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Claire Gorant
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Working to get into the Japanese-English translation/proofreading world. My dream is to rule over a hoard of books and video games à la dragon under a mountain.
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The sign that it’s actually gonna STAY cool this time
やっとちゃーんと涼しくなった兆し
Two cats curled up together, one all black and one white and gray. Two cats snuggled up together, one black and one white and gray.
October 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Took Mom to her first ryokan - she handled the futon like a champ!
Then Narai-juku and Akasawa Forest.
It was so good to get out of the city.

母ちゃんの初旅館で、布団で以外とよく眠れたって！
奈良井宿、赤沢自然休養林…
やっぱり時々都会から脱出のが大事🌳🌳
A middle-aged woman standing in the middle of a traditional/old-style Japanese street. There are no other people around, and the sky is perfectly clear. An odd, gangly tree stump in the middle of a forest. It looks like a monster from Star Ocean. A small train track runs off into a dense forest.
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Just kicking around Nagoya.
Seeing the sights (Komeda morning set, the zoo, my cats)

名古屋を歩き回って、僕たちなりの観光。
・コメダのモーニング
・東山動物園
・猫たち(うちの)
A white and gray cat sitting in a closet, half hidden by hanging clothes. The main entrance of Higashiyama Zoo. A single crow sits on top of the gate. A black cat sits on a bean bag chair, looking slightly defiantly at the camera.
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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T-minus 12 hours til my mom gets here for the first time in 8 years!
Is my apartment clean? No!
Will it be? Maybe!

後34時間で母さんが到着しまーす。
8年ぶりで。
部屋の掃除、終わって…ない！
できる…かも！
Three black cats sit on a desks staring at the camera. The desk is in front of a screen door, and they look a bit out that someone is disturbing their observations of the outside world.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Visited the CLAMP exhibition today, and it was amazing! Some of the first manga I ever read were Tokyo Babylon/X when I was a young teen, and SO many of their works have stuck with me over the years.
BRB, gonna reread some Rayearth now❤️💙💚
#clamp #manga
A flier, card, and two stickers: commemorative goods from the Clamp Exhibition. A poster from the Clamp Exhibition, titled “Phrase”. A page from Card Captor Sakura, featuring Sakura and Tomoyo. A page from X, featuring Subaru and Kamui.
September 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Hi everyone👋 We're now on Bluesky!🥳
(Please RT to help spread the word!)

We're JVTA (Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy), a Tokyo-based school that offers a fully online course for learning Japanese-to-English media translation!

Check out our website to learn more: www.jvtacademy.com/english/
Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA)
Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) is a Tokyo-based school that teaches the skills you need to become professional translators for visual media content.
www.jvtacademy.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Someone just asked me about getting started as a literary translator and I realized I already have kind of a starter pack of content to help emerging translators.

First, how to get rights to a book you want to translate:

TikTok: vt.tiktok.com/ZSkN9B67w/

Reel: www.instagram.com/reel/CtYkiwh...
June 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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On my way back from Fukuoka, I stopped in Okayama for a day to unwind. Good food, nice weather, shopping for fun, just perfect.

福岡から帰り途中、岡山に一日過ごした。天気も良くて、食事も美味しくて、いい買い物があって、久しぶりにちゃんとリラクスできた🙌

#travel #unwind #okayama
May 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Two weeks ago I was in Fukuoka for IJET 2025, and it was an absolute blast. I learned so much! And it was great to see old and new faces. Thanks to the organizers for putting on an amazing event!

この前福岡でIJET2025を楽しく参加できた。たくさん教えていただいて、知り合いも新しい方も会えて、素敵な会議でした！

#ijet2025
May 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Even though I’m not in Nagoya, I’ve gotta get my モーニング in the weirdly quiet Tenjin.
Charging up for conference day 1!
#IJET33
May 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Off to Fukuoka for the first time in 12 years, and got a free upgrade to the green car!
IJET, and the cool people: Here I come!
12年ぶりに福岡へ〜
IJET、素敵な皆！今行きまーす♪
May 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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It’s finally cool enough to turn on the hot carpet.
I tell myself it’s for me.

やっとホットカーペット付けるぐらい寒くなってきた！
私のためでしょ。
そうでしょ？
A black and white zebra-striped carpet. Two black cats sleep smushed together near the bottom of the frame, and a black cat and gray and white cat sleep smushed together near the top of the frame. Everyone looks incredibly comfortable on the heated carpet.
December 4, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Another day with Dad took us to Seto, where I’ve been a thousand times but never to the historical monuments.
And reunited Dad with his favorite yakisoba!

父と3日目・瀬戸市！
何回も何回も行ったことあるけど記念像とか観光スポットは私にも初めて。
そして焼きそば！父の12年前の好物。

#travel #japan #food
A statue of the founding figure of Seto-mono ceramics. A look down a long, winding path through trees and old houses. Yakisoba!! Sleeping cat on a cool wooden roof.
May 13, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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My dad came out to visit for the first time in 12 years. I’ve never been a planner, but I went all out (for me). One day: Magome-Tsumago hike.

12年ぶりに父が遊びに来た。いつも結構のんきで行くけど父のために一生懸命旅行を計画した〜
最初は馬籠・妻籠ハイキング

#travel #japan #hiking
My dad eating soba A view looking down on Magome from a hill My dad walking down a mountain trail Trees upon trees upon trees
May 9, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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Akane Araki’s new book!
I didn’t even know it was out, but I peeked in the bookstore at the mall and it was right there on the shelf.
荒木あかねの新作！本屋にちょっと覗いて、あっ！もしかして⁉︎
新作が出たさえも知らなかった、偶然過ぎ📖📚
#books
A hand holding Akane Araki’s latest book, ちぎれた鎖と光の切れ端 in front of a black cat
March 18, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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団体写真
Group shot
#cats #decoration
A bookshelf with some books but also three black cats sporadically placed on the shelves.
March 17, 2024 at 7:48 AM
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Who knows whom is whom??
Good fkin guess
誰が誰かは誰が知るかい
#cats #wtf
A weird conglomeration of three black cats. You can’t make out what lump belongs to what creature.
March 15, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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This girl has been coming by every night for a few weeks
She REALLY wants in : (
3週間、毎晩来る子
めっちゃ入りたがってる
どうしよう😥
#cats #whattodo
A gray and white cat on my balcony standing up with her front paws on my screen door, gazing longingly into my apartment
March 1, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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I’ve been on a pretzel-making kick these days 🥨
なんか最近、プレッツェルを作るにハマっちゃった🥨
Pretzels ready to be baked Freshly baked pretzels Pretzel bites
February 27, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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ツヤツヤ団
The oil-slick gang
Two very shiny black cats twisted up to the point where it difficult to tell whose limbs are whose
February 21, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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This beautiful creature has been showing up at my balcony for the past 5 days. Who are you? Who told you that I am a pushover and will absolutely give you food (but will also try to catch you and get you fixed)??
February 8, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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So close, and yet so far. The power of prepositions!
A frame from a cooking show, with the subtitles “…the vegetables are all under seasoned.” A frame from a cooking show (the same frame as the other image), with the Japanese subtitles すべて旬から外れてる
February 8, 2024 at 6:23 AM
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Hell of a good book.
Solid mystery, intriguing characters, and the author does a great job of making you sit and absorb the atmosphere. Kind of quiet and thoughtful, so when the punches happen they really hit hard. Highly recommended.
The cover of a book called 此の世の果ての殺人, with a black cat behind the book
February 7, 2024 at 5:43 AM