Being Bilingual in Japanese Isn’t Perfect
Today is February 29th, which is possible because 2012 is a Leap Year. In Japanese, Leap Year is urudoshi, but ...
Today is February 29th, which is possible because 2012 is a Leap Year. In Japanese, Leap Year is urudoshi, but ...
One of the many challenges Japan faces in the 21st century is getting a handle on its suicide rate, which ...
One interesting aspect of living in Japan is learning to read the unique body language of people around you, which ...
The Chinese writing system, kanji, is an inseparable part of the Japanese language, the same way Latin or Greek is ...
One aspect of learning a foreign language is getting a handle on its jokes, gags and other forms of humor. ...
The other evening I was sitting in front of the TV, wanting to watch some lighthearted and relaxing anime, so ...
Back in the early days of the web and Usenet, foreigners living in Japan started a list called "You've been ...
I've learned a few things about Japanese females over the years. First, they love cute things, especially kawaii phone straps ...
Every once in a while I feel like I'm living inside an anime. One weekend I might find myself at ...
Like many Japanese young people my son is into Japan's ubiquitous BBS 2ch (pronounced ni-channeru in Japanese), where all manner ...
If you've watched more than an hour of Japanese television, you'll know that school uniforms are a big part of ...
The current anime season is an extra-good one, with several interesting series I want to follow, and I've had to ...
Anime is a highly stylized art form featuring characters designed to appeal to viewers on different levels, and it's fun ...
Stereotypes are a part of all of us, for better of for worse, and when we hear that a person ...
There's some interesting psychology going on when it comes to ex-pats living in Japan, like the Three Stages of Eye ...
We recently bought dot matrix printer, of all things, which is needed to automate shipping of EMS orders (the forms ...
I like to use Twitter (and Facebook, and Google+) to keep up with our customers and send random links about ...
Yesterday I took a day off from work and went down to Tokyo for an appointment I had. As the ...
Last time I talked about various ways in which the Japanese custom of taking off shoes while at home has ...
Happy All Your Base Day, everyone. February 15 is the 11th anniversary of the release of the famous "All Your ...
One reason I like anime is that it's a very visual medium in which futuristic and/or fanciful ideas can be ...
Back when I was single, I did a fair bit of traveling around Japan, hitchhiking or riding trains on "Youth ...
Is it possible to understand the Japanese through the relationship they have to their feet? Let's give it a try. ...
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, when millions of Japanese males will wake up hoping to receive chocolate from their wives, girlfriends, ...