EssayJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Oct 12, 2019Oct 13, 2019 0 Comments coin, effect, expensive, large, offertory money, reason, unlucky, unpopular Unlucky Coins Part 2 Unlucky Coins Part 2 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced jūen-dama (十円玉 – “ten-yen coin”) and gohyakuen-dama (五百円玉 – “five-hundred-yen Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Jan 11, 2019 0 Comments belly, capacity, generous, heart, large, stomach, thick, wide Futoppara (太っ腹 – Generous) Futoppara 太っ腹 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese idiom ‘hara ga futoi‘ (腹が太い), which means that one’s heart/capacity is Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Jan 10, 2019 0 Comments belly, capacity, compliment, dialect, heart, large, stomach, thick, wide Hara ga Futoi (腹が太い – One’s Heart is Large) Hara ga Futoi 腹が太い There is an idiom, ‘hara ga futoi‘ (腹が太い) in Japanese. 日本語には「腹が太い」という慣用句があります。 ‘Hara‘ (腹) usually means “stomach” Read More
ClimateEssayIdiomScienceUncorrected Toru Jan 18, 2016Jan 07, 2024 calm, cloud, condition, drive, effect, falls, height, interval, large, make us feel warm, piled up, radiative cooling, reason, reflected, road, snow, snow day, solar radiation, suppressed, surfaces, usual, warmer, wind Warm Snow Day Today the snow piled up high after a long interval. 暖かい雪の日 It was scared for me to drive a snowy Read More