October 2017 – Page 3 – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Oct 13, 2017Jan 03, 2024 accent, ame, candy, etymology, homonyms, Japanese, Kansai region, Lang-8, rain, suffix

Ame (雨/飴 – rain/candy)

Ame あめ Since there are so many homonyms in Japanese, I think that it’s hard for foreigners to learn these Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Oct 12, 2017Jan 03, 2024 choito, choko choko, interjection, Japanese, move around, occhoko choi, onomatopoeia, prefix, surprise, trivial

Occhoko Choi (おっちょこちょい – Goofy)

Occhoko Choi おっちょこちょい People who do a careless thing without thinking are called “occhoko choi” (おっちょこちょい) in Japanese. 落ち着いて考えず、軽率な行動をしてしまう人のことを、日本語で「おっちょこちょい」と言います。 It Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Oct 11, 2017Jan 03, 2024 Buddhism, complete lie, eight hundred, enormous, happyaku, Japan, lie, lies, number, uso happyaku

Uso Happyaku (嘘八百 – A Lot of Lies)

Uso Happyaku 嘘八百 Have you ever been surrounded by a lot of lies? たくさんの嘘に囲まれたことはありますか？ Such a situation where as if Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Japanese tradition Science Uncorrected

Toru Oct 10, 2017Jan 03, 2024 akami-zakana, fat, fish, hemoglobin, iron, Japan, krill, myoglobin, protein, shiromi-zakana

Akami-zakana and Shiromi-zakana (赤身魚と白身魚 – Fish with Red Flesh and Fish with White Flesh)

In Japan, fish is often classified into two categories; akami-zakana (赤身魚 – fish having red flesh) and shiromi-zakana (白身魚 – Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 09, 2017Jan 03, 2024 bored, Japanese, ki, loss, personality, proverb, sonki, tan, tanki, temper

Tanki wa Sonki (短気は損気 – Haste Makes Waste)

Tanki wa Sonki 短気は損気 Are you a person who loses your temper easily or gets bored quickly? すぐに怒ったり飽きてしまったりしていませんか？ Such a Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Idiom Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Oct 08, 2017Jan 03, 2024 best thing, Buddhist term, cow, daigomi, high-grade milk product, Japanese terms, sheep, taste, true pleasure, yogurt

Daigomi (醍醐味 – The True Pleasure)

Daigomi 醍醐味 There are several Japanese terms that describe a pleasure. 面白さを形容する言葉にはさまざまなものがあります。 Today I’d like to talk about “daigomi” (醍醐味) Read More