History – Learning English and Japanese

Ushirogami wo Hikareru (後ろ髪を引かれる – With Painful Reluctance)

Ushirogami wo Hikareru 後ろ髪を引かれる When you are unable to move on due to regret, it can be described as ushirogami

Kisama 貴様 In Japanese, sama (様) is often used as an honorific for a person. 日本語では、人に対する敬称として「様」がよく使われます。 In addition, ki (貴)

Tsuppari and Sukeban 「ツッパリ」と「スケバン」 In my post in the last two days, I introduced the terms furyō (不良) and yankī

Icchōra 一張羅 I have a icchōra (一張羅) that I have used for over 10 years. 私は10年以上使っている「一張羅」を持っています。 It is considered that

Okanmuri お冠 To describe that someone is angry or in a bad mood, Japanese people sometimes use the term okanmuri

Hatodokei 鳩時計 These days, I’ve been wanting to buy a hatodokei (鳩時計). 私は今、鳩時計を購入したいと考えています。 Since hato (鳩) means “dove” and tokei/dokei

Uhauha うはうは When describing that someone is so happy and so excited, you can use the Japanese onomatopoeia uhauha (うはうは).

Karuizawa Part 2 軽井沢 Part 2 This entry continues from yesterday’s one. この投稿は、昨日の投稿の続きです。 At almost the same time when Alexander

Karuizawa Part 1 軽井沢 Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term hishochi (避暑地), which means cool places where