elegant – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Oct 28, 2023Jan 02, 2024 archaic, discouraged, elegant, grammatical structure, irony, Japan, nuance, phrase, 何, 言わん

Nani wo ka Iwan ya (何をか言わんや – Having Nothing to Say)

Nani wo ka Iwan ya 何をか言わんや When you are discouraged about something and have nothing to say, you can use Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 08, 2021Jan 02, 2024 adverb, archaic, chance, elegant, expression, Japanese, rare, suffix, tamasaka, term

Tamasaka (たまさか – “By Chance”)

Tamasaka たまさか In yesterday’s post, I introduced the Japanese adverb, tamatama (たまたま), which means “by chance.” 昨日は「偶然」を意味する副詞「たまたま」を紹介しました。 To mean the Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Aug 16, 2021Jan 02, 2024 body, cherish, elegant, emails, expression, Japanese, letters, phrase, politeness, take care

Okarada wo Oitoi Kudasai (お身体をおいといください – Please Take Care of Yourself)

Okarada wo Oitoi Kudasai お身体をおいといください In yesterday’s post, I introduced the phrase gojiai kudasai (ご自愛ください), which means “please take care Read More

Corrected Essay Japanese tradition Kanji

Toru May 20, 2021Jul 24, 2021 0 Comments cute, daily life, elegant, formal, frog, poem, reading, sophisticated word, sound, spoken language

Kaeru and Kawazu (「かえる」と「かわず」 – Frog)

Kaeru and Kawazu 「かえる」と「かわず」蛙, which means “frog,” can be read in two ways: kaeru (かえる) and kawazu (かわず/かわづ). “Frog” Read More

Essay Idiom Uncorrected

Toru Apr 11, 2021Jun 02, 2021 0 Comments delighted, elegant, emotion, event, old, pleasure, polite, sensation, strikingly, succeed

How to Use Hitoshio

How to Use Hitoshio 「ひとしお」の使い方 In my post yesterday, I introduced the term hitoshio (ひとしお), which means “strikingly.” 昨日は、「ひときわ」「より一層」を意味する「ひとしお（漢字で『一入』）」という言葉を紹介しました。 Hitoshio Read More