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Doyō no Ushi no Hi

Jul 30, 2023Aug 10, 2023 Toru 0 Comments eel, heatstroke, period, season, summer, zodiac signs

Doyō no Ushi no Hi 土用の丑の日 Today is Doyō no Ushi no Hi (土用の丑の日). 今日は「土用の丑の日」です。 Doyō (土用) is a period

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Last Day of Heisei

Apr 30, 2019Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments counting years, eastern Asia, Emperor, enthronement, era, Heisei, modern Japan, old man, old woman, period, regnal era, regnal era name, Reiwa, Shōwa

Last Day of Heisei 平成最後の日 Today is the last day of Heisei (平成). 今日は平成最後の日です。 Do you know about the Japanese

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Kinou no Kyou (昨日の今日 – A Short Period)

Jan 27, 2019 Toru 0 Comments duration, expression, imagine, period, short, term, today, weird, yesterday

Kinou no Kyou 昨日の今日 Today, I would like to talk about a little weird Japanese expression, ‘kinou no kyou‘ (昨日の今日).

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Kanji (漢字 – “Chinese Character”)

Jul 29, 2018 Toru 0 Comments character, dynasty, era, Han, kanji, period

Kanji 漢字 Japanese people often use ‘kanji’ (漢字), which are characters born in China. 日本人は、中国発祥の文字である「漢字」をよく使います。 The term kanji is written

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