Tag: Learning Japanese

Hello again from Japan, where it's okay to make loud slurping noises when eating soba (Japanese noodles) but very rude ...

Hello and Happy Saturday from all of us in Japan. We're often asked, when coming to Japan, what kinds of ...

Hello again from your friend in Japan, J-List! In many ways the Chinese language is to Asia what the ancient ...

Hello again from Japan, where they have many no-nonsense sayings, such as "Even monkeys fall from trees."My Japanese wife and ...

Greetings from Japan, where it's not polite to stick your chopsticks straight up in your rice ("only dead people" do ...

Greetings again from the other side of the Pacific! We're safely back in Japan now -- although it was really ...

Greetings from Japan, where wet umbrellas need condoms... It's interesting, the things you learn about the human brain when you ...

Hi from your friends in Japan, at J-List! Have you ever wondered who's on Japanese money? Well, we'll tell you. ...

Well, Friday is here in Japan, and everyone at J-List is ready for a hard-earned weekend. I was asked about ...

Hello from Japan, where a car's blinker is called a "winker." One of the more enjoyable pasttimes to engage in ...

Hello again from Japan, where a movie release is called "road show." We were slowed down last week by both ...

It's an unseasonably warm day in Japan today -- we've got all the windows open! I remember when I first ...

Hi to all, from your friends at J-List It's late on Thursday night, here at J-List, and Tomo, myself and ...

Hello from Japan, on this Monday morning. I'm posting the update a few hours early today, as I'm off to ...

Man, Apple's Airport is really great. Today's update is being brought you from my living room, via my Powerbook and ...