless

      • I see what you are getting at.
        Absolutes. The mathmetician
        in me understands the need
        for proofs to be exact to be
        considered valid. This all
        falls down because the rules
        are different in physics. The
        physicist isn’t interested in
        an exact outcome, knowing
        that hysteresis is inherent
        when applying math calcs
        to what a physical system
        is actually doing. Absolute
        proof to a physicist is still
        going to be plus or minus
        a few points as compared
        to the calculus.

        God has not been
        proven, or disproven,
        mathematically, or
        through physics.

        Doesn’t mean it isn’t
        possible, just very
        improbable.

        ArgonTheAware is
        correct in that the
        example of logic
        you used in your
        example isn’t clear
        you do need to
        qualify premises
        with words, as in
        some, few, many,
        etc. to know if a
        fallacy of logic exists
        in a derived premise.

        Like Feud said,
        Sometimes a cigar
        is just a cigar! :mrgreen:

      • Oh I figured that there had to be a fundamental flaw in there somewhere since whoever said that something can evolve out of nothing is guilty of horribly reducing the subject. Besides being blind to the divine if they can’t see the infinite depths in Marina’s eyes

      • Hi Argon.

        Nobody said that except roadrunrnch. Anyone could see that the elements that made up our planet were obviously present when life began as microbial cells in the primordial ocean. He’s pretending that that’s all that is known because that’s all he knows. This discussion has beeen evolving for 3 videos. Go back and check through all the comments in “HOT” and “MUTT” vids for the whole sequence.

      • I left out Nitrogen, but the others you mentioned are compounds and can be combined from the other elements

      • H20, CH4, NH3, and H2 are sufficient:

        OK……..and Who [ what ] built the machine
        Where did H20, CH4, NH3, and H2 come from????????
        pooFF??? Out of the ether. where did the ether come from.

        Why is God coming form ( ) any harder to take the your idea?

        RRR
        The Dimm

      • Your mind can NOT comprehend , ” Nothing.”
        The vastness of NOTHING is enough to make you insane to conceive.
        Try think of nothing……if you are thinking of in the blackness of nothing?

        Wrong that is something. Absents of all Thought. Energy, Matter.
        ……….>NOTHING<………

      • Try not to confuse the terms since the cosmos is at they say in Zen “Neti Neti” or Not This, Not That” but both and neither.

        http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=44612365&size=l

        But that also includes and enfold the manifest domain so you have to keep them in perspective of which you’re dealing with the absolute or the relativem the insanity comes from confusing them.

      • absolute zero: the temperature where all motion and time stops.
        the coldest achieved in the labs is within a few millionths of a degree difference. To produce a true absolute zero result, it is estimated, would require all of the energy in the solar system!
        And don’t forget, empty vacouos space is rampant with brownian motion currents, which act with a physical force, produced by the creation and subsequent destruction of sub atomic particles. :mrgreen:
        Whatever happened to Bill Nye the Science guy?

      • About who built the machine you did not read the link:
        the machine just “simulate lightning through the atmosphere”

        Then you are confusing 1) the eye evolution 2) the life aparition, 3) the universe creation.
        1) I think you already had an answer on the eye.
        2) Here you see (with your own eyes) how easy the life apparition is. If you want to better understand (once you read the link), you could eventually investigate order from noise, and chaos theory, by googling it you will find out how disorder can make organisation easier and how inespected results can appear in a deterministic system.
        3) If you really care about the universe creation, I let somebodyelse get the info to give you some insight, don’t want to argue till the end of time on different matters.

        About my mind comprehending nothing, I find it rather easy. I have even experienced it, just before being born I was nothing, so I know perfectly what it is. And I don’t see what is the link here between “nothing” and god or etymology?

      • ChaCha has given me the answer I needed.
        Most are not able to comperhen the value of 0
        They will aways try to add something to nothing.
        For enstance ;
        “About my mind comprehending nothing, I find it rather easy. I have even experienced it, just before being born I was nothing,” ( See what I am talking about? )
        No, you were something just not a human . You were and are a lot of something. 0=0 aways

        RRR
        The 0

      • A long way to go from the 3rd person perspective of chemistry to the 1st person of mathematical abstraction to end up in the 2nd person of the divine in Marina’s eyes.

      • I am responding here because I am to lazy to find the OP.
        Your response of time starts with my birth and ends with my death?
        I would point you to Solipsism, These are my thoughts too.

        I am, by looking back at our posts, not arguing the same point as you. I am trying to point out the spark point of time and all matter.
        And you and others , are pointing out evolution of life on the earth after life was established.
        As you would agree is billions of trillions of years apart. So there is no chance of a consent .

        In a last effort to end this let me just make one concession, God started and evolution took over.

    • Want to play creating the elements of life in a bulb?
      http://www.millerureyexperiment.com/

    • Come on there is a huge difference between god and gravity, as you said for gravity: “You just feel it and see it’s action on other matter”. And I bet that each time you fall on the floor you feel it badly.
      But god? You can’t feel it by any sense and you can’t see any of his action on any matter can you?
      So now regarding prooving or not prooving, of course I can proove you the existence of gravity just by pushing you through the window from the third floor. And as we are here speaking of reality, I can call some scientific theory and predict the terminal velocity and energy dissipated when you impact the floor, and anyone doing bthe math will find the same numbers.
      You can’t proove me the existence of god. And neither can I proove that Santa Clauss does not exists, and as it is a matter of faith it is a good thing that we don’t have the same “perception”. It prooves that imagination can create any fantasy or “perception” of the reality, or poetry, any faith belief or disbelief are possible…

      • All I need to prove GOD exist is Prove IT does not.

        The fact that You are unable to prove that Santa Claus does not exists,
        Is apparent. You really need to start out on something you can conceive .
        Try : Marina , Is She a real Woman of just the figment of our over active minds, An enigma?

        RRR
        The Evil

      • Apparently, any failure to decisively prove that something DOESN’T exist provides positive proof that it exists (at least on the planet roadrunrnch).

        What a waste of time this guy is. He should try to get an education some day. I’ll tell you one thing: I’m sure glad I live next door to Santa Claus. Many people think he is a myth. Can you imagine?

      • PT9

        You are still not getting it…. S_L_O_W?

        You can not have Nothing and use something to prove it excites.

        THERE IS NO (((((((SOMETHING IN NOTHING.)))))))……..FOR FUCKS SAKE.

        RRR
        The wondering why are they so thick?

      • this is just trying to get a horse to drink. You can drag’um, push ‘um
        shove it’s head into the water. They will not drink. Only when It is ready to drink, will it.

        RRR
        The Tired

        ps GOD excites=E E+0=A

      • Hi pennsyltucky9, what RR is trying to tell us I think is the Saint Thomas d’Aquinus argument called “maxime verum”. As “nothing” is impossible, must be something “always”. Everyting pass is born and die, so anything is nothing. But as nothing is not possible, must be something (not “anything”) always existing and this is god.
        If nothing exists then god exists. I think Kant has debunked this argument, don’t remember how exactly.
        But it is easy to see that the argument only works when you put the existence or inexistence of nothing in a timeframe. The argument uppose a “before” a time when everyting does not exist except something (god), and a “creation”.
        The problem is that if the universe does not exist, time don’t exist neither. Time and space and the current reality where things exists is totally conistent. “Before” the “creation” is not only a place where nothing is, but also a moment where time does not exist.
        RR the “nothing” you are speaking about is not only “nothing” but also “notime” no place no time nothing. So RR do you think there “was” a god in such a no-moment and no-place?

      • There have been a few advances since Kant that include evidence like String Theory and M-Theory plus experiences beyond space/time into Non-dual awareness that show that not to be the case.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-dual

      • “maxime verum ” you say this is no-time and no-matter? All I come up with has to do with the Law. I will call it maxime verum. And at the maxime verum ( because there is no before, no-time) at that point [ 0 ] something happened.
        That something [ 0 ], is what I call ” GOD.” ( my god nothing to do with religion or some guy in the clouds watching over us.)
        And you call .”.Something “.
        The ( IT ) that started time and produced matter to create all that is.
        Should I change the name I use to ‘Starter” ?

        Argon is still trying to get to no-time no-matter. String /, M theory always something, He is trying to inject something into no-time no-matter. keep going Argon, keep going

    • ……………………….Califorfnium – Cf

      Well you might be right! That is an important element.

      Californication Season One…

    • Hi RRR,
      Thanks for keeping this chat fiendly, I appeciate.

      About “god” if I understood what you said, it seems to me that it all goes to the unknown density of the universe:
      A) If the density of the universe is low the universe is expanding “forever” and the big bang maybe well be an “initial” point in time and space, an anomaly. Maybe then there is such thin as a “creation” that as you said is dificult to understand since we are not use in getting “something” from “nothing”. There is then diferent ways in naming this “anomaly”. Some will point out to a “god” with paternal figure and a free will in creating universe. Apparently it is not your case, apparently you see the “anomaly” as something unknowable but perhaps not as something with own will. Anyway I bet you could understand that some can imagine that the “anomaly” could be “something” and not “someone”. And maybe you can even imagine that the “something” could be a property of the universe itself. resuming: if there is such thing as a creation to explain the anomaly caused by the transition from no time and no space to universe we could refer to 1) a god as an individual with will “doing” something 2) a “physical” event a thing not an individual “doing” something 3) an inherent property of the universe, who “per se” can be or not be and switch from one mode to another without intervention of 1) or 2)
      B) If the density of the universe is high, the gravity will end expansion at some point and the universe will contract again till coming back together to a unique point of infinite density resulting in a bing crunch. Then it is possible that there is not such thing as a “creation”, but a serie of expansions and contraction of a huge beating drum/heart of gigantic proportion, time and space always have existed and will exists forever sometime expanding sometime contraction and each zillions years passing throug a unique point simultaneously big bang or big crunch.

      About my own experience of “nothing” it is of course refering to my reality. What is “the” reality? The universe, my existence, the words naming things? Here we could debate, but egoistically speaking my understanding is that before I was born stricly nothing existed. The age of the universe is my age and once I’m dead it will end. So I still think that I have experienced “nothing” and will experience it again.

      • I just had second thoughts and I noticed that ancient greeks had three words to say time each one with different properties: the time flowing, the time of the opportunity and the time as a cycle.
        Perhaps it is the sign that they already knew that time could be at the same simultaneously or alternativly cyclical and linear, with a will of the opportunity or indiferent to anything else. The last measures of the density of the universe are giving the exact density were universe can or expand infinitly or contract at some point (or both maybe?)

      • My sticking point with an expanding Universe is , What is it expanding in to.

        Is time cyclical or/and linear? This is the first element that needs to be established, everything hinges on this.

        We are caught up with being right, more then in being right, at the expense of the truth.

    • Responding here to your last two posts:
      Regarding solipsism it is not so “of-topic” in my mind because I consider it together with a certaiin sort of materialism. If I think that mind needs matter to exist, and don’t buy the duality of soul-body then my solipsism is not only a solitude of the mond but also of the body. What I see is that there is no such thing as survival of the matter nor survival of the “soul”, “I” will not survive, nor in matter nor in spirit (which are the same). So when comparing to the eventual “apparition” of the universe it is not off-topic, because I personnaly experienced already the “anomaly” of having at somepoint a mind and a body when I perfectly know that “before” or “after” there was nothing and there will be nothing. In that sense the “anomaly” is not so extraordinary to need to be called with “god” names. 0+0=A is not so frightning each time I notice that 0+0 =Micheldiego. That why I can perfectly think that being or not being is an inherent property of Micheldiego , and may also weel be an inherent property of the universe.
      About your second answer, maybe we should think with a oriental mind where one thing and his opposite is possible.
      As logical twisted minds, maybe thinking in quantic mechanics could help, when noticing that something can ACTUALLY be in two different place at the same time (as an example). So is there a truth? Is time or cyclical or linear and not both?

      • Bob says: 101.8.1

        I don’t see how you can state that 0+0=micheldiego.
        Isn’t it the case that (Mama/2)+(Papa/2)=Mapa or Pama->micheldiego?

      • From mama or papa or Bob’s point of view yes, from micheldiego’s point of view no, because before I existed NOTHING existed, no mama no papa no Bob no nothing. This solispsist point of view is a way I used in the discussion with RRR to try to aprehend the emptyness of the existence in a time and place where there is nothing and not time. By just thinking of you before you were born (your mind and your body) you can get something similar to what was the universe before being “created”, in the case of the universe has been “created”, because it could be “cyclical” and existing for ever from big bangs to big crunchs (or the oposite?)

      • Bob says: 101.8.3

        The reason I asked is that, I seem to remember reading about an anomaly in the amount of matter existing in the universe; one theory to explain this is that, right after the big bang, matter and anti-matter were created in equal amounts, but since then, anti-matter has decayed or transmuted in some way so there is more matter than there should be.
        If this were true, then
        -M(Anti-matter/Pater)+M(Matter/Mater)=0 (Nothing/Void),
        Big Bang,
        -> Matter + Anti-matter = A (All of existence)

        Does that work or am I raving mad? :lol:

      • OK I got it now and it make sense. But I am not sure that including anti-matter in the equation helps :?: .

        I was speaking of something else where there is no anti-micheldiego.

  24. Hi Marina,

    When things are a bit disorganised, why do we say that they’re at “sixes and sevens”?

    Woof, woof….

  25. mr.brooks says: 99

    the origin of this word
    Hydrophilic

  26. Hey Marina!
    Lets learn about the word “etymology” itself. I’m sure there must be an interesting story behind the word that describes the history of words. A redundant topic?

  27. karsrkewl says: 97

    the origin of the word HAWAII :shock:

  28. Baby, do you need some tech support? :mrgreen:

  29. WOW! It accepted my comments!

    • I forgot the lesson, already Doh!
      I did get to read EVERYBOY’s comments
      though, so I learned the answer to the
      homework is either seppuku or kamekaze.
      Thought kamikaze meant “divine wind”
      or some such. Harry Carey used to to
      the baseball commentary. Guess that
      might be why Americans pronounce
      hara kiri incorrectly. :mrgreen:

  30. roadrunrnch says: 93

    They have changed again, there were others ………ooooh scary

  31. capman911 says: 92

    The better to see her my son :cool:

  32. capman911 says: 90

    I see that too. I had problems when I refreshed the page it told me no data base found. Then sent me to a blank page. Still just a few bugs to work out. :cool:

  33. дорогая мариночка,даже если ты постоянно занята, тебе удалось смотреть как россия прекрасно играет в еврочемрионате по футболу :cool: ?…..i’m always looking forward to watching at least one more video in Russian :grin: it would be cool if you decided to investigate the origin of ”Russian roulette” or if you do not particularly like this,i will be looking for something else to propose you, meanwhile i would also like you to discuss the origin of etymology,if someone has already requested this term :?: ,i join this request!

    • capman911 says: 88.1

      I am going to have to learn Russian. It’s such a beautiful language. But the lettering kinda confuses me :wink:

      • It’s easy if you have a cyrilic keyboard
        (good luck finding one in the US) :mrgreen:

      • Cyrillic looks surreal. I wonder what wonderful drug St.Cyril was taking when he thought up this fascinating letter system?

      • PRIVEEEEET,MIKE! :cool: SOOOO cooooool that you are so deeply interested in our beautiful Russian langauge…i really wish you could start as soon as possible since i think that you will like it so much! however believe me: the CYRILLIC alphabet will be the easiest thing to learn,it is not so difficult as it seems,things will be getting a little bit more complicated when you will have to write in cyrillic italic… the grammar will be definetely the most difficult thing ,as a matter of fact it works such as mathematics with a thousand of rules and exceptions…anyway if you will have some questions i will be ready to help you,and MARINA too,i think!

    • capman911 says: 88.2

      Thanks for the help Superdanilchik. I found a web site that sells cyrillic key boards and or stick on letters in cyrillic that can be attached to your existing key board. They are very cheap in price also. I think I will buy Rossetta Stone for Russian to help me also. Talk at you Later. :smile:

  34. joshuwar says: 87

    Hey! I want to know the history behind the word “Kapish/Kapeesh”. I hear this word a lot in gangster films and wanted to know where it came from!

    Thanks :cool:

  35. sulley1234 says: 86

    Hi. I was wondering what the origin of spelunking is. I went with a couple of friends exploring caves and this word popped up a lot

  36. pinkcanon says: 85

    Seppuku is my answer to the homework. Seppuku is the ritual assisted suicide inwitch a person sat in a ring of friends at dawn wrote their parting last words and their was choped off. Sometimes the person would cut their own belly at the same time. P.S for extra credit I think the answer I JAPAN. It is not used by them rather NIPPON and NIHRON are used. I hope I’m teacher’s pet :lol:

  37. rreppy says: 84

    The “polite” word for hara-kiri is seppuku. Right?

  38. politricks5 says: 83

    How about the word “Phenomenon”? From where did that come?
    It sounds Vietnamese.
    And for dessert I shall have the Phen omenon.

    Also, my friends don’t believe me, but aren’t jujubees used for making Kosher honey?

  39. vyrtig0 says: 82

    Whats the origin of Palm Tree?

  40. capman911 says: 81

    Marina if that is you’r belly in the video, you covered it up with that darn start button. :sad: To pretty to cover up :wink:

    • I was trying to figure out a good way to say the same thing, but you hit the nail squarely on the head, Mike.

    • I’ll bet though she likes the belly shot more then the other , the one with her mouth open looking like she just pounded 1/2 a beer. ie …..bELch……. :???:

      • What did you think of the additional material I posted regarding the evolution debate on the Hot video pate? I grabbed a couple that were targeted to your main questions – life popping out of nowhere and complex organs popping out of nowhere.

        Any thoughts?

      • She’ll make you stay after class for that comment. :razz:

      • I almost crapped I laughed so hard! :!:
        :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

      • I posted my thoughts some place. But in short . nothing new.
        Your thinking is ” Out of the cold nothing of nothing. Came all that we are?
        Is that it? \\\\\\\\\\NO-thing///////// ………A molecule of Hydergine just came to be?
        From N_o_t_h_i_n_g .. ??
        A vacuum; not one single molecule of anything.

        And woooooosh all that is? Just like that ………poof.

        OK I gEt it now…….not

        RRR
        just a really un- hip dude.

      • RR, if you can imagine something called “god” making something from nothing, why not something called “naturr” or “random” or “whatever”?
        We are here in presence of a recursivity problem. If god created the universe, who created god? and who created who created god etc etc… At some point you have to admit that there is not such thing as one cause one effect but somehow something can happen without a cause. If there is no cause to this “creation” do we need to figure out a will?
        I mean if you are able to imagine the existence of a god who exist without any cause or will but simply exists, why not imagig that the universe itself may have this same nature of unwilled and uncaused phenomenom?

      • Maybe someone created God to keep us under control like laws. So we would have a moral concept in life to live up to. If you thought that there was a supreme being then you would be nice and cordual. If you didn’t believe or behave you would go to hell. That’s just my opinion. :neutral: I believe! :!: But every one has put out some really great comments and facts about evolution and a devine being. Makes for some great theories about nature, evolution and the begining of life as we know it.

      • roadrunrnch – once again, the debate was over the theory of evolution, wasn’t it? Evolution doesn’t say anything came from nothing.

        Do you accept the theory of evolution, and just have a problem with the big bang theory? If so, let’s discuss the big bang theory.

        You said, “Your thinking is ” Out of the cold nothing of nothing. Came all that we are?
        Is that it?” No – roadrunner – No – repeat – n-o. That is NOT my thinking, or anyone’s thinking that I’m aware of (except, perhaps, some theories on the origin of the universe itself). We were talking about evolution – evolution does not say that “out of the cold nothing of nothing came all that we are” – i tried to give you non-jargon explanations of evolution and the evidence for it. You apparently ignored it.

        I will tell you this, though, NOBODY KNOWS for sure how the universe “began” if it indeed had a beginning. The Big Bang theory doesn’t tell us how the universe came to be – it really starts explaining things about one unit of time AFTER the theorized singularity. http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/Projects/moderncosmo/Josh’s%20Bigbang.html

        Remember also that you can always fit God into the scheme of things. Whatever nature is, you are free to posit that God engineered it. Why do you resist that God did under the mechanism of the Big Bang theory? Why do you resist that God may have created the process of biological evolution just as surely as he created the physics that govern how solar systems form and planets orbit each other?

  41. felicity says: 80

    Hello Maria. I am Japanese learning English. wow! you chose the really scary Japanese word, “hara-kiri” today. And I haven’t heard it for a long time. (of course I have never seen a Japanese trying to cut his belly on my own eyes) I’m sure that all Japanese people know what it means, but there are few people who actually use it in life even when we tell a joke. And also, it doesn’t sound vulgar and offensive at all to us. it sounds ridiculous and funny. We would just think that you are trying to make us laugh if you use it in a conversation.

    As to Kanji, “hara-kiri” is 腹切 and “seppuku” is 切腹. The two is just placed in reverse order.

  42. banibun says: 79

    Hey =)
    whats the origin of the word “please” and how did it come into the use it did today?
    “Please” investigate thanks :mrgreen:

  43. The formal hara-kiri is Seppuku. The first word well… the first word recorded was Gaipen for the Porteguese traders name for the country Japan. Possibly Samurai for the English sailor William Adams or Sake since it is an alcohol and it never takes visitors (tourist) long to figure out the name of the local drinks. I’m just a student… wanting a gold star… silver’s good too.

  44. autismbass says: 77

    Hi Marina. That’s the first time I’ve heard the phrase “Hara-Kiri”. Now I’ve got another hyphenated one for you: do you know the origin of the word “Flim-Flam”? Lots of hugs and kisses all the way from Australia. Cheers!

  45. aeshna01 says: 75

    Seppuku?

    extra credit?
    Samurai was used early to describe Japanese culture because there was not really a Western equivalent, but it was not used directly in western culture…

    So… for extra credit… i guess… that since people were really into exotic plants in Victorian days, that “bonsai” might have made it into western culture early…

    I am sure you will tell us, right?

  46. Hello Marina. I must say that this is one of the best uses for online video I’ve seen. Good work! Now to the word. I was talking to a friend at work who grew up in the 60’s, and he referred to a slang that was used back then, and had no idea where it came from. The word is “sopor”. Wiki gives me a definition, but nothing else. Thank you for taking the time to further my education. :)

  47. biz77 says: 73

    Waddup where does the word Tattoo come from? Also why do brits have Air Tattoos? Why aint it Air Shows? I think Hot for words is going to have to investigate.

  48. emmissary says: 72

    Here is a request, What is the origin of the word Cavalry and how is it Cavalry and Calvary are so similar in name but so different in meaning?

  49. prospero811 says: 71

    I’d just like to point out, that once again I have still not been replaced as teacher’s pet. I think it’s obvious who our lovely and talented teacher loves most around here!

    Thank you, Marina, for reinforcing my exquisite delusion! :smile:

    [yes - before the gang gets "all up in my grill" for claiming the love of the fair Marina - don't worry, I was kidding]

  50. Dear Marina,
    I love your lessons! You are my favourite teacher. As a side effect, my English improves as well as my etymology background.
    What’s the etymology of… etymology?

  51. Hello My Dear Teacher,

    Since you are a gardener, I would like to know the origin of the phrase “green thumb”. You could either augment the lesson by going into the origin of the word “green” (you’ve done pink and purple).

    And / or you could go into the origin of the word thumb; especially, “thumbnail”, “all thumbs”, “thumbs up” and other uses like that. You already did “Rule of Thumb”.

    Maybe you could demonstrate some of your gardening adventures. :grin:

    If you will be using the word green and the German grün, let me
    know and I’ll help you pronounce it. Don’t want those Germans
    on YT getting bent out of shape. :smile:

  52. prospero811 says: 68

    Suppuku is the word you’re looking for, I think.

    And I would guess maybe kamikazee would be the first Japanese word to be adopted by English.

  53. boondoggle says: 67

    Right two P’s. Not likely that Tametomo was a brother of the emperor (unless there was hanky panky that textbooks don’t tell about). He was of the Minamoto clan, samurai, not royalty. He was perhaps a brother to Yoshitomo, who did quite well in the art of war.

  54. Basilio says: 65

    Hey Marina I would like to request on the word: rootbeer

  55. Bob says: 64

    Marina, you mentioned in the video that, “a Japanese man of honour was considered to have stomach“.
    Maybe a little clarification of that statement would be in order; in the west that might be interpreted as meaning that he indulged too much in the products of the culinary arts.
    In Chinese and Japanese culture the “hara” (literally translated as the belly) is considered to be the centre of a person’s spiritual energy and the location of their “soul”, whence emanates their physical and spiritual power. The hara is located three finger widths below the navel ,and coincides with the centre of gravity. Modern western systems of exercise and physical fitness recognise this concept as the “Core”, and concentrate on developing “core strength” as a foundation on which to build fitness and strength of the rest of the body.

  56. okay4now says: 63

    FINALLY! someone in this world does this word. It’s true Japanese don’t seem to like it, but WHAT does replace it? Too cute video Marina…nice work.

  57. oh,sorry i forgot one p,SEPPUKU. :oops:

  58. SO sorry that this time i can write sooo late,anyway i knew that the proper form was SEPUKU which lit. means to commit suicide…. there is a quite significant amount Japanese well-known words acquired by the English language,for instance ,GEISHA,BONSAI,KIMONO,KATANA,KAMIKAZE,maye bonze, but i’m not sure about it….SAMURAI,SHOGUN,SUSHI AND SASHIMI,KARATE and KARAOKE,as you can see these words have a common stem,maybe Marina you knew that…..as a matter of fact there is something ”empty” in both things :cool:

  59. koalabear says: 60

    Phrase request :

    “qu’ils mangent de la brioche.” – “Let them eat cake”

    Typically attributed to Marie Antoinette, but probably not true. I think they just used it, as another excuse to chop her head off. ( ouch ! )

  60. tyleriou says: 59

    Is there more than one meaning for the word: sharp-shooter?

  61. In Italy many people say “kara-kiri”, because kara sounds like “cara” which means “dear”. Nothing to do with the meaning of hara-kiri, but sounds more familiar to the Italian ear.

    Question: what does the “love” in the tennis score mean, like “15-love”?

  62. mumanate says: 57

    I have a word request: Sophomore, and why does it refer to a 10th grader in high school?

    Also, did you ever do any crazy Russian folk dancing?

  63. louie2oh2 says: 56

    I would like to learn about the word: mushroom.

  64. joedow says: 55

    I think the word used instead of “hara-kiri” is “sepuku”…. i saw it in some movie. My request of word to investigate (if i can have one) is “disco”– where does it come from?
    Tnx in advance and many kisses.
    JD.

  65. labbatt78 says: 54

    I’ve also heard a Japanese word which is called a “Yamato”. What exactly is a Yamato? :?:

  66. the shaun says: 53

    Just wondering: Do you listen to any Russian music, Marina? I like the german band “Rammstein” and went off looking for Russian, but only found one song called “Mladshaya Sestrenka” by someone named Lube.

  67. micheldiego says: 52

    I tried to track japanese words in XVI century english. It is not so easy since these words are sometimes chinese coming to english through japan or japanese through portuguese or dutch. And then some are now not more in use.
    The oldest could be “kuge” used in english in 1577 was a kind of level in japanese hierarchy.
    We have also japan itself coming from japanese ni + hon in 1577, but as it has been transformed I don’t think it counts.
    Then in 1540 we have lotus more chinese than japanese.
    And Bonze in 1588 seems to be really japanese and rellay adopted by english. So I still think it is the oldest japanese word in english language.
    Silk in 1604 is dificult to locate as japanese or chinese
    Katana in 1613 shogun in 1615 and samisen in 1616 are real japanese to english imports long before Nikon or Toyota.

  68. roadrunrnch says: 51

    checked out more of Lisa’s Party. WTF

    Man ..could the sound have been any worse?
    City Kids are so cute. And the clown with the hair??
    Marina is young and cute, but mostly young.
    She looks very close to one of my son’s girl buddys
    in this forum. His 21 yr Girl friend.
    Marina is your sister any older? 10yrs or so? :lol:

    Is there some kind of art colony there, utube Haight Ashbury?
    They looked like they are in Ca. Likey L.A ?

  69. kichiguy says: 50

    I know some English words from Japanese words,because I am Japanese.

    Kamikaze,Geisha and tsunami is the words that I want you guys to know its origin.

  70. vato says: 49

    Ok, how about the word Jiu-Jitsu….

    Video Request

    Thanks,
    VATO

  71. captainjack says: 48

    You know the little photo below the “Latest Lesson – Hara-Kiri” link with Marina’s mouth wide open? Yea that one! Don’t you have the urge to put something in her mouth? :shock: Yea like a donut or a slice of pizza! She looks hungry. :mrgreen: I tried to put a slice of pizza in her pie hole but for some reason my monitor is blocking the way somehow. :roll: I need to fix that. When are those 3D monitors coming out? :???:

  72. pagedoll says: 46

    Hey guys, JamesatWar is having a live chat on blog tv right, kindda cool. :???: Marina, you should done one some time, it would be fun…right? :smile:

  73. koalabear says: 45

    “Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.” – Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 “

  74. I’m not at all trying to be funny or mean, but I would like to know the origin of the word: tnuc! (I spelled it backwards because here in the US, it is an offensive word towards women and since you are one, I hope I haven’t offended you. Also, what is the origin of the word derogatory? (I know what it means)

    Thanks for answering!

  75. trikerskip says: 43

    Seppuku is the formal name, where as hara-kiri is the common name.
    I figure the first Japanese word to enter the american language would have probably been “Kamikaze”

  76. uskafighter says: 42

    I was wondering what is the meaning of the word “Character” in regards to when some one says, “They have good character.” I have a dilemma with this because i teach Karate to kids, and we teach them the 10 rules of life. Two of the words are Character and Integrity, and for the life of me, I’m having a hard time describing the difference to my young students. Perhaps knowing the origin may help to clear up the confusion. The user name is pronounced U.S.K.A. Fighter.

  77. todd1966 says: 41

    Hi Marina,
    Could you tell us the meaning/origin of the phrase “Mind your P’s and Q’s”? I never miss class,I love your lessons. You have my vote for Teacher of the Year!!
    Thanks so Much!!

  78. darth_pingu says: 40

    I would like to know the origins of the word “orange” – and more specifically, what came first, the colour being named “orange” or the fruit named “orange” and how an entire colour was named after one fruit and not something else of the same colour, for example, carrots…thanks Marina!

  79. socaljr says: 39

    I don’t know the word, but I love sushi!!!! If you live in LA would you like to go out for sushi some time?????? My treat……!!!!!

  80. dark knight says: 38

    seppuku is the word the japanese use instead of hara-kiri

  81. hey hotsforwords….i was playing call of duty 4 when i heard the game soldier scream ” tango is down”….from what i know TANGO is a dance….what is the origin of the word tango as used by the military for another way of saying enemy……i wish you wouldn’t scare people like that…lol

  82. valarians says: 36

    The word I would like to know is ‘emerald.’
    Thanks :)

  83. BillyB says: 35

    That was a pain, should be a warning about the volume, (just trying to sound a little more firecracker like)… rr sorry
    Hurry Curry , I love your accent Marina, word knowledge & dinner Ideas.

    • Hey Billy! Did you see this on CNN? :shock: It happen in my back yard and your front door step.

      The Adventuress, a 95-year-old two-masted, 133 long gaff-rigged schooner, ran aground in the San Juan islands on a school trip with 15 passengers and 12 crew members aboard. Ever one is just fine, but this is a skippers worst nightmare to get National coverage of your misfortune. :shock:

      Im very familiar to this ship since I have friends that worked on her for many years. I’ve been on her decks many times. :???: Im glad I wasn’t skippering that day. I always tell myself to keep the passengers in the boat , the water out of the boat and know where the heck your are going. Do that and you should just fine. But some days get really complicated and many things just happen all at once. But I would rather try my luck at sea than the idiots on the road. :smile:

      Here is a link to my colleagues blog (Capt. Richard J. Rodriguez) in the towing industry. :smile:

      The bitter End

      TV news stories with video:

      Historic Boat Runs Aground In San Juan Islands
      Vintage sailing ship runs aground near Orcas Island
      133-foot schooner runs aground near Shaw Island

      • I used to canoe a lot. I guess that’s not exactly in the same league as sailing a schooner. A good canoeist knows when to jump out of the canoe into the water to save his canoe from getting wedged against rocks and low branches. There was a sharp deck-shaped rock on the Buffalo River (Arkansas) that we used to call the Can Opener. I saw more than a few aluminum canoes bend themselves around it.

  84. Why is Friday the 13th considered bad luck?

    What other superstitions can you explain for us.

  85. Where does the tradition of thumbs up or thumbs down to signify good or bad come from?

    What about “flipping someone the bird”? Why the bird? and why that particular gesture.

  86. I would like to request the following words or phrases:

    01)Habeas Corpus.
    02)Knocked-up. Meaning pregnant.
    03)Read someone the riot act.
    04)Spill the beans.
    05)Douchebag. Meaning a bad person.
    06)Bone to pick.
    07)To give someone the cold shoulder.
    08)Hot and bothered.
    09)Goody two shoes.
    10)Paint the town red.
    11)Universe.
    12)OK. Meaning good.
    13)Wet behind the ears.
    14)In like Flynn.
    15Make no bones about it.

  87. Seppuku, (Sape-puu-kuu) the Japanese formal term for ritual suicide.

  88. captainjack says: 29

    “I am not young enough to know everything.” – Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

    It appears that this was also a problem back in the late 18 hundreds. Somethings never change. :wink:

  89. randyw702 says: 28

    where does the term, you have ben (86) from the property.

  90. roadrunrnch says: 27

    Notice she is wearing the Shirt :shock:

    As for the first word to be command in USA? Datson?

  91. lil_ricz says: 25

    another word is wetback, and why and who it offends that would be cool to make a youtube vid about it :P

  92. lil_ricz says: 24

    hi the word i wanna know is “horny”

  93. pagedoll says: 23

    Anyone notice teacher was rather playful over on the last lesson? More so than I’ve seen in along time! I like it, its fun to see every so often. Thanks for playin’ Marina! :wink:

  94. lindridge says: 22

    I would have said sake had not micheldiego said bonze. Nice Micheldiego. Never heard of that. It aint bonzai.

  95. captainjack says: 21

    Oh this is a good one! Right up my