The Science of “Kawaii” First Person Pronouns in Japanese
One of the cuter -- or possibly creepier -- things that Japanese girls do is refer to themselves in the ...
One of the cuter -- or possibly creepier -- things that Japanese girls do is refer to themselves in the ...
Although the Japanese generally are very polite and considerate, there are times when foreigners like me might consider what they ...
I'm taking a bit of a vacation with my son, with the two of us traveling to places that are ...
The Japanese do some strange things, at least from the viewpoint of this particular foreigner. In the U.S. you'd never ...
Recently I had a ceiling fan installed in my home in San Diego. Two electricians came to perform the installation ...
My son has joined me here in San Diego, and we're having fun doing father-and-son stuff together in the States. ...
It's funny how culture crisscrosses the globe, never stopping at such laughable things as national borders as it flows to ...
Living in a foreign country for many years can change anyone, and I'm certainly a different person than before I ...
It's been 135 days since the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that brought so much sadness to Japan, and the country ...
Well, the San Diego Comic-con is over for another year, and the J-List staff and I are tired, but still ...
All countries have what the Japanese call a komumin-sei, a sort of "national personality" that I write about every so ...
A few updates ago I wrote about transliteration, the process of moving a word from one writing system to another, ...
Anime, of course, is rife with fun memes that have emerged over the years, passed from creators to fans and ...
I'm up here in Big Bear, about 2-3 hours from the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. It's very similar ...
It certainly was an exciting day today, what with Japan's stunning win over the U.S. in the FIFA Women's World ...
For a country that eats as much rice as Japan, they have some pretty interesting kinds of bread, too. Introduced ...
There are certain unique things about Japan. They have cars with names like Perky, Sunny and Mitsubishi Thanks Chariot. Taxi ...
Transliteration is the act of transcribing words from one writing system to another, and it's a very complex and imprecise ...
One of the highlights of Anime Expo was having the president of famed game and anime creator Nitroplus come out ...
There are many fascinating new technologies that come along, and you never know which will take off. The QR ("quick ...
I've spent the last few days with Mrs. J-List in Las Vegas, relaxing after a hectic time at Anime Expo. ...
The Japanese make heavy use of foreign loan words, usually borrowed from English, but since Japanese grammar differs from other ...
The Fourth of July is a great summer "festival" in the U.S., a day to celebrate America's birthday, eat hot ...
It's well known that Japan's birthrate is among the lowest in the industrialized world, standing at just 1.29 per female. ...