EssayEtymologyScienceUncorrected Toru Aug 13, 2019 0 Comments afternoon, drizzle, morning, pattern, rain, rainy, sky, threatening, weather Amamoyō (雨模様 – Threatening Sky) Amamoyō 雨模様 It was not amamoyō (雨模様) this morning, but it started to rain in the afternoon. 今朝は「雨模様」ではありませんでしたが、昼過ぎには雨が降ってきました。 Ama/ame (雨) Read More
EssayNewsUncorrected Toru Jul 20, 2019Aug 04, 2019 0 Comments blaze, burn, burning, fire, hot sun, news, sky, TV, under Entenka (炎天下 – Under the Hot Sun) Entenka 炎天下 In summer, you can hear the word entenka (炎天下) on Japanese TV news. 夏になると、テレビのニュースなどで「炎天下」という単語が登場します。 Since en (炎) means Read More
EssayEtymologyJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Aug 25, 2018Jan 01, 2024 0 Comments cloud, cumulonimbus cloud, shaven head, sky, specter, summer Nyūdō Gumo (入道雲 – Cumulonimbus Cloud) Nyūdō Gumo 入道雲 I like ‘nyūdō gumo‘ (入道雲), which you can see in the summer sky. 私は夏の空に見ることができる「入道雲」が好きです。 Nyūdō gumo are Read More
EssayEtymologyHistoryIdiomUncorrected Toru Jun 03, 2018Jan 01, 2024 0 Comments above, absence, heart, mind, sky, upper Uwa no Sora (上の空 – Absence of Mind) Uwa no Sora 上の空 Recently, I often become a state called uwa no sora (上の空). 私は最近、「上の空」によくなります。 Uwa no sora means Read More
CorrectedEssayProverb Toru May 29, 2018May 30, 2018 0 Comments defile, harm, hurt, sky, slander, spit Ten ni Tsuba Suru (天に唾する – Slander Flings Stones at Itself) Ten ni Tsuba Suru 天に唾する Have you ever hurt yourself as a result of trying to harm others? 人に害を与えようとしたら、かえって自分自身に害がふりかかってしまったことはありますか? Such Read More
BusinessCultureEssayGamingIdiomJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Sep 27, 2017Jan 03, 2024 ao tenjō, blue ceiling, business, mah-jong, market price, rise, rule, score limit, sky, transactions Ao Tenjō (青天井 – Dome of the Sky) Ao Tenjō 青天井 Have you ever thought that the sky was a blue ceiling? 空を見上げたとき、青色の天井だと思ったことはありますか? In Japan, there is the Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiProverbUncorrected Toru Sep 07, 2017Jan 03, 2024 big difference, cloud, difference, dirt, gap, ground, literal meaning, phrase, sky, undei no sa Undei no Sa (雲泥の差 – A World of Difference) Undei no Sa 雲泥の差 You will feel “undei no sa” (雲泥の差) for various things, as long as you live a Read More