CultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionScienceSlangUncorrected Toru May 29, 2016Jan 07, 2024 cables, electric shock, fire, Japanese, octopus, outlet, plugs, slang, tako ashi haisen, tentacles Octopus’s Tentacles Wiring Yesterday, I was talk about octopuses. タコ足配線 Today, I will talk about the Japanese slang “tako ashi haisen” (octopus’s tentacles Read More
AnimalEssayEtymologyEuropean countriesFoodScienceUncorrected Toru May 28, 2016Jan 07, 2024 arms, brains, food, hearts, legs, move, octopus, study, tentacles Legs of Octopuses The number of octopus legs is normally eight.(There is an octopus that has 96 legs.) タコの足 We sometimes call them Read More
ClimateCultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected Toru May 27, 2016Jan 07, 2024 dog, east, father, Japanese, older, proverb, rain, tail, weather, west A Rainy Day is a Bad Weather Day Since it rained today, I will talk about the Japanese proverb “ame ga furu hi ha tenki ga warui,” which Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru May 26, 2016Jan 07, 2024 1970s, do, Japanese, ocha-suru, phrase, pick up line, smoke, tea, watch movie Do Tea (Ocha-suru) Today, I will talk about the Japanese phrase “ocha-suru.” お茶する (“Ocha” is a noun that means tea, and “suru” is Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaSlangUncorrected Toru May 25, 2016Jan 07, 2024 chokomaka, chokozai, henachoko, henahena, imitative, immature, Japanese, taunting, unimportant, word Henachoko Today, I will talk about a Japanese word “henachoko.” へなちょこ Henachoko is a taunting word that expresses an immature or Read More
AnimalClimateCultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionNewsScienceUncorrected Toru May 24, 2016Jan 07, 2024 apartment, cardboard boxes, cleaning, cockroach, eggs, fast food, hygiene, kitchen, Nagano Prefecture, pests Encounter with a Cockroach It was when I was leaving a fast food restaurant after I ate dinner, I found a cockroach in the Read More
CultureDiarySlangUncorrected Toru May 23, 2016Jan 07, 2024 clothes, colleagues, jacket, outlet mall, pants, refreshing, rotation, shirts Shopping for Clothes Yesterday, I went to an outlet mall, and bought some clothes after I finished my work. 服の買い物 It’s been a Read More
AnimalCultureEssayFoodScienceUncorrected Toru May 22, 2016Jan 07, 2024 animals, camouflage, displacement activity, emotions, human behavior, jiggle legs, large meal, mind stability, nervous, scratch head Displacement Activity Human beings jiggle their legs when they are nervous, and scratch their heads when they feel embarrassed. 転位行動 This behavior Read More
BusinessCultureEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru May 21, 2016Jan 07, 2024 beckoning gesture, economic fortune, engimono, lucky charm, maneki neko Maneki Neko Yesterday, I wrote about beckoning gestures. 招き猫 Today, I will talk about “maneki neko,” which is posing with the beckoning Read More