Latest Posts – Page 168 – Learning English and Japanese

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

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

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

Culture Essay Etymology Gaming History Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

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

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Slang Uncorrected

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

Animal Culture Essay Food Science Uncorrected

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

Culture Essay Etymology History Japanese tradition Uncorrected

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

Culture Essay Etymology History Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

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

Culture Essay Etymology Food History Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

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

Animal Culture Essay Science Uncorrected

Toru Feb 17, 2017Jan 02, 2024 burrow, camaraderie, coteries, grasslands, greeting behaviors, polygamy, prairie dogs, social structure, squirrel family

Prairie Dog

Today I will talk about prairie dogs that are belong to the squirrel family. プレーリードッグ Prairie dogs are inhabit the Read More

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