term – Learning English and Japanese

Tōge wo Kosu (峠を越す – Getting over the Hump)

Tōge wo Kosu 峠を越す Three days ago, I introduced the Japanese word tōge (峠), which means ‘mountain pass.” 三日前、私は “mountain

Shigo 死語 In my post yesterday, I used the Japanese word ‘shigo‘ (死語). 昨日の投稿の中で、「死語」という言葉を使いました。 Since ‘shi‘ (死) means “death/dead” and

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).