CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiProverbSlangUncorrected Toru Jul 26, 2017Jan 03, 2024 communication, fruit, Japan, kanji, metaphor, nashi no tsubute, no reply, pebble, Pyrus pyrifolia, tsubute Nashi no Tsubute (梨の礫 – Getting No Reply) Nashi no Tsubute 梨の礫 Have you ever received no reply/response after you give a letter or try to make contact? Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 15, 2017Jan 03, 2024 horse, jaja uma, metaphor, noisy, onomatopoeia, otenba, spirited girl, spoiled, wayward, woman Jaja Uma (じゃじゃ馬 – Shrew) Jaja Uma じゃじゃ馬 In yesterday’s post, I introduced the word “otenba,” which means a spirited girl. 昨日の投稿で、活発な女の子を意味する「おてんば」という言葉を紹介しました。 Actually, there is Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected Toru May 20, 2017Jan 04, 2024 blame, extra money, harakiri, idiom, jibara, kiru, metaphor, resolve, samurai, seppuku Jibara wo Kiru Today I would like to talk about the Japanese idiom “jibara wo kiru (自腹を切る).” 自腹を切る “Ji (自)” means yourself, “bara Read More