Culture – Learning English and Japanese

Shinkei Suijaku (神経衰弱 – Concentration)

Jun 27, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments concentration, game, Joker, memory, nerve, playing cards, weakening

Shinkei Suijaku 神経衰弱 One of the most famous games with playing cards in Japan is shinkei suijaku (神経衰弱). トランプを使った有名なゲームの一つに、「神経衰弱」があります。 In

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Hyaku mo Shōchi (百も承知 – Being Well Aware)

Jun 25, 2021Aug 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments completeness, hundred, perfect, point, sufficiency, well aware

Hyaku mo Shōchi 百も承知 When you are well aware of something without someone pointing it out to you, it can

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Japanese Customs at the Summer Solstice

Jun 21, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments custom, dumpling, event, gods, harvest, Northern Hemisphere, octopus, rice, root, summer, summer solstice, sunlight, ultimate, wheat

Japanese Customs at the Summer Solstice 夏至における日本の風習 Today, June 21st, the day with the most hours of sunlight during the

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Oden (おでん)

Apr 30, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments bonito, convenience store, cook, egg, fish paste, kelp, konjac, miso, oden, radish, soup, stall, tofu

Oden おでん The cold season makes typical Japanese people want to eat oden (おでん). 寒い季節になると「おでん」を食べたくなります。 Oden is a Japanese dish

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Yankī (ヤンキー – “bad boy/girl”)

Apr 28, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments aggressive, bad boy, bad girl, flashy, Hawaiian, hometown, mild-mannered, Yankee

Yankī ヤンキー In my post yesterday, I introduced the Japanese term furyō (不良), which means “bad state/boy/girl.” 昨日は “bad state/boy/girl”

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Mī-Hā (ミーハー – A Person Who Follow the Crowd)

Apr 09, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments crazy, interest, person, theory, trend, woman, young

Mī-Hā ミーハー I think I am a mī-hā (ミーハー). 私は「ミーハー」です。 A mī-hā is a person who is crazy about following

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Sābisu Zangyō (サービス残業 – Wage Theft)

Apr 07, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments colloquial, company, overtime, service, survey, volunteer, wage theft, work, worker

Sābisu Zangyō サービス残業 Unfortunately, people around me often do sābisu zangyō (サービス残業). 残念なことに、私の周りの人はよく「サービス残業」をしているようです。 Sābisu zangyō is a colloquial term meaning