ScriptingJapan's profile picture. Chair of Languages & Cultures @Macquarie_Uni @LanguagesMQ. #Japanese sociolinguist & @Brutalinguist co-host. #日本語 の文字や #メタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.

Dr Wes Robertson

@ScriptingJapan

Chair of Languages & Cultures @Macquarie_Uni @LanguagesMQ. #Japanese sociolinguist & @Brutalinguist co-host. #日本語 の文字や #メタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.

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New 📌: I'm a sociolinguist of Japanese, and I produce Japanese learning materials, slang reviews & a dictionary, and general articles here: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com I have a podcast on metal: tinyurl.com/ycxtueyj And you can help keep things ad-free: ko-fi.com/scriptingjapan


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I am proud to announce that @ScriptingJapan was my most watched YouTube channel of 2025 🔥🔥🔥🔥

WarfareGMD's tweet image. I am proud to announce that @ScriptingJapan was my most watched YouTube channel of 2025 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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It's time for the November #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about: サナ活 アッシー・メッシー 全ア ラリる 全肯定bot 半ドン スキマバイト ドロンする 鬼ムシャ ~ドリュ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/jap…


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The Japan Episode of Lemonade Stand podcast has been released! We spoke about Prime Minister Takaichi, immigration, Sanseito, historical revisionism, territorial disputes, conspiracy theories, and a whole lot of other stuff! youtube.com/watch?v=Dc0z0u…

mrjeffu's tweet image. The Japan Episode of Lemonade Stand podcast has been released! We spoke about Prime Minister Takaichi, immigration, Sanseito, historical revisionism, territorial disputes, conspiracy theories, and a whole lot of other stuff! youtube.com/watch?v=Dc0z0u…

Today I had the amazing opportunity to join @aidencalvin, @DougDougFood, and @Atrioc to talk for over an hour about Japanese politics and society on the Lemonade Stand podcast (@LemonadeCast). The episode will be released later this week!



Made a video about サナ活! It's got politics Pokemon kpop and samurai, not sure what else you'd need.

Great new video from @ScriptingJapan about the background for the term "Sana-katsu"(サナ活): social media accounts supporting Takaichi Sanae have been trying to make this a thing for several years now, and now the media has reporting on it. youtube.com/watch?v=7jvt7_…

mrjeffu's tweet image. Great new video from @ScriptingJapan about the background for the term "Sana-katsu"(サナ活): social media accounts supporting Takaichi Sanae have been trying to make this a thing for several years now, and now the media has reporting on it.  youtube.com/watch?v=7jvt7_…


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Great new video from @ScriptingJapan about the background for the term "Sana-katsu"(サナ活): social media accounts supporting Takaichi Sanae have been trying to make this a thing for several years now, and now the media has reporting on it. youtube.com/watch?v=7jvt7_…

mrjeffu's tweet image. Great new video from @ScriptingJapan about the background for the term "Sana-katsu"(サナ活): social media accounts supporting Takaichi Sanae have been trying to make this a thing for several years now, and now the media has reporting on it.  youtube.com/watch?v=7jvt7_…

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So, after Yuji Naka allegedly got up in Moore's face, he turned to his translator and said "Tell him to fuck off." The translator told Moore that there wasn't an expression in Japanese for that, yet Moore replied by saying "I know there is."


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Unlike, of course, English where the pronunciation of words is always knowable from the spelling.

A fun fact is that the worst writing "system" in the world is Japanese, and it's not close. Even the Japanese know this. My best friend works as a translator from Japanese to English and tells me dire stories all the time. Below is an image from Spirited Away in which by removing…



エッホエッホ この言葉をもう解説したって伝えないと。 エッホエッホ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/jap…

Nominations for Japan's Word of the Year just dropped. The content saw a lot of heat last year after the extremely controversial selection of a word nobody had ever heard used in day-to-day life. Some favorites below:

GearoidReidy's tweet image. Nominations for Japan's Word of the Year just dropped. 

The content saw a lot of heat last year after the extremely controversial selection of a word nobody had ever heard used in day-to-day life. 

Some favorites below:


My book comes out today! And it's reasonably priced! Whoooooooooooo! It's about linguistics! It's about extreme metal! It's about the Asia Pacific and flows of global subcultures! I'm really proud of it and I hope you all enjoy.

ScriptingJapan's tweet image. My book comes out today! And it's reasonably priced! Whoooooooooooo! It's about linguistics! It's about extreme metal! It's about the Asia Pacific and flows of global subcultures! I'm really proud of it and I hope you all enjoy.

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not a great world in which persons who supply services of literally no worth to humankind--promoting hatred, providing misinformation, lobbying for the worst political policies--advise disadvantaged persons to "get jobs" or starve.

40 million of them could get jobs.

AnnCoulter's tweet image. 40 million of them could get jobs.


It's time for the SPOOKY October #Japanese slang review. Click the link below to learn about: 生主 うにお願いします ギョプる チョリーッス できるとできないの間に ガチ恋距離 つよつよ ぎりはっぴー なめぷ リリイベ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/jap…


New blog post! Five more things I recently learned about Japanese. It's always embarrassing to admit that I don't know some things about Japanese... but I'm not! Just that I DIDNT know things about Japanese! But now I do! And you can too! Click below! wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/fiv…


Just popping my head back into this cursed website quickly to say that this video is incredibly well done and important. It is so sad that in a time when more people are interested in Japan than ever, that it's ironically harder than ever not to get fed absolute lies about it.

(*NEW Video*) What is Happening to Japan A very serious, bleak but important video. Over on Abroad in Japan.

AbroadInJapan's tweet image. (*NEW Video*) What is Happening to Japan

A very serious, bleak but important video.

Over on Abroad in Japan.


New article out, and Open Access! Check out my co-authored piece with Dr. Mie Hiramoto analyzing intimate hair removal advertisements aimed at Japanese men, and contrasting this with Japanese online discourse around men's grooming practices! brill.com/view/journals/…

ScriptingJapan's tweet image. New article out, and Open Access! Check out my co-authored piece with Dr. Mie Hiramoto analyzing intimate hair removal advertisements aimed at Japanese men, and contrasting this with Japanese online discourse around men's grooming practices!

brill.com/view/journals/…

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✨It looks like I am on YouTube, doing an interview for my new book #EmergentGenders @DukePress🏳️‍⚧️ Thanks to @ScriptingJapan for initiating this impromptu chat last week🦘 🔗 youtu.be/dHi4TboVi_4?si… Get your copy today ↘️ dukeupress.edu/emergent-gende… 🏷️ 30% off with code E25MHSHO

michellehsho's tweet image. ✨It looks like I am on YouTube, doing an interview for my new book #EmergentGenders @DukePress🏳️‍⚧️

Thanks to @ScriptingJapan for initiating this impromptu chat last week🦘

🔗 youtu.be/dHi4TboVi_4?si…
Get your copy today ↘️ dukeupress.edu/emergent-gende…
🏷️ 30% off with code E25MHSHO

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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.


Time for the September #Japanese slang review! Click the link below to learn about the words: 19.2秒チラ見せ たこシあ ポテチ姉貴 今これ 江戸 家でもパーティーでも、エッチな服を着て友達や家族を怖がらせましょう! ノリサメ エロカッコイイ イクメン ヤンママ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/jap…


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いつも歌詞のネイティブチェックをお願いしてるマッコーリー大学の社会言語学者Wes(@ScriptingJapan)が、「アジア圏が何をメタル的と捉えて言語表現しているか」というのを研究した学術書を出版するらしい。数年前にSomnium de Lycorisの作詞についてインタビューを受けたのも活用されるみたいです

ioritz1001's tweet image. いつも歌詞のネイティブチェックをお願いしてるマッコーリー大学の社会言語学者Wes(@ScriptingJapan)が、「アジア圏が何をメタル的と捉えて言語表現しているか」というのを研究した学術書を出版するらしい。数年前にSomnium de Lycorisの作詞についてインタビューを受けたのも活用されるみたいです
ioritz1001's tweet image. いつも歌詞のネイティブチェックをお願いしてるマッコーリー大学の社会言語学者Wes(@ScriptingJapan)が、「アジア圏が何をメタル的と捉えて言語表現しているか」というのを研究した学術書を出版するらしい。数年前にSomnium de Lycorisの作詞についてインタビューを受けたのも活用されるみたいです

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