July 2018 – Page 3 – Learning English and Japanese

Ohana (お花 – One’s Favorite)

Ohana お花 Previously, I introduced you to the phrase “ohana tsumi ni iku” (お花摘みに行く – I will go picking flowers) Read More

Gyūjiru 牛耳る When someone controls an organization or a community as he/her want, we refer to the action as ‘gyūjiru’ Read More

Gū no Ne mo Denai ぐうの音も出ない Have you ever gotten into a situation where you cannot counter someone’s argument at Read More

Shōdō-gai 衝動買い Today I ordered a BlackBerry KEY2 at an overseas online shopping site. 私は今日、海外の通販サイトで BlackBerry の Key2 を注文しました。 These Read More

Gata ga Kuru ガタがくる As I get older, it became difficult to stay up all night. 私は最近年をとったせいか、徹夜をするととてもつかれるようになりました。 If your body Read More

Muda 無駄 I worked more than three days in a row, without returning home. 私はここ3日間以上、家に帰らず仕事をしていました。 And today, when I came Read More

Baby Talk 幼児語 The Japanese language has various phrases in baby talk. 日本にはさまざまな幼児語が存在します。 Most of them were made by imitating Read More

Baby Talk to Represents Animals 動物を表す幼児語 In a conversation with babies in Japan, we can represent animals by their barks Read More

Wan Wan and Nyan Nyan ワンワンとニャンニャン I would like to write about cats and dogs continuing from yesterday. 今日は昨日に引き続き、犬と猫の話題です。 In Read More