Cultural References
It is used in the James Bond novel You Only Live Twice, where the villain Blofeld asks of Bond: "Have you ever heard the Japanese expression kirisute gomen?", who replies with: "Spare me the Lafcadio Hearn, Blofeld."
"Kirisute Gomen" is also the title of a song from American heavy metal band Trivium's fourth studio album Shogun.
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