CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Jan 17, 2018Jan 03, 2024 buildings, cicadas, containers, Japanese, monuke no kara, nukeru, shell, slough, snakes, verb Monuke no Kara (もぬけの殻 – Completely Empty) Monuke no Kara もぬけの殻 If there are completely no people in a building, the situation is called もぬけの殻 (monuke no Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaUncorrected Toru Jul 24, 2016Jan 06, 2024 atmosphere, cicadas, cry, drizzling rain, evening cicadas, higurashi, Japanese phrase, semishigure, sounds, summer Semishigure Recently, songs of evening cicadas (which are called higurashi in Japan) have come to resound in my university. 蝉時雨 Today, Read More