Thoughts on raising bilingual kids, comparing of names between Japan and the West, and what Carl Sagan has taught me
It's hard raising bilingual children in a country where English isn't used on a daily basis, except on signs that ...
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Thoughts on ordering “peanuts butter,” a tasty Japanese treat in the winter, and a friend who can’t receive New Year’s Cards
You know you've been in Japan too long when your mother sends you a bottle of nutmeg spice for Christmas, ...
The subject of English lyrics in Japanese songs, the drama of “juken hell,” and useless trivia for you
First, the J-List site went down for a couple hours on Tuesday night, U.S. time, due to a server hiccup, ...
Differences between Japanese and English, how to say “like” in Japanese, and what’s up with that wax food?
When you start studying Japanese, one of the first things you learn is that sentence structure will not be anything ...
My Narita Reconsideration, a very useful Japanese mantra, and an important virtue for Japanese to have
Like Tokyo Disneyland, the New Tokyo International Airport is not located in Tokyo, being situated in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, ...
Golden Week in Japan, “indoctronating” my bilingual kids, and all about the otaku
We're right in the middle of Golden Week, a cluster of Japanese holidays that usually fall near each other. One ...
Japan’s lack of faith in construction, new foods you can eat in Japan,
Japan is a nation founded on construction, and much of the country's modern economy is derived from building roads, bridges, ...
All about the busy month of December, Japanese dialectology, and the new color of money
We've entered that hectic time near the end of the year that the Japanese call shiwasu, which was originally the ...
Greetings from J-List October 4, 2004
Japan is ecstatic about the achievement of Ichiro, Japan's current favorite son, who beat the record for most hits in ...
Greetings from J-List June 25, 2004
Hello again from all your friends at J-List!There's no doubt about it: living in Japan will make you a better ...
Greetings from J-List October 4, 2004
Japan is ecstatic about the achievement of Ichiro, Japan's current favorite son, who beat the record for most hits in ...
Greetings from J-List December 1, 2003
Hello again from Japan, home of cars with funny names like the Mitsubishi "That's." There are many approaches to learning ...
Greetings from J-List September 12, 2003
Hello again from all of us in Japan! The second anniversary of the September 11 tragedy was marked in Japan ...
Greetings from J-List July 28, 2003
Hello again from all of us in Japan! One complex topic is the role of women in Japan, and how ...
Greetings from J-List June 27, 2003
Hello again from Japan, home of cars with odd names, like the Daihatsu Naked. Sanrio's pantheon of cute characters are ...
Greetings from J-List June 26, 2002
Hello again from your friends in Japan! First of all, we apologize for the problems we had with the non-adult ...
Greetings from J-List May 22, 2002
Hello again from Japan, where Velcro is known as "magic tape." What color are your eyes? All Japanese people have ...
Greetings from J-List October 25, 2002
Hello again from your friends in Japan! There are certain changes that happen to Americans who live in Japan for ...
Greetings from J-List October 1, 2002
Hello again from Japan, where drivers should always practice "safety driving." First, an update on the site. We had two ...
