Tag: Japanese language

As my favorite meal of the day is definitely breakfast, I thought I'd write about that subject today. While your ...

All about tissues in Japan, and fun Japanese to learn.

Need some tissues? You’ve come to the right place!

We hope you're enjoying the all-new J-List website. Just a reminder: certain products like magazine and snack subscriptions, iTunes cards ...

What it's like to raise half-American otaku kids in Japan

How to raise half-American otaku kids in Japan

We hope you're enjoying the all-new J-List website. Just a reminder: certain products like magazine and snack subscriptions, iTunes cards ...

More “yuri” to enjoy, and the evolution of the “anime sweat drop”

August 26, 2018

A few (ongoing) notes about the new J-List website: remember, subscriptions (both magazine and snacks) and game downloads are currently ...

Decision points in life, and bad things about living in Japan

Life’s Decision Points, and bad things about living in Japan

A few notes about the new J-List website: remember, subscriptions (both magazine and snacks) and game downloads are currently removed ...

The Joy of Ramen in Japan, and new anime to watch

A few notes about the new J-List website: remember, subscriptions (both magazine and snacks) are currently off the site but ...

The relationship of China and Japan, plus Star Wars and Japan.

Japan’s relationship with China is a long and varied one. Long before Japan became smitten with the desire to industrialize ...

The history of Ecchi, and Yakuza in Japan.

It's part of the nature of the Japanese people to prefer substituting euphemisms for words that are embarrassing to use ...

Some Big News from J-List

First of all, thanks for being an awesome J-List customer. Over the past 18 (!!) years, both I and the ...

The end of a terrible war, and what makes Japanese so hardworking?

This year has been an interesting one for history buffs as it's seen the 70th anniversaries of the events of ...

The idea of Western foods, and slurping your noodles in Japan.

Hello again from J-List. I'm winding down an especially awesome summer here in San Diego in which J-List shook hands ...

Why Japanese confuse L and R, and fun Western foods in Japan.

The party that was the San Diego Comic-Con is over, and now it's time for the J-List staff to rest ...

Crime and punishment in Japan, and a new sale from J-List!

J-List will be attending Anime Expo this year at booth 1319. We hope you'll come by our booth and check ...

Japan’s love of cats, and the cutest government program ever.

The English language is often simplified or made "cute-sounding" when used in Japanese. A good example of this is the ...

Japan population update, and how to type in Japanese.

Japan is a country that faces many challenges. Strong global competition from China and South Korea. The lowest rate of ...

Japan’s fascination with Westerners’ eyes, and the mysteries of the number 10,000.

In many ways, Westerners are quite enigmatic the Japanese, who can't understand how we can come in so many variations, ...

Kissing Day in Japan, and Japan’s love of meat.

When I first arrived in Japan 24 years ago, I brought a lot of preconceived notions with me. Like, the ...

Defining Japan’s morality, and who are those ninjas on stage?

Hello again from Japan! We're in the middle of the Golden Week holidays, so it's quiet around here. We hope ...

How property works in Japan, and how to meet girls in dungeons.

As with most other countries, the basis of Japan’s capitalist economy is land ownership, and there are many legal mechanisms ...

How the anime business world works, and how to learn Japanese.

We had a site issue which kept product images from showing for several hours over the weekend. If you were ...

How Japanese names work, and is J-List located in a ‘Power Spot’?

When I came to Japan in 1991, one of my first impressions was that the country must be a dangerous ...

A new anime about WWII ship girls, and the mechanics of kanji.