CultureEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Feb 26, 2017Jan 06, 2024 801, boys' love, coterie magazine, doujinshi, entries, homosexuality, Lang-8, manga, slash fiction, yaoi 801 (Yaoi) Day before yesterday, the number of entries on Lang-8 reached 800. 801 Thus I posted the 801st entry yesterday. 二日前、Lang-8での投稿数が800に達しました。 Read More
BusinessCultureEssayNewsUncorrected Toru Feb 25, 2017Jan 02, 2024 discount campaigns, enforcement, Japanese government, meeting, personal consumption, Premium Friday, restaurants, shopping, travel agencies, traveling Premium Friday Yesterday was Premium Friday. プレミアムフライデー Premium Friday is a day for prompting personal consumption that was advocated by the Japanese Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Feb 24, 2017Jan 02, 2024 1960s, conversation, gambling term, increasing, Japanese, polite expressions, slang, strangers, tameguchi, young people Tameguchi (Casual Talk) Tameguchi タメ口 Today I would like to talk about the Japanese slang “tameguchi.” 今日は「タメ口」という日本の俗語を紹介します。 “Tameguchi” means a way of talking Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyGamingHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Feb 23, 2017Jan 02, 2024 abbreviation, detarame, dice, Edo period, incoherent, irresponsible, Japanese, kanji, spots, word Detarame Today I will talk about the Japanese word “detarame.” でたらめ “Detarame” means incoherent, disorganized, or irresponsible things. 今日は「でたらめ」という日本語を紹介します。 This word Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionProverbSlangUncorrected Toru Feb 22, 2017Jan 02, 2024 Buddhist hymn, choshi ni noru, cocky, condition, get carried away, Japanese idiom, modulation, reciting, seinmyo, zu ni noru Zu ni Noru Today I will talk about the Japanese idiom “zu ni noru.” 図に乗る “Zu ni noru” means to get carried away Read More
AnimalCultureEssayFoodScienceUncorrected Toru Feb 21, 2017Jan 02, 2024 animations, cheese, fermentation, fruits, grain, metabolic rate, mice, olfactory sense, study, sweets Mice and Cheese Today I will talk about the relationship between mice and cheese. ネズミとチーズ In various animations, manga, and plays, you can Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 20, 2017Jan 02, 2024 aluminum, boiling, copper, huetsuki yakan, Kamakura period, kettle, stainless, steel, water, yakan Yakan (Kettle) Yakan やかん Today I will talk about a tool called “yakan.” 今日は「やかん」という道具を紹介します。 Yakan is a kettle-shaped tool that is used Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Feb 19, 2017Jan 02, 2024 bakuto gari, confusion, dosakusa, Edo period, idiom, Japanese, kusai, magirete, Sado Kinzan, vulgar belief Dosakusa Today I will talk about the Japanese word “dosakusa.” どさくさ “Dosakusa” means a situation that people are confused by sudden Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodHistoryJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Feb 18, 2017Jan 02, 2024 auspicious, azuki-an, big lucky, daifuku, Edo period, harabuto mochi, Japanese sweets, mochi, Muromachi period, uzura mochi Daifuku Today I will talk about the Japanese food “daifuku.” 大福 The literal meaning of 大福 (daifuku) is “big lucky”, and Read More