Cool.  Troy from West Virginia requested the Chinese characters for “kaizen,” which is a popular term used to describe a well-known approach to productivity improvement, and is the Japanese way to pronounce the following characters written in kanji / hanzi.

…  where basically the first character means “to change” or “to transform” and the second character means “good.”  The two words together […]

Victor from Virginia requested the Chinese translation for “karma” as in what the entire TV show “My Name is Earl” is centered around (good show, btw)…  “what goes around, comes around”…  or from the dictionary, “the effects of a person’s actions that determine his / her destiny”…  in short, “cause and effect”…  ‘nah mean?

…  where […]

Pieta from Massachusetts requested the Chinese characters for “kung fu.”  You just reminded me of those old school kung fu flicks…  “little brother, your kung fu is quite good…  but you are no match for my crane-style kung fu…  [ insert martial art sound effects here ]”…  haha, oooooh nostalgia.

…  where the first character is one […]