My Favorite Word, Right This Minute, Is:

Baka.
The Japanese word "馬鹿"(baka) consists of 馬(horse) and 鹿(deer). The derivation of the kanjis goes back to a historical event that 赵高(Zhao Gao), an ancient Chinese politician of Qin dynasty, purposely called a deer a horse in order to test if the other court officials blindly follow his statement (Cn: 指鹿為馬). Since "鹿" is pronounced as "lù" in Chinese and as "ka" only in Japanese, the kanjis "馬鹿" are said to be a mere Japanese phonetic equivalent for the ancient Sanskrit word "baka"(ignorance), which is considered as the most reliable word origin.
Then which is more baka, horses or deers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Tf4oGXDLI&t=2m45s
 
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Good day, Otokonoko. I know this is a lot, but would it be possible to re-upload these voice dramas? They're all earlier works from G線上の牡丹雪. I believe for each of them, only the premium-only Rapidgator links are available.
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Hello would it be possible to re-upload the following?

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