heeee (I don’t believe it!)

Japanese language features quite a few interjections used to express surprise, including majide?, uso!, honto? and ariehen! These can be equated with English expressions such as ‘really?’, ‘I don’t believe it!’, ‘no way!’, ‘get outta here!’ etc.

One such interjection often heard in Japanese conversation is heeee / hēē / he～ (へえええ), which is pronounced ‘hair’ but can be elongated to express greater surprise. The length this phonetic phenomenon is sometimes drawn out to (more…)

While the behaviour of other types of student is often problematic for teachers or classmates, the Mentalist’s behaviour can either be problematic or benign. Whichever way though, their behaviour is so bizarre that you suspect they’re mentally ill.

Some of the more common examples of such behaviour include (more…)