colors – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Jan 24, 2024Jan 27, 2024 colors, consider, crimson, flowers, four-character idiom, purple, senshi bankō, ten thousand, think, thousand

Senshi Bankō (千紫万紅/千思万考 – Multitude of Colors / Repetitice Thinking)

Senshi Bankō 千紫万紅/千思万考 The four-character idiom senshi bankō (千紫万紅) describes a beautiful scenery of many flowers blooming or something having Read More

Culture Diary Essay Etymology Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

Toru Aug 06, 2023Jan 02, 2024 characters, colors, fire, fireworks, flower, Hanabi, hibana, night sky, spark, window

Hanabi (花火): Part 1

Hanabi: Part 1 花火 Part 1 Last night, I watched hanabi (花火) through the window of my workplace. 昨晩、私は職場の窓から「花火」を観賞しました。 The Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Feb 12, 2016Jan 07, 2024 blue films, China, colors, Italy, obscene movies, pink movies, Spain

Colors That Represent Obscene Things

(I’m sorry, today’s topic is a little bit ribald.) 卑猥を表す色 Today, I learned that colors that represent obscene things differ Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Jan 23, 2016Jan 07, 2024 black, colors, countries, death, funerals, green, Hindus, Muslims, silver, symbolize, white

The Color of Death

Today, I learned about colors that symbolize “death” for each country. 死の色 In many countries, such as the US, Europe, Read More

Animal Culture Essay Science Uncorrected

Toru Oct 11, 2015Jan 08, 2024 bodies, Chameleons, charming, colors, courtship behavior, enigmatic dance, fancy colors, feelings, fighting, funny, jet black, lights, sceneries, temperatures

Chameleon

Chameleons are often thought as they can change their colors depending on the sceneries. カメレオン However, actually chameleons change their Read More

Business Culture Essay Science Uncorrected

Toru Aug 31, 2015Jan 08, 2024 appetite, blood pressure, cold colors, colors, companies, customers, excitement, excitement color, fast food outlets, heart rate, increase turnover, lower, power, respiratory rate, room, sedative color, suppress, time seems long, time sense, warm colors, work efficiencies

Color Effect

Colors have powers that affect our time sense. 色の効果 Warm colors, such as red, orange, yellow, is called “excitement color.” Read More

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