Japan’s couples are collapsing, according to the top selling weekly, adding that the number of women looking for amorous adventures is on the rise. Mayumi Nimatsu, head of the Sex and Couples Consultation Center, agrees.

“In 2003, a survey I carried out on 1,609 housewives showed that 17 percent had engaged in sex with a man other their husband at least once since they got married. Another 7.4 percent said they maintained an extramarital, heterosexual relationship,” Nimatsu tells Shukan Post. “I expect the number of housewives engaged in activities like this will increase.”

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“The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region” “The terminology used by people belonging to a specified group or engaging in a specialized activity” : gardening vernacular Difference between “Vernacular” and “Dialect”: When a New York City cab driver calls out the window, “Hey, wassa madda wichoo?” he [...]

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- Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. Examples: “I could glean vicarious pleasure from the struggles of my imaginary film friends” “I would like to live vicariously through him” in the meaning of “spend some time in his shoes” and experience what he does.

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しょうしんしょうめい (shoushinshoumei) * “J-WOTD” = “Japanese Word of the Day” “Authentic” “fair dinkum” “real” Used to stress that something is not a fake, as in, “This is the real McCoy”. More examples: 正真正銘のピカソの絵 a genuine Picasso painting 正真正銘のプロ real professional 正真正銘の難民 genuine refugee

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