February 2017 – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Feb 28, 2017Jan 06, 2024 Amazon, button, buy button, Internet slang, Japanese, Kindle, online shopping, onomatopoeia, pochiru, press

Pochiru (Pressing a Buy Button)

Pochiru ポチる Today I will talk about the Japanese Internet slang term “pochiru.” 今日は日本のネットスラング「ポチる」を紹介します。 “Pochiru” means to press a buy Read More

Business Culture Essay Japanese tradition News Uncorrected

Toru Feb 27, 2017Jan 06, 2024 campaign, companies, employees, financial circles, government, Japan, net users, overtime, personal consumption, Premium Friday

Sad Premium Friday

Two days ago, I wrote about the introduction of Premium Friday in Japan. 残念なプレミアムフライデー It is a kind of campaigns Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Toru Feb 26, 2017Jan 06, 2024 801, boys' love, coterie magazine, doujinshi, entries, homosexuality, Lang-8, manga, slash fiction, yaoi

801 (Yaoi)

Day before yesterday, the number of entries on Lang-8 reached 800. 801 Thus I posted the 801st entry yesterday. 二日前、Lang-8での投稿数が800に達しました。 Read More

Business Culture Essay News Uncorrected

Toru Feb 25, 2017Jan 02, 2024 discount campaigns, enforcement, Japanese government, meeting, personal consumption, Premium Friday, restaurants, shopping, travel agencies, traveling

Premium Friday

Yesterday was Premium Friday. プレミアムフライデー Premium Friday is a day for prompting personal consumption that was advocated by the Japanese Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Toru Feb 24, 2017Jan 02, 2024 1960s, conversation, gambling term, increasing, Japanese, polite expressions, slang, strangers, tameguchi, young people

Tameguchi (Casual Talk)

Tameguchi タメ口 Today I would like to talk about the Japanese slang “tameguchi.” 今日は「タメ口」という日本の俗語を紹介します。 “Tameguchi” means a way of talking Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Gaming History Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

Toru Feb 23, 2017Jan 02, 2024 abbreviation, detarame, dice, Edo period, incoherent, irresponsible, Japanese, kanji, spots, word

Detarame

Today I will talk about the Japanese word “detarame.” でたらめ “Detarame” means incoherent, disorganized, or irresponsible things. 今日は「でたらめ」という日本語を紹介します。 This word Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Feb 22, 2017Jan 02, 2024 Buddhist hymn, choshi ni noru, cocky, condition, get carried away, Japanese idiom, modulation, reciting, seinmyo, zu ni noru

Zu ni Noru

Today I will talk about the Japanese idiom “zu ni noru.” 図に乗る “Zu ni noru” means to get carried away Read More

Animal Culture Essay Food Science Uncorrected

Toru Feb 21, 2017Jan 02, 2024 animations, cheese, fermentation, fruits, grain, metabolic rate, mice, olfactory sense, study, sweets

Mice and Cheese

Today I will talk about the relationship between mice and cheese. ネズミとチーズ In various animations, manga, and plays, you can Read More

Culture Essay Etymology History Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Feb 20, 2017Jan 02, 2024 aluminum, boiling, copper, huetsuki yakan, Kamakura period, kettle, stainless, steel, water, yakan

Yakan (Kettle)

Yakan やかん Today I will talk about a tool called “yakan.” 今日は「やかん」という道具を紹介します。 Yakan is a kettle-shaped tool that is used Read More