Onomatopoeia Related To Touch
The Japanese language has less syllable than that many other languages have, but has a plenty of onomatopoeia, which are
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Learning English and Japanese
For everyone learning English/Japanese
An Academic Conference and My Birthday
Today, I came to Wakayama Prefecture to participate in an academic conference and perform my research presentation. 学会と誕生日 The presentation
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Shikii ga Takai (The Threshold is High)
Shikii ga Takai 敷居が高い Today, I will talk about the Japanese phrase “shikii ga takai,” which seems to be misunderstood
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Expressions of Sadness
Today, a really sad thing happened to me. 悲しみの表現 Hence I will talk about two Japanese expressions of sadness. 今日は、とてもとても悲しいことがありました。
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Japanese Language Proficiency Test and The Japanese Language Examination
Today, I tried to solve exam problems of Japanese language on the Internet. 日本語能力試験と日本語検定 However, I made one mistake among
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The Figure of Raindrops
Today, I learned figures of raindrops. 雨粒の形 I thought that the figure of raindrops while dropping is just a teardrop-shaped,
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Utsusemi (Cicada Shell)
Today, I will talk about the Japanese “空蝉 (utsusemi).” 今日は、「空蝉（うつせみ）」という日本語を紹介します。 “空” menas “empty,” and “蝉” menas “cicada,” and “空蝉” expresses
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Various Facial Expressions
There are four different facial expressions in the Doraemon’s song called “hug shichao” (let’s hug). さまざまな表情 Today, I will describe
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