Yamawake (山分け – Dividing Equally)
Yamawake 山分け A few days ago, I introduced the term osusowake (おすそわけ), which means to distribute goods or benefits that
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Tōge (峠 – Mountain Pass)
Tōge 峠 Mountain passes or boundaries between up and down ways are called tōge (峠). 山の上りと下りの境界のことを、日本語で「峠」と言います。 It is said that
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Monomi Yusan (物見遊山 – Sightseeing)
Monomi Yusan 物見遊山 I would like to do Monomi Yusan (物見遊山) sometimes. たまには「物見遊山」したいものです。 Since mono (物) means “thing,” mi (見)
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Family Trip 2019
Family Trip 2019 家族旅行2019 We are now in Enakyō (恵那峡 – “Ena Gorge”) on a family trip. 私は今、家族旅行で恵那峡に来ています。 First, we
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Visit Tateshina
Visit Tateshina 蓼科訪問 Today, I went to Ueda city, Nagano, to do experiments for my research. 今日は研究をするため、長野県上田市に来ています。 Since the experiments
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Mountain Climbing Alone
Mountain Climbing Alone 一人登山 Today I woke up early and tried to climb Mountain Hinode alone. 今日は早起きし、一人で日の出山を登りに行きました。 Since it takes
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Traffic Jams at Midnight
Traffic Jams at Midnight 深夜の渋滞 Today is the Japanese national holiday called ‘Yama no Hi’ (山の日 – literally “Mountain Day”).
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Yamayama (山々 – Mountains)
Yamayama 山々 “Yama” (山) means “mountains,” and the kanji 々 means a repetition of the last character. 「山」は “mountain,” 漢字「々」は直前の漢字の繰り返しを意味します。
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