Is kawaii a compliment?

In Japan, kawaii can be used to describe both people and things as “cute.” It is often used to describe girls and women as “pretty” or “shy,” and it is generally taken as a high compliment.

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In Japanese, the word kawaii describes something as “cute,” “adorable,” or “pretty,” usually carrying a connotation of smallness, shyness, and innocence. The literal meaning of the word denotes “lovable” or “pitiable.” While the word has a long history, in contemporary culture kawaii is primarily associated with a popular aesthetic emerging in Japan in the 1970–80s. Around this time, many Japanese students began to write in a rounded, thin-lined style, incorporating faces, hearts, and other images into their writing—all considered “cute,” or kawaii. Capitalizing on this schoolroom trend, Japanese companies like Sanrio started selling goods such as stationery, lunch boxes, diaries, and backpacks with “cute” designs and cartoon characters—most notably Hello Kitty, who became a global icon of the Japanese kawaii culture of cuteness. Other institutions, from banks to airlines, incorporated kawaii elements in their marketing. The kawaii aesthetic drew Western attention in the 1980s. The Far East Economic Review described kawaii in 1984, with The Atlantic following in 1986, and Forbes in 1987. English speakers started using kawaii online as early as 1989. Early examples tend to refer to elements of Japanese popular culture such as Hello Kitty, the Street Fighter character Chun Li, or Jiji, and a cat from the Hiyao Miyazaki 1989 film Kiki’s Delivery Service. Westerners went on to adopt kawaii to refer to other cute things, including their own cartoon characters, pets, and people. The Kawaii aesthetic remains popular in Japanese fashion and culture. Adult women may, for example, dress in lacey or ruffled dresses, in the style known as Lolita fashion, which is considered kawaii. Construction sites may even be set off by barriers shaped like cute animal characters. The West also continues to be fascinated with kawaii. Outlets like Big Think and Vice have covered kawaii in the mid-to-late-2010s. Kawaii Box, a subscription box service for cute Japanese goods was featured on the Today Show in 2016.

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Pianos come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. This sometimes makes the process of choosing the piano that’s right for and your home a confusing feat. The following is a breakdown of the most common acoustic pianos you’ll see, aimed at helping you make an informed decision about which instrument is right for you.

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Essentially all acoustic pianos can either be categorized as either a vertical piano (commonly referred to as an upright piano) or a grand piano. The most important factors you need to keep in mind when deciding between an upright or grand piano are space and budget. While an upright piano is compact, conservative in terms of floor space and can be placed neatly against a wall, the richness of sound and responsiveness of the action in an upright can seldom be compared to that of a grand piano. An upright piano will be, at the very most, 5’ tall, whereas most grand pianos range between 5’ and 9’ in length. Since the length of the instrument determines the length of the strings and soundboard, generally speaking, longer strings and a soundboard with greater surface area will produce a richer sound quality. In terms of action(mechanism), the vertical action of an upright piano is inherently less responsive to that of a horizontal, grand piano. While the hammers in an upright piano rely on a spring to return to their rest position, the hammers in a grand piano’s action will return to their rest position purely due to their own weight. This allows for a much faster single note repetition ability on a grand piano and thus a more responsive action. Without further ado... here are: The 7 Most Common Piano Types (in order of size):