CorrectedCultureEssayHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionKanji Toru Dec 29, 2023Jan 08, 2024 construction, expression, first, ichiban, iroha song, Iroha Uta, Japanese, kana characters, origin, pillars I no Ichiban (いの一番 – The Very First) I no Ichiban いの一番 The Japanese phrase i no ichiban (いの一番) is sometimes used to describe that something is first Read More
EssayEtymologyUncorrected Toru May 07, 2021Jul 24, 2021 0 Comments ABC song, cousin, family tree, Iroha Uta, poem, second cousin, shape, song, theory Etymology of Hatoko (はとこ) Part 2 Etymology of Hatoko (はとこ) Part 2 「はとこ」の語源 Part 2 Today, I will my two original theories about the etymology of Read More
CultureDiaryEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionScienceSlangUncorrected Toru Mar 14, 2017Jan 06, 2024 absent, academic conference, etymology, exhausted, heto heto, Iroha Uta, poster presentations, presentations, students, teaching Heto Heto Today I participated in an academic conference. へとへと Several students that I taught planned to do their poster presentations, and Read More