EssayEtymologyKanjiUncorrected Toru Apr 10, 2021Jun 02, 2021 0 Comments cloth, color, dye, person, quiz, soak, strikingly, vibrant Hito___ (一入 – strikingly) Hito___ 一入 Do you know how to read 一入? 「一入」をなんと読むかご存知ですか? 一入 is very similar to 一人 (read as hitori, meaning Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Apr 29, 2019Apr 29, 2019 0 Comments biases, color, colored glasses, glasses, magnifying glasses, perspective, sunglasses Iromegane (色眼鏡 – Colored Glasses) Iromegane 色眼鏡 I introduced you to the megane (眼鏡 – “glasses”) two days ago, and introduced mushimegane (虫眼鏡 – “magnifying Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyEuropean countriesFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Dec 05, 2017Jan 03, 2024 black tea, color, drink, etymology, Japanese, kocha, milk, red, tea, UK Kōcha (紅茶 – Black Tea) Kōcha 紅茶 I’m drinking “kōcha” (紅茶) right now. 私は今、紅茶を飲んでいます。 The “kō” (紅) means “red” and the “cha” (茶) means “tea,” Read More
EssayEtymologyJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected Toru Mar 02, 2016Jan 07, 2024 color, formal expression, hiragana, iro-iro, kanji, meaning, sama-zama, various Iro-iro” And “Sama-zama Today, I will talk about the difference between the Japanese phrases “iro-iro” and “sama-zama.” 「いろいろ」と「さまざま」 Both of them have almost Read More