CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Mar 16, 2018Jan 02, 2024 Amida Buddha, Buddhism, chant, death, Japanese term, polite prefix, prayer, useless, お陀仏, 阿弥陀仏 Odabutsu (お陀仏 – Dying/Becoming Useless) Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese term おしゃかになる (oshaka ni naru), which means to become useless. お陀仏 Actually, there Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Mar 14, 2018Jan 02, 2024 Amida Buddha, broken, Buddhism, etymology, Japanese, oshaka ni naru, polite prefix, shaka, statue, useless Oshaka ni Naru (おしゃかになる – Becoming Useless) Oshaka ni Naru おしゃかになる When things are ruined, or something is broken and become useless, we refer to it as Read More