New Year’s Holiday
Today I spent slow-paced time with my family. 正月休み First I took a shower, had a breakfast, then played with
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Inserting a Leap Second
A happy new year. うるう秒の挿入 Today, January 1st, a leap second was inserted for the first time in one year
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Omisoka (New Year’s Eve)
Omisoka 大晦日 Today is 大晦日 (omisoka), which means new year’s eve. 今日は大晦日です。 “晦日 (misoka)” was originally written as “三十日 (misoka)”,
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Mushi no Shirase (Word of Insects)
Mushi no Shirase 虫の知らせ Today I will talk about the idiom “mushi no shirase”, the literal meaning of which is
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E ni Kaita Mochi (A Rice Cake Drawn in a Picture)
E ni Kaita Mochi 絵に描いた餅 Yesterday I wrote about “mochitsuki” (rice cake pounding). 昨日は「餅つき」について書きました。 Today I will talk about the
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Mochitsuki
Today I went to a professor’s house and did mochitsuki. 餅つき The literal meaning of mochitsuki is “rice cake pounding”,
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Mono no Kazu
Today I would like to talk about the Japanese term “mono no kazu.” 物の数 The literal meaning of “mono no
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Christmas and Japan
Since today is Christmas, I will talk about trivia related to Christmas. 日本とクリスマス The first Christmas (Mass of Nativity Festival)
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