accent – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Sep 07, 2021Jan 02, 2024 accent, adverb, ball, chance, Japanese, pronounce, slang, tamatama, testes

Tamatama (たまたま – “By Chance”)

Tamatama たまたま The Japanese adverb tamatama (たまたま) means that something happens by chance. 日本語の「たまたま」は、「偶然」を表す副詞です。 Tamatama is often used in our Read More

Diary Essay Uncorrected

Toru May 22, 2021Jul 26, 2021 0 Comments abnormal, accent, agenda, before now, conference, explanation, more than, polite, that's all, Zoom

Ijō Desu (以上です – That’s All)

Ijō Desu 以上です Today, I participated in a technical committee meeting of an academic conference via Zoom. 今日は、Zoomで学会の専門委員会に参加しました。 There were Read More

Essay History Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jul 03, 2018Jan 01, 2024 0 Comments accent, chance, dog, mah-jong, possibility, puppy, syllable

Wanchan (ワンチャン – Possibility)

Wanchan ワンチャン I wrote that I couldn’t make a deadline for submission of manuscripts yesterday. 昨日私は、原稿の締め切りに間に合わなかったと書きました。 However, there seems to Read More