CultureEssayEtymologyEuropean countriesFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Oct 31, 2017Jan 03, 2024 French, green pepper, Japanese, katakana, loanword, mistranslation, peppers, pīman, piment, poivron Pīman (ピーマン – Green Pepper) Pīman ピーマン Do you know what “green pepper” is called in Japanese? “Green pepper” のことを日本語でなんと言うかご存知ですか? As I wrote in this Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Oct 04, 2016Jan 06, 2024 1970s, brains, empty, etymology, expression, green pepper, insult, Japanese, phrases, pīman Atama ga Piman (Your Head is a Green Pepper) Atama ga Piman 頭がピーマン Today, I will talk about the Japanese insult “atama ga piman,” whose literal meaning is “your Read More