in this song, there's a line "gaman dikeru", and it bothered me for the longest time because i really wanted to know what it meant. i finally asked julio at one of their shows, and he went and asked someone, and they said that they don't remember the exact meaning of the phrase, but it's japanese and the reference is to drug usage as a part of society.
just in case you were wondering. :]
Thank you for that info! Although I'm not sure it's the exact spelling since I can't seem to find any info on the phrase from google. Still super interesting though.
Thank you for that info! Although I'm not sure it's the exact spelling since I can't seem to find any info on the phrase from google. Still super interesting though.
@asdfgkayla The relative low popularity of opiates is not only testament to the yakuza's efforts to effectively control the black drug markets, it is also the product of an anti-opium campaign that goes back more than a century. Last but not least it also reflects the Japanese value system that esteems "gaman dekiru", a tenacious endurance of all things unpleasant, including pain. Japanese society honors those who have a high tolerance for pain (in an almost sado-masochist way) and it condemns those who abuse a pharmaceutical substance that kills pain.
@asdfgkayla The relative low popularity of opiates is not only testament to the yakuza's efforts to effectively control the black drug markets, it is also the product of an anti-opium campaign that goes back more than a century. Last but not least it also reflects the Japanese value system that esteems "gaman dekiru", a tenacious endurance of all things unpleasant, including pain. Japanese society honors those who have a high tolerance for pain (in an almost sado-masochist way) and it condemns those who abuse a pharmaceutical substance that kills pain.
in this song, there's a line "gaman dikeru", and it bothered me for the longest time because i really wanted to know what it meant. i finally asked julio at one of their shows, and he went and asked someone, and they said that they don't remember the exact meaning of the phrase, but it's japanese and the reference is to drug usage as a part of society. just in case you were wondering. :]
Thank you for that info! Although I'm not sure it's the exact spelling since I can't seem to find any info on the phrase from google. Still super interesting though.
Thank you for that info! Although I'm not sure it's the exact spelling since I can't seem to find any info on the phrase from google. Still super interesting though.
@asdfgkayla The relative low popularity of opiates is not only testament to the yakuza's efforts to effectively control the black drug markets, it is also the product of an anti-opium campaign that goes back more than a century. Last but not least it also reflects the Japanese value system that esteems "gaman dekiru", a tenacious endurance of all things unpleasant, including pain. Japanese society honors those who have a high tolerance for pain (in an almost sado-masochist way) and it condemns those who abuse a pharmaceutical substance that kills pain.
@asdfgkayla The relative low popularity of opiates is not only testament to the yakuza's efforts to effectively control the black drug markets, it is also the product of an anti-opium campaign that goes back more than a century. Last but not least it also reflects the Japanese value system that esteems "gaman dekiru", a tenacious endurance of all things unpleasant, including pain. Japanese society honors those who have a high tolerance for pain (in an almost sado-masochist way) and it condemns those who abuse a pharmaceutical substance that kills pain.