meaning: ground reading: チ、ジ 地球(チキュウ); the earth地位(チイ): a (social) position, a status地域(チイキ): a region地理(チリ): geography産地(サンチ): a producing centre,…
meaning: ground reading: チ、ジ 地球(チキュウ); the earth地位(チイ): a (social) position, a status地域(チイキ): a region地理(チリ): geography産地(サンチ): a producing centre,…
Have you ever been asked シールでよろしいでしょうか? at a checkout of a shop? Do you know what that means? If you…
A: 息子(むすこ)は ケガをしたので 仕事(しごと)を 休(やす)んだ。 has quite a different meaning from B: 息子(むすこ)が ケガをしたので 仕事(しごと)を 休(やす)んだ。 I don’t usually…
meaning; winter reading; トウ、ふゆ 冬至(トウジ): the winter solstice冬眠(トウミン): hibernation, winter sleep冬季(トウキ): winter, the winter season冬期(トウキ): winter, the wintertime暖冬(ダントウ): a…
to fry 2 weeks ago, I wrote that the English word “to boil” is translated into 4 different Japanese words.…
The caption sentence: くねくね道(みち)を通(とお)るから、酔(よ)い止(ど)めの薬(くすり)を用意(ようい)した方(ほう)が良(よ)い。means: As we will go on a windy road, it’s better to have travel sickness pills ready.…
meaning: autumn reading: シュウ(ジュウ)、あき 秋分の日(シュウブンのひ): Autumnal Equinox Day (22nd or 23rd September)秋月(シュウゲツ): an autumn moon, a harvest moon秋思(シュウシ): a…
Today’s Katakana Tuesday and today’s word is レア. It’s a short word and easy to work out the sound. It…
There are several different ways but the easiest way of saying “to take a day off (…)” is: (…を)休(やす)む. インフルエンザで三日間仕事を休んだ。…
meaning: summerreading: カ、ゲ、なつ 夏季(カキ): summer, summertime, the season of summer夏期(カキ): summer, summer time, the summer period晩夏(バンカ): late summer 夏至(ゲシ):…
A while ago, I wrote about a cooking verb 焼(や)きます/yakimasu. There I said I have to talk about frying eggs,…
Today’s sentence with a set of similar sounding words is: 看護師さんはステッキをもった素敵なおじさんに目薬を数滴さした 。 かんごしさんはすてっきをもったすてきなおじさんにめぐすりをすうてきさした。 The nurse administered several drops of eye…
meaning: spring reading: シュン、はる 春秋(シュンジュウ): spring and autumn, years, age春眠(シュンミン)春眠暁を覚えず(シュンミンあかつきをおぼえず)= In spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no…
Not many people use ステッキ any more, but can you work out what it is from the sound Katakana letters…
日本語(にほんご)先生(せんせい)をなります is NOT a correct sentence. So how would you fix it? If I ask my Year 12 students, they…
mearning: a flower reading: カ、はな(ばな) 花壇(カダン): a flower bed花瓶(カビン): a vase花鳥風月(カチョウフウゲツ): the beauties of nature花粉症(カフンショウ): hay fever (花粉=pollen)開花(カイカ): flowering,…
If you have followed a Japanese recipe, you might have noticed that 3 different verbs, 煮(に)る、炊(た)く and 茹(ゆ)でる, have been…
Today’s sound comparison is between かわいいそうだ, and かわいそうだ, as well as between かわいいらしい and かわいらしい. Listen and repeat the sound!
meaning: snow reading: セツ(セッ)、ゆき 雪辱(セツジョク)する: to vindicate, to get revenge, to redeem oneself雪渓(セッケイ): a snowy valley, a snowy gorge豪雪(ゴウセツ):…
マクドナルドはファーストフード?それともファストフード? The other day, one of may translation colleagues wrote about this in her blog. I used to think, and…