CultureDiaryEssayJapanese traditionNewsScienceUncorrected Toru Jun 25, 2017Jan 03, 2024 apology, college friend, divorce, Emory University, Japanese couples, party, statistics, survey, wedding, wedding ceremony Wedding Party Part 2 Yesterday, I participated in a wedding party of my college friend. 結婚パーティー It was really nice and I enjoyed meeting Read More
CultureDiaryEssayJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Jun 24, 2017Jan 03, 2024 celebrate, cost, couples, divorce, longing, marriage, party, preparation, satisfaction, wedding ceremony Japanese Wedding Ceremony Today I will go to my friend’s party associated with his marriage. 日本の結婚式 (I will be careful not to drink Read More
CultureDiaryFoodIdiomScienceSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 23, 2017Jan 03, 2024 bars, bosses, dinner, drunk, hebereke, laboratory, meeting, regret, taxi, vomited Regret Yesterday, I ate dinner with my bosses, and went to several bars until around 3 o’clock in the morning. 後悔と反省 Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 22, 2017Jan 03, 2024 annoying, conversation, expression, impression, Japan, negative, onomatopoeia, slang, travel, uzai Uzai (うざい – Annoying) In order to travel to Japan or enjoy Japanese contents, I think that you need to learn not only textbook Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 21, 2017Jan 03, 2024 careless, denial, futodoki, high-ranked, insensitive, law, meaning, outrageous, principle, reach Futodoki (不届き – Unscrupulous) Futodoki 不届き There are several terms that mean something thoughtless, but today I’d like to introduce the term “futodoki” among Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 20, 2017Jan 03, 2024 alcohol, consciousness, drunk, etymology, Greek mythology, Hebe, hebereke, Japanese, memory, onomatopoeia Hebereke (へべれけ) Hebereke へべれけ I have come into a state called “hebereke” (へべれけ) several times. 私は何度か「へべれけ」になったことがあります。 Hebereke is a term that means Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 19, 2017Jan 03, 2024 adjective, awkward, disgraceful, literal meaning, looks, mittomonai, shirt tail, suit, term Mittomonai (みっともない – disgraceful) Mittomonai みっともない When I started wearing a suit, my shirt tail was often put out from my pants. 私はスーツを着始めた頃、よくシャツがズボンからはみ出していました。 Every Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 18, 2017Jan 03, 2024 dictionary, emphasize, identity, Japanese, meaning, orekireki, polite prefix, reki, status, succession Orekireki (お歴々) Orekireki お歴々 Even though I am Japanese, I sometimes come across Japanese words I don’t know when referring a dictionary. Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaUncorrected Toru Jun 17, 2017Jan 03, 2024 action, adverb, curiously, eyeballs, gyoro gyoro, keenly, kyoro kyoro, noun, onomatopoeia, surroundings Kyoro kyoro (きょろきょろ) Kyoro kyoro きょろきょろ Have you ever gazed your surroundings with no cease, while turning to the right and the left Read More