元日(Ganjitsu), 元旦(Gantan), 正月(Shogatsu) — (New Year’s Day)
Today I will talk about the Japanese words, “ganjitsu”, “gantan” and “shogatsu”, which are often misunderstood. 元日、元旦、正月 “元日 (ganjitsu)” means
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Learning English and Japanese
For everyone learning English/Japanese
New Year
Shogatsu San ga Nichi (New Year’s Three Days)
Today is the last day of “shogatsu san ga nichi”..“Shogatsu san ga nichi” (which you can call simply “san ga
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Mochitsuki
Today I went to a professor’s house and did mochitsuki. 餅つき The literal meaning of mochitsuki is “rice cake pounding”,
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New Year’s Greeting Card using Mandelbrot Set
Today, I wrote New Years greeting cards. 今日は、年賀状を書きました。 In Japan, there are twelve of zodiac signs (animal symbols), one for
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