Thoghts on learning Japanese back in 1987, the many nuances of Japanese name suffixes, and being romantic under an umbrella
I sometimes find myself thinking back to my college days when I first started learning Japanese, and it never fails ...
Tag: Japanese names
New “keitai” phones for my family, all about Japanese names, and the Pluto – Gamilon connection
Saturday was "new keitai day" for our family, and we all went down to the local "au" store to get ...
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 ...
The buzz around Horie’s arrest, Horie as a “standing nail,” and info on Japanese names
Japan is all abuzz about the arrest of entrepreneur Takafumi Horie and his staff on investor fraud charges. A highly ...
Japan’s population peaks, immigration, and all about Japanese car names
Hello again from Japan. I've made the 6760 miles (10,879 km) hop from Baltimore to Japan, and have slipped into ...
Everything you wanted to know about shoes and the Japanese
Hello all. Apologies on posting this late -- I plum forgot to post the blog on Friday when I finished ...
Greetings from J-List October 1, 2004
Hello and T.G.I.F. from everyone on the J-List team!It's fall, and that means it's the season for school sports festivals, ...
Greetings from J-List September 30, 2004
Hello and T.G.I.F. from everyone on the J-List team!It's fall, and that means it's the season for school sports festivals, ...
Greetings from J-List August 11, 2004
Hello again from J-List!Japanese family names can be interesting to study. Generally, family names are written with two kanji, using ...
Greetings from J-List April 19, 2004
Hello again from all your friends at J-List!There are many expats living in Japan from a broad mix of countries ...
Greetings from J-List January 19, 2004
Hello again from Japan!It seems that no recent invention has changed our lives as much as the portable phone, and ...
Greetings from J-List September 26, 2003
There was a big earthquake in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido this morning, setting some fires and injuring many people. ...
Greetings from J-List September 5, 2003
Hello and TGIF from Japan! Although you may think of certain foods as sushi, sashimi, tempura and sukiyaki as popular ...
Greetings from J-List August 22, 2003
Hello again from Japan, where it's considered good manners to turn your car's headlights off at stoplights (to avoid blinding ...
Greetings from J-List March 5, 2003
Hello from Japan, the home of yogurt flavored butterscotch candies -- yum. Japan has a new "muscle idol" these days: ...
Greetings from J-List January 12, 2003
Hello again from San Diego. I head back to Japan tomorrow, but I'm outside in my backyard, enjoying the warm ...
Greetings from J-List June 7, 2002
Hello again from your friends in Japan! Well, the World Cup is going on now, and I could feel the ...
Greetings from J-List January 23, 2002
Hello again from Japan, where it's okay to make loud slurping noises when eating soba (Japanese noodles) but very rude ...
Greetings from J-List October 12, 2002
Hello again from your friends in Japan! Our family has four cars in Japan, one for each of us. My ...
Greetings from J-List October 10, 2002
Hello again from Japan, home of tako-yaki, delicious batter-balls with tako (octopus) meat inside! Because the names of foreigners are ...
Greetings from J-List November 10, 2001
Hello again from your friends in Japan! I was hit by some kind of flu bug yesterday, so I took ...
Greetings from J-List March 19, 2001
Hello again from Japan, where fatherhood means never taking a bath alone... Bongo Friendee aside, it's quite interesting to analyze ...
Greetings from J-List March 19, 2001
Hello again from Japan, where fatherhood means never taking a bath alone... Bongo Friendee aside, it's quite interesting to analyze ...
Greetings from J-List January 22, 2001
Hello again from Japan, where a condom is also called a "skin." Have you ever wondered what all the suffixes ...
