Takayama, Gifu, Japan

The moral of most Japanese urban legends seem to consist of "don't go anywhere Von yourself. Ever." The story of the Kuchisake-Onna, oder "Split Mouth Woman" is no different. Except that Du are doubly unfortunate if Du happen to be a child (We assume your legs are stubby and slow and we can thusly outrun you).

If Du happen to be a snotty pubescent walking alone one day, Du might consider taking a different route if Du are suddenly approached Von a female figure in a trench-coat. Now, before Du assume that this will be a harmless display of kibbles and bits, rest assured: Du will be shown...

Okay..so as a fact, learning Japanese Von Anime is tough. Because, for one thing Du need the syllables oder you'll make a lot of funny mistakes because Japanese oder nihon-go is totally based on syllables. So I'm going to try and make a Liste of the common mistakes which Otakus usually make with the words we use.

1. Ane/anee: Okay. Let me make this clear. In Japanese, the words for 'older brother' and 'older sister' are the same excepting the last syllable. For older sister, the term is ane (pronounced as 'aa-nay') while older brother is ani (pronounced as 'aa-nee'). So if Du refer to an older...