Japanese tradition – Page 5 – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Dec 31, 2023Jan 08, 2024 character goods, crane game, effort, meaning, senrihin

Senrihin (戦利品 – Spoils of Battle)

Senrihin 戦利品 At the end of this year, I went to a huge crane game specialty store and acquired various Read More

Corrected Culture Essay History Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji

Toru Dec 29, 2023Jan 08, 2024 construction, expression, first, ichiban, iroha song, Iroha Uta, Japanese, kana characters, origin, pillars

I no Ichiban (いの一番 – The Very First)

I no Ichiban いの一番 The Japanese phrase i no ichiban (いの一番) is sometimes used to describe that something is first Read More

Culture Diary Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Science Slang Uncorrected

Toru Dec 28, 2023Jan 01, 2024 brain, brute force, gaming, Internet slang, kinniku, muscle, nﾅ耕in, nﾅ肯iso, personality, playing games

Nōkin (脳筋 – Meathead)

Nōkin 脳筋 I sometimes become a state called nōkin (脳筋) while playing various games. 私はときどき、ゲームをプレイ中に「脳筋」になります。 Nōkin is an Internet slang Read More

Culture Diary Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Dec 26, 2023Jan 01, 2024 absent-minded, bonyari, bﾅ衡to suru, bﾅ鉱en, daze, driving, onomatopoeia, suru, thought, work

Bōtto Suru (ぼーっとする – “Spacing Out”)

Bōtto Suru ぼーっとする Recently, I have been finding myself in a state referred to as bōtto suru (ぼーっとする) a lot. Read More

Animal Culture Diary Essay Japanese tradition Science Uncorrected

Toru Dec 24, 2023Jan 01, 2024 dragon, fractal, greeting card, mathematical formulas, nengajō, New Year, programming, three-dimensional, zodiac

Nengajō (年賀状 – New Year’s Greeting Card): Part 2

Nengajō: Part 2 年賀状 Part 2 On the nengajō (年賀状 – “New Year’s greeting card”), the zodiac animal of the Read More

Culture Diary Essay History Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Dec 23, 2023Jan 01, 2024 celebration, custom, exchanging greetings, greeting card, indebted, Japanese, nengajō, New Year, relatives, tradition

Nengajō (年賀状 – New Year’s Greeting Card): Part 1

Nengajō: Part 1 年賀状 Part 1 Today, I wrote nengajō (年賀状). 私は今日、年賀状を書きました。 Nengajō is a traditional Japanese greeting card for Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Toru Dec 22, 2023Jan 01, 2024 confusion, expression, idiom, Japanese, language, panic, right and left, rushing, synonym, wandering

Uō Saō (右往左往 – Helter-Skelter)

Uō Saō 右往左往 The four-character idiom uō saō (右往左往) describes a situation where someone is confused and wanders around. 混乱し、あっちへ行ったりこっちへ行ったりうろうろすることを、「右往左往」と言います。 Read More