heat – Learning English and Japanese

Corrected Essay Idiom

Kao kara Hi ga Deru (顔から火が出る – One’s Face Burned with Shame)

Jun 28, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments blush, embarrassed, face, face burned, fire, heat, shame

Kao kara Hi ga Deru 顔から火が出る When you feel very embarrassed about something and blush with shame, it can be

Essay Proverb Uncorrected

Nodo Moto Sugi reba Atsusa wo Wasureru (喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる – Danger Past and God Forgotten)

May 15, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments base, danger, experience, failure, forget, god, hardship, heat, lesson, painful, pass, throat

Nodo Moto Sugi reba Atsusa wo Wasureru 喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる Some people forget all about the painful and difficult things once those

Culture Essay Food Uncorrected

Tamago Kake Gohan (卵かけご飯 – Egg on Rice) Part 2

Mar 29, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments dangerous, dish, egg, expiration date, food, food poisoning, Food Sanitation Act, heat, hygiene management, infest, raw egg, rice, safe, salmonella, shell, sticker

Tamago Kake Gohan Part 2 卵かけご飯　Part 2 One of the reasons that “egg on rice” is popular in Japan is

Essay Etymology Uncorrected

Nōryō (納涼 – Enjoying Cool in Summer) Part 1

Aug 29, 2019Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments avoid, bring in, comfortably, cool, enjoy, heat, money, place, summer, time

Nōryō 納涼 Several days ago, I introduced the Japanese term hisho (避暑), which means to move to a cool place

Essay History Uncorrected

Karuizawa Part 1

Aug 27, 2019 Toru 0 Comments Anglican, Canadian, cool, flourish, heat, hometown, Karuizawa, missionary, place, post station, summer, summer resort, Toronto, transportation

Karuizawa Part 1 軽井沢 Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term hishochi (避暑地), which means cool places where

Culture Essay Japanese tradition Uncategorized Uncorrected

Hishochi (避暑地 – Summer Resort)

Aug 26, 2019Aug 26, 2019 Toru 0 Comments avoid, cool, foreign, heat, hotel, land, merchant, missionary, pioneer, place, resort, summer, summer resort, teacher, villa, visit, wealthy

Hishochi 避暑地 Moving to a cool place temporarily to avoid the summer heat is called hisho (避暑) in Japanese. 夏の暑さを避けるため、一時的に涼しい場所に移動することを「避暑」と言います。

Essay Etymology Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Kurushī (苦しい – Painful/Difficult)

Aug 19, 2019Aug 19, 2019 Toru 0 Comments confuse, difficult, eye, hard, head, heat, mental, pain, painful, physical, sadness, spin, state, suffering, theory

Kurushī 苦しい Now I am in a state called kurushī (苦しい). 私は今、「苦しい」です。 Kurushī is a term that describes a physically

Essay Science Uncorrected

Ice Cream and Shaved Ice

Apr 07, 2019 Toru 0 Comments air bubble, Celsius, cold, degree, fat, feel, heat, ice cream, mil, milk fat, mouth, shaved ice, transfer

Ice Cream and Shaved Ice アイスクリームとかき氷 Yesterday, I talked about ‘kaki gōri‘ (かき氷), which means “shaved ice.” 昨日は「かき氷」について紹介しました。 Which do

Diary Essay Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Kotatsu (こたつ)

Dec 25, 2018 Toru 0 Comments comforter, devil, equipment, furniture, heat, kotatsu, ruin, winter

Kotatsu こたつ I spent the winter without ‘kotatsu’ (こたつ) over the past two years. 私は去年と一昨年、こたつを使わずに冬を越しました。 However, this year I bought

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