CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 27, 2017Jan 03, 2024 1980s, 2011, obsolete, popular, pun, reason, seaweed, slang, understand, wake wakame Wake Wakame (わけわかめ) I sometimes introduce slang terms, but some of them are becoming obsolete. わけわかめ For example, there is a slang term, Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomJapanese traditionSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 26, 2017Jan 03, 2024 disorderly, drinking party, Edo period, Kansai dialect, movie, newspaper, novel, popular, slang term, tenya wanya Tenya Wanya (てんやわんや) Tenya Wanya てんやわんや When participating in a drinking party, sometimes it becomes “tenya wanya” (てんやわんや). 飲み会やパーティでは「てんやわんや」になることがあります。 “Tenya wanya” is a Read More
CultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaSlangUncorrected Toru May 17, 2016Jan 07, 2024 bamboo, consecutively, Japanese, leaned, phrase, popular, reason, say, tongue twister, unnatural Takeyabu (Bamboo Fence) Takeyabu 竹垣 Today, I will talk about a tongue twister that I can’t say. 今日は、私が苦手な早口言葉を紹介します。 “Kono takegaki ni take tatekaketano Read More