CultureEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Aug 18, 2016Jan 06, 2024 build, create, hiragana, intangible, kanji, make, tsukuru, 作る, 創る, 造る Tsukuru (Make/Build/Create) Tsukuru つくる Today, I will talk about the Kanji of “tsukuru,” which mainly means “make.” 今日は、「つくる」という言葉の漢字について話します。 “Tsukuru” has three different Read More
CultureEssayHistoryJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected Toru Aug 17, 2016Jan 06, 2024 75 days, ancestors, comforting, faded, gossip, Japanese, proverb, saying, seasons, tradition Hito no Uwasa mo Shichijugo-nichi (Gossip Lasts 75 Days) Hito no Uwasa mo Shichijugo-nichi 人の噂も七十五日 Today, I will talk about the Japanese proverb “hito no uwasa mo shichijugo-nichi” (gossip Read More
CultureDiaryEssayJapanese traditionNewsUncorrected Toru Aug 16, 2016Jan 06, 2024 arrival time, Bon holidays, early departure, Japanese highways, sag sections, sleep schedule, slope change, Tokyo, traffic jams, travel Traffic Jams due to a Return Home For many Japanese people, Bon holidays will end today. 帰省からの帰還による渋滞 Therefore, people who returned home will come back to areas Read More
BusinessCultureEssayGamingJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Aug 15, 2016Jan 06, 2024 art work, create, difference, Japanese words, manufacture, nuance, produce, puzzle game, seisaku, tangible Seisaku and Seisaku Today, I’d like to talk about the difference between confusing Japanese words, “製作 (seisaku)” and “制作 (seisaku.)” 製作と制作 The readings Read More
CultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Aug 14, 2016Jan 06, 2024 confectionery, exhausted, factory tour, nephew, niece, Shizuoka Prefecture, sightseeing, souvenir, Unagi Pie Factory Homecoming and Short Sightseeing Part 2 Today, I’d like to write the remaining part of yesterday’s post. 帰省と軽い観光 Part 2 The second sightseeing spot where I Read More
ClimateCultureDiaryHistoryJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Aug 13, 2016Jan 06, 2024 caves, explosion, Komakado Kaza-ana, lava, Mt. Fuji, Nagoya, prefectures, sightseeing, temperature, Tokyo Homecoming and Slight Sightseeing Part 1 Today (technically yesterday since it’s midnight), I returned home in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture from Tokyo. 帰省と軽い観光 Part 1 Along Read More
CultureEssayEuropean countriesUncorrected Toru Aug 12, 2016Jan 06, 2024 Australia, basement floors, first floor, ground floor, Japan, numbers, programming, UK, US, zero 0th Floor The US, Japan, and many other countries think of a ground floor as a first floor. 0階 On the other Read More
CultureEssayHistoryJapanese traditionNewsUncorrected Toru Aug 11, 2016Jan 06, 2024 2016, August 11th, Bon vacation, familiarity, gratitude, Japanese Alpine Club, Mountain Day, mountains, public holiday, summer vacation Mountain Day Today, August 11th is Mountain Day. 山の日 The purpose of Mountain Day is “to obtain an opportunity to become familiar Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Aug 10, 2016Jan 06, 2024 fu ni ochinai, fu ni ochiru, guts, idiomatic expression, Japanese phrase, minds, negative expression, satisfied, thoughts, understand Fu Ni Ochinai Today, I’d like to talk about the Japanese phrase “fu ni ochinai.” 腑に落ちない “Fu” means “guts,” “ochinai” means “it doesn’t Read More