Yamamoto Nadesico

[tanuki]

Hello, all!

I have two questions for you:

What is exactly a Yamamoto Nadesico and why are they called that way?

Thanks a lot in advance for your replies! Bye!

[Frumious Boojum]

From what I know, it's just a very traditional Japanese girl. As to why? I'll let somebody else answer that.

[tanuki]

What do you mean by "traditional"? What makes a Japanese girl traditional?

[Frumious Boojum]

All-around traditional. Traditional beliefs, customs, maybe even dress. Not very westernized. Pretty much, a "perfect" Japanese girl.

[coco]

isn't it "大和撫子”？
やまもと　なでしこ　　ｏｒ　やまと　なでしこ？　

[tanuki]

あら、大和撫子ですね。やまと　なでしこ。僕の間違いでした、すみません。

誰か「大和撫子」の由来が知っていますか。

ウィキペディアでこれだけを見つけました:

日本人女性への賛辞。特に古来美徳とされた、清楚で凛とした女性像を指す。

[requemao]

As far as I know, a Yamato Nadeshiko is a woman who displays the traditional virtues of a Japanese woman: Beauty, elegance, humility, selflessness, devotion to her husband, etc.

The only Yamato Nadeshiko that I remember seeing in anime is Sakuraba Aoi, from "Ai yori aoshi (藍より蒼し)". She even gets called once by that name in one episode.

What I still don't know is who was the real Yamato Nadeshiko. Maybe Google-san can help.

[magma]

You can find more information about Yamato Nadeshiko at the sci.lang.japan FAQ, specifically here.

There's also an anime that puns off the name.

[tanuki]

Thanks for the link, magma-san! That was very interesting.

The only Yamato Nadeshiko that I remember seeing in anime is Sakuraba Aoi, from "Ai yori aoshi (藍より蒼し)". She even gets called once by that name in one episode.

That's actually where I heard the word for the first time. Who said you couldn't learn anything from anime?

[requemao]

tanuki wrote:
Who said you couldn't learn anything from anime?

I would never say that. I do learn quite a bit, or at least I hear some interesting phrases that help me remember what I learn somewhere else, and some others that make me look something up and learn it.

I think I'm actually more focused on listening than I am on following the story.

[tanuki]

Ditto.

[magma]

I want a T-Shirt that says, "Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Japanese, I Learned From ANIME"