Comment by Jake2 on Make an Extraordinary Effort · 2008-10-11T11:12:47.000Z · LW · GW

My Japanese is rudimentary at best, but isn't issho related to issho ni meaning "together"? And what about the practice of saying gambatte kudasai before exams -- "please do your best"? Maybe the Japanese have as many ways of describing effort as they do to describe the circumstances of death.

Comment by Jake2 on That Alien Message · 2008-05-22T09:04:29.000Z · LW · GW

Halfway into the post, I thought I was reading a synopsis for Lem's "His Master's Voice".