Culture – Page 73 – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Oct 17, 2017Jan 03, 2024 agriculture, classification, eggplant, Fisheries, Forestry, fruit, herbaceous plant, Japan, tree, vegetable

The Definition of Vegetable Part 1

In my previous post, I wrote something like “eggplant is a vegetable,” but a commenter pointed out that “eggplant is Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 16, 2017Jan 03, 2024 autumn, daughter-in-law, delicious, eggplant, etymology, interpretations, Japanese, nasu, proverb, superstition

Akinasu wa Yome ni Kuwasuna (秋茄子は嫁に食わすな – Don’t Let Daughter-in-Law Eat Autumn Eggplants)

Akinasu wa Yome ni Kuwasuna 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな Yesterday, I introduced the etymology of “nasu” (茄子 – eggplant). 昨日は「茄子（ナス）」の語源について紹介しました。 Today I’d like Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Oct 15, 2017Jan 03, 2024 autumn, eggplant, etymology, harvest, India, nasu, nasubi, summer, texture, vegetable

Nasu (ナス – Eggplant)

Nasu ナス Do you like a kind of vegetable called “nasu” (ナス)? ナスという野菜は好きですか？ Nasu is a vegetable native to India, Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

Toru Oct 14, 2017Jan 03, 2024 inscription, Japanese, jigajisan, kanji, oriental, painting, poetry, praise, self, self-admiration

Jigajisan (自画自賛 – Self-Admiration)

Jigajisan 自画自賛 I think that everyone would like to praise himself/herself sometimes. たまには、自分のことを褒めたくなることがあると思います。 To praise oneself is often referred to Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Japanese tradition Kanji Slang Uncorrected

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