doctor – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Jul 16, 2023Jan 02, 2024 bean paste, doctor, experience, Japanese, miso, old, proverb, taste, trustworthy, valuable

Isha to Miso wa Furui hodo Yoi (医者と味噌は古いほどよい – Experience Counts)

Isha to Miso wa Furui hodo Yoi 医者と味噌は古いほどよい People and things that have experienced long years can be valuable and Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 05, 2021Jan 02, 2024 bad, deceive, doctor, entrance, genkan, idiom, Japanese, metaphor, patients, yabuisha

Yabuisha no Genkan (藪医者の玄関 – Deception)

Yabuisha no Genkan 藪医者の玄関 In yesterday’s post, I introduced the term yabuisha (藪医者), which means a “bad doctor.” 昨日は、治療や診断が下手な医者を意味する「藪医者」という言葉を紹介しました。 There Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 04, 2021Jan 02, 2024 diagnosis, divination, doctor, etymology, Japanese, mistake, proverb, treatment, yabuisha

Yabuisha (藪医者 – Bad Doctor)

Yabuisha 藪医者 A doctor who often makes mistakes in treatment or diagnosis is called yabuisha (藪医者) in Japanese. 治療や診断が下手な医者のことを、「藪医者」といいます。 Since Read More