mother – Learning English and Japanese

The Names of the Fingers for Children

The Names of the Fingers for Children 子ども向けの指の名前 In my post yesterday, I introduced the common names of yubi (指 Read More

Kakā Kā KāKa? かかーかーかーか？ When reading a book, I found an interesting phrase that uses the dialect in Toyama. 本読をんでいて、富山の方言を使った面白い言葉を見つけました。 Read More

Bokou 母校 I visited my “bokou” (母校) yesterday. 私は昨日、「母校」を訪れました。 Bokou is a school that one’s graduated from, that is, it Read More

Manma まんま In Japan, “manma” (まんま) is a baby word that means a “meal.” 「まんま」は、「ご飯」を意味する幼児語です。 According to the Internet, one Read More

The day before yesterday was my mother’s birthday. 母の誕生日 Since I remembered that my mother said that she wanted to Read More

There are some ways of calling your mother in Japan. おふくろ The most popular expression is “okaasan” or “kaasan.” 日本では、母親の呼び方が何通りかあります。 Read More

Yesterday, I received a sad news. 祖父の死 My grandfather (my mother’s father) passed away. 昨日、訃報がありました。 Since my grandfather on my Read More

Today, I took a day off from work, and went to Tokyo. 東京での作業 This is because I had to make Read More

Today, I was playing with my nephew and niece at a park. 休日 Since both of them were very energetic, Read More