CultureEssayEtymologyUncorrected Toru May 04, 2019 0 Comments assign, garment, goods, industry, manage, number, perennial, regular, stable, standard, steady, trend Teiban (定番 – Regular) Teiban 定番 In my post yesterday, I used the Japanese term teiban (定番). 昨日の投稿の中で、私は「定番」という言葉を使用しました。 Teiban means something standard, regular, or Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru May 03, 2019May 03, 2019 0 Comments Omegane ni Kanau (御眼鏡に適う – Giving Favor with Someone) Omegane ni Kanau 御眼鏡に適う Several days ago, I introduced Japanese terms, megane (眼鏡 – “glasses”), mushimegane (虫眼鏡 – “magnifying glass”), Read More
CultureDiaryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru May 02, 2019 0 Comments amusement park, barbecue, cruiser, dinner, Enakyō, family trip, hot spring, hotel, inn, kimono, mountain, nature, river, sheep, sheep shearing, table tennis, travel, yukata Family Trip 2019 Family Trip 2019 家族旅行2019 We are now in Enakyō (恵那峡 – “Ena Gorge”) on a family trip. 私は今、家族旅行で恵那峡に来ています。 First, we Read More
CultureDiaryEssayJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru May 01, 2019Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments combination, counting years, era, first day, Heisei, new era, original, Reiwa, year First Day of Reiwa First Day of Reiwa 令和最初の日 Today is the first day of Reiwa (令和). 今日は令和最初の日です。 As I wrote in my post Read More