This post explains the difference between かわいいらしい and かわいらしい as well as that between かわいいそう and かわいそう. One more い can make a rather big difference!
This post explains the difference between かわいいらしい and かわいらしい as well as that between かわいいそう and かわいそう. One more い can make a rather big difference!
meaning: rain reading: ウ、あめ、あま 雨期(ウキ): the rainy season (It can be written as 雨季)雨天決行(ウテンケッコウ): No postponement for rain豪雨(ゴウウ): a…
さしすせそ is all the letters in the S column but in cooking さしすせそ has a special meaning: that is, to…
Today’s set of similar sounding words are: 資格 (qualification), 視覚 (vision) (しかく) 失格 (disqualification) (しっかく) The caption says: パイロットの資格をとろうとしたが、視覚検査で失格になった。 I…
meaning: sky, heaven reading: テン、あめ、あま 天(テン、あめ): the sky, the air, the heavens天下(テンカ): the world, the whole land天才(テンサイ): a genius天災(テンサイ):…
Suppose you are somewhere in this picture and if your Japanese friend asks you “ポーチ(は)どこ?(Where is ポーチ?)” Where would you…
meaning: rice field reading: デン、た(だ) 田園(デンエン): (dry) fields and paddies田地(デンチ): a rice field, rice-farming land塩田(エンデン): a salt farm, a…
If you are cooking some Japanese food, you will need a few Japanese seasonings. The most common ones are 酒(さけ/sake…
meaning: a river reading: セン、かわ(がわ) 川柳(センリュウ): a senryu – a style of Japanese poem similar to haiku but without…
When I first went to America as an exchange student, I believed ホッチキス was an English word, so when I…
“happy” can be rephrased with many different terms in English, so there are many translations of “happy” in Japanese also. Here are some.
meaning: mountain reading: サン(ザン)、セン、やま 山地(サンチ): a mountainous district山脈(サンミャク): a mountain range富士山(フジサン): Mt. Fuji 火山(カザン): a volcano鉱山(コウザン): a mine登山(トザン): mountain-climbing,…
I have been writing about ingrediants for Japanese stock and today is the last of that series. 椎茸(しいたけ/shiitake) is one…
Today’s phrase with similar sounding words is: 舅はサッカーをしていて、首都大会でシュートを決めました。 しゅうとはさっかーをしていて、しゅとたいかいでしゅーとをきめました。 My father-in-law used to play soccer and he scored a shot…
meaning: sea reading: カイ、うみ、うな 海水(カイスイ): sea water海洋(カイヨウ): the sea(s), the ocean海外(カイガイ): abroad, overseas日本海(ニホンカイ): the Japan Sea 雲海(ウンカイ): a sea…
The caption says: マジックで書いてください。 Please write with “magic”. If you see this, what would you do? Will you say “I’m…
開ける(あける) vs 開く(ひらく) (A) 店(みせ)を開(あ)ける。 (B) 店(みせ)を開(ひら)く。 Both sentences are correct and both can be translated as “I open a…
meaning: to reach reading: タツ(タッ)、タチ(ダチ) 達人(タツジン): an expert, a master達筆(タッピツ): good handwriting達者(タッシャ)な: fit, healthy達する(タッする): to reach 上達(ジョウタツ): progress, improvement速達(ソクタツ):…
niboshi & chirimen jako Last 2 weeks, I have written about ingredients for Japanese stock – bonito flakes and kelp.…
The sentence: 公開されている国会で証言したことを後悔しています。means “I’m regretting having testified in the National Diet which is open to the public. Here the confusing…