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Toru Dec 27, 2023Jan 01, 2024 celebrities, companies, egosa, egosurfing, egosﾄ…hi, internet, reputation, search, social networking, vanity searching

Egosa (エゴサ – Egosurfing)

Egosa エゴサ Have you ever done egosa (エゴサ) on the Internet? あなたはインターネットで「エゴサ」をしたことがありますか？ Egosa is short for egosāchi (エゴサーチ), which refers Read More

Culture Diary Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Dec 26, 2023Jan 01, 2024 absent-minded, bonyari, bﾅ衡to suru, bﾅ鉱en, daze, driving, onomatopoeia, suru, thought, work

Bōtto Suru (ぼーっとする – “Spacing Out”)

Bōtto Suru ぼーっとする Recently, I have been finding myself in a state referred to as bōtto suru (ぼーっとする) a lot. Read More

Culture Diary Essay Idiom Slang Uncorrected

Toru Dec 26, 2023Jan 01, 2024 Christmas, Heijō Unten, Japanese, normal operation, public transportation, routine, term, Tsūjō, usual, work

Heijō Unten (平常運転 – As Usual)

Heijō Unten 平常運転 Today is Christmas, but I have no special plans besides work; in other words, it is heijō Read More

Animal Culture Diary Essay Japanese tradition Science Uncorrected

Toru Dec 24, 2023Jan 01, 2024 dragon, fractal, greeting card, mathematical formulas, nengajō, New Year, programming, three-dimensional, zodiac

Nengajō (年賀状 – New Year’s Greeting Card): Part 2

Nengajō: Part 2 年賀状 Part 2 On the nengajō (年賀状 – “New Year’s greeting card”), the zodiac animal of the Read More

Culture Diary Essay History Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Dec 23, 2023Jan 01, 2024 celebration, custom, exchanging greetings, greeting card, indebted, Japanese, nengajō, New Year, relatives, tradition

Nengajō (年賀状 – New Year’s Greeting Card): Part 1

Nengajō: Part 1 年賀状 Part 1 Today, I wrote nengajō (年賀状). 私は今日、年賀状を書きました。 Nengajō is a traditional Japanese greeting card for Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Toru Dec 22, 2023Jan 01, 2024 confusion, expression, idiom, Japanese, language, panic, right and left, rushing, synonym, wandering

Uō Saō (右往左往 – Helter-Skelter)

Uō Saō 右往左往 The four-character idiom uō saō (右往左往) describes a situation where someone is confused and wanders around. 混乱し、あっちへ行ったりこっちへ行ったりうろうろすることを、「右往左往」と言います。 Read More