Skip to content
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Latest:
  • Kakuritsuki (確率機 – Crane Game with Probability Control): Part 1
  • Tazan no Ishi (他山の石 – Drawing a Lesson)
  • Kōkai Saki ni Tatazu (後悔先に立たず – Repentance Comes too Late)
  • Jinsei Yama Ari Tani Ari (人生山あり谷あり – Life Has Its Ups and Downs)
  • Neko wa Kotatsu de Maruku Naru (猫はこたつで丸くなる – Cats Curl up under the Kotatsu)

Learning English and Japanese

For everyone learning English/Japanese

  • Latest Posts
  • Etymology
  • Proverb
  • Idiom
  • History
  • Culture
  • Food
  • Slang
  • Diary
  • About This Site

Day: Aug 11, 2017

CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected
Toru Aug 11, 2017Jan 03, 2024 black thunder, halfbeak, hara, haraguro, izanami, Japanese idioms, kokoro, myth, stomach-heart relationship

Hara ga Kuroi (腹が黒い – Scheming/Black Heart)

Hara ga Kuroi 腹が黒い The other day, I wrote that most Japanese idioms about “hara” (腹 – stomach) is related Read More

Calendar

August 2017
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jul   Sep »
Follow @kanotown Tweets by kanotown

Categories

Tags

adjective body cat character children conversation Edo period English etymology expression eye feeling four-character idiom heart idiom Japan Japanese Japanese idiom kanji language literal meaning meaning metaphor mind mistake money negative onomatopoeia phrase polite proverb rain situation slang sleep study term theory Tokyo university verb water woman word work

Recent Comments

  • Oscar on Keizoku wa Chikara Nari (継続は力なり – Practice Makers Perfect)
  • Ayame on Tama no Koshi ni Noru (玉の輿に乗る – Cinderella Story)
  • Korneel Le Compte on Atarimae (当たり前 – Of Course) Part 2

Popular Posts

  • Front Page
  • Zako (雑魚 - Small Fry)
  • Shufu and Shufu (主婦と主夫 - Homemaker)
  • Ijō Desu (以上です - That's All)
  • Amayo no Tsuki (雨夜の月 - Something that Exists but Is Invisible)
  • Pochi (ポチ)
  • Negatte mo Nai (願ってもない - Heaven-sent)
  • Taichō/Guai ga Warui (体調/具合が悪い - Feeling Sick)
  • Dosakusa
  • Juice's Label

Count per Day

  • 2026970Total reads:
  • 391Reads today:
  • 957Reads yesterday:

Recent Posts

  • Kakuritsuki (確率機 – Crane Game with Probability Control): Part 1
  • Tazan no Ishi (他山の石 – Drawing a Lesson)
  • Kōkai Saki ni Tatazu (後悔先に立たず – Repentance Comes too Late)
  • Jinsei Yama Ari Tani Ari (人生山あり谷あり – Life Has Its Ups and Downs)
  • Neko wa Kotatsu de Maruku Naru (猫はこたつで丸くなる – Cats Curl up under the Kotatsu)

Archives

Categories

© 2025 Learning English and Japanese.