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Cicadas
Most languages in the world contain specific words to describe animal cries, deriving from the actual sounds, but in a more abstract form. Those words are called ‘onomatopoeia’, which in greek means ‘to make name’. You can recognize onomatopoetic words from their repetitive patterns. Japanese language especially contains a large number of onomatopoetic words, to…
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Googling in Japanese + Face sheets
ΟΚ, so I was trying to find out something about the best invention !ever! – the “ice” face sheets, and typed only half of the query, namely “ice face”. AND THIS HAPPENED! Scaaaary! Cringe! Take it out of my sight! Here is the same phrase in English for comparison. Something went terribly wrong in Japan.…
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A day in Tokyo Big Sight (w. Gallery)
Summer offers many chances for visiting exhibitions. Today I visited the ‘International modern hospital show 2018’, which as expected was international in terms of companies but not so international in terms of visitors and languages spoken. It was my first time to visit Tokyo Big Sight and I was taken aback by the infinite area…
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Let’s talk about trains being late~
[Irrelevant featured Image: Summer picnic in Yoyogi park] Japanese railway companies are known worldwide for their punctuality. However, this doesn’t prevent mishaps from happening once in a while. Considering that Japan is also notorious for overworking and in-office pressure, individuals driven to suicide are unfortunately a common cause for disruption of train services. Especially after…
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What my sensei taught me today vol.306
In Japanese slang Animal Video (AV) stands for adult video a.k.a. Porn
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A day in the bank and the meaning of omotenashi
If you don’t know, Japanese language contains the unique term お持て成し (omotenashi), which means ‘hospitality; reception; treatment; service; entertainment’ according to jisho.org. However, the word’s accurate meaning is combined with the traditional Japanese view towards hospitality, and how it is expressed when treating visitors. The basic point lies in the fact that the host tries to…
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