Japan Celluloid
Could you help me understand reading English?
Hi. I have few questins about English. Please help me out.
“In a few short years, willmer is said to have accumulated a merchandising and acting-fee empire worth an estimated $100 million”
—-> What does ” acting-free” means? It means no acting?
“Some fans have been known to stake out famous eateries for hours in the hopes of catching a glimpse of their celluloid beaus.”
—–> What does ” celluloid beuas” means?
“Though the Korean Wave hit Japan relatively late, washing ashore only within the past 24 to 36 months, the country has quickly become the largest market for Korean stars”
—> What does ” washing ashore only whithin the past 24 to 36 month” means?
Please let me know…
I’d need more context to be able to answer the first one, since I have no idea what “Willmer” refers to. What’s the source of your text?
In the second example, many famous eateries (i.e. restaurants) have equally famous movie stars as regular or semi-regular customers. (“Celluloid” refers to movies.) Some people are such big fans of particular movie stars that they themselves go to those eateries to catch a glimpse of them, maybe even to talk to them or get an autograph. So “celluloid beaus” refers to these movie stars from the perspective of these fans.
The third example uses “Korean Wave” to describe the rising popularity of Korean performers in Japan. “Wave”, however, also refers to waves of water, and the writer is using this dual meaning as a metaphor to indicate that the “Korean Wave” (more and more Korean performers) are “washing ashore” (going to Japan to work there). The writer means that it has only been in the last 24 to 36 months that the popularity of Korean performers has risen in Japan to the level that it has.
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