EssayJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Oct 12, 2019Oct 13, 2019 0 Comments coin, effect, expensive, large, offertory money, reason, unlucky, unpopular Unlucky Coins Part 2 Unlucky Coins Part 2 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced jūen-dama (十円玉 – “ten-yen coin”) and gohyakuen-dama (五百円玉 – “five-hundred-yen Read More
EssayJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Oct 11, 2019Oct 13, 2019 0 Comments coin, distance, offertory coin, offertory money, popular, relationship, unlucky, unpopular Unlucky Coins Part 1 Unlucky Coins Part 1 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced goen-dama (五円玉 – “five-yen coin”) as a popular offertory coin. Read More
EssayEtymologySlangUncorrected Toru Dec 05, 2018 0 Comments chic, incense, insolent, like, push oneself, smell bad, stink, theory, unpopular Sharakusai(しゃらくさい) Sharakusai しゃらくさい Today, I used the Japanese phrase, ‘sharakusai‘ (しゃらくさい), which is no longer used very much. 私は今日、最近ではあまり使われない「しゃらくさい」という言葉を口にしました。 ‘Sharakusai’ means Read More