Day: 5 December 2008
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Boil the Scrapings from Under His Fingernails and Drink Them
This is, apparently, a standard Japanese phrase: 爪ã®ã‚ã‹ã‚’ç…Žã˜ã¦é£²ã‚€. It means “learn from him by imitation”. Yuriko suddenly used it last night, with reference to me, and it was the first time I’d heard it, so there followed a short clarificatory discussion. (“Why do they want to boil my fingernails? What have I ever done to…