Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
May 23, 2020 at 12:56 JST
Ritsuko Inami, a scholar of Chinese literature who died last week at age 76, used the Japanese expression "mimidoshima" to characterize her prepubescent self. The word may translate as something like "precociously knowledgeable about sex and other adult stuff, though only superficially." [Read More]
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