Bunsuirei (分水嶺 – Watershed)
Bunsuirei 分水嶺 In Japanese, we sometimes refer to the critical turning point where the direction of things is determined as
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Learning English and Japanese
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Kaze (風/風邪 – Wind/Cold)
Kaze 風と風邪 The Japanese word “kaze” has two different meanings; “wind” (風) and “(common) cold” (風邪), and both are often
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A Desperate Japanese Homonym
Since Japanese has few sounds, there are so many homonyms. 絶望的な同音異義語 Among them, the homonym that has the most number
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Readings of “一日
Today, I will talk about the readings of the Japanese word “一日”. 一日の読み方 “一” means “one”, “日” means “day”, but
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Mecha-kucha
Today, I will talk about the Japanese word “mucha-kucha”. むちゃくちゃ The “mucha” in “mucha-kucha” means that “something is unreasonable,” or
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Shikii ga Takai (The Threshold is High)
Shikii ga Takai 敷居が高い Today, I will talk about the Japanese phrase “shikii ga takai,” which seems to be misunderstood
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合う (au)” and “会う (au)”
Today, I will talk about Japanese verbs “合う (au)” and “会う (au).” 合うと会う Since each verb has the same reading,
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A Banned Word
Few days ago, it was a hot topic that Japanese television stations put up the phrase “頑張れ (go for it)”
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Japanese Common People Names
The other day, I introduced Japanese strange name(kira kira name). 日本人の一般的な名前 Today, I will show you some Japanese common names
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