Meaning: the Metropolis (of Tokyo), a city, a town Reading: ト、ツ、みやこ 都会(トカイ): a city, an urban area都市(トシ): a city,…
Meaning: the Metropolis (of Tokyo), a city, a town Reading: ト、ツ、みやこ 都会(トカイ): a city, an urban area都市(トシ): a city,…
Meaning: a capital, a metropolis Reading: キョウ、ケイ 京都(キョウト): Kyoto (an ancient capital of Japan)東京(トウキョウ): Tokyo (the current capital of…
Meaning: colour Reading: ショク、シキ(ジキ)、いろ 一色(イッショク): one colour異色(イショク)(の): unique, distinctive, individual特色(トクショク): a characteristic, a specific feature黄色(オウショク/コウショク): yellow五色(ゴショク): five colours 色盲(シキモウ):…
和える(あえる/aeru) is a Japanese verb to mean “to dress [main ingredient] (with {a sauce})” and it’s often used in the…
Meaning: a place, a spot, a space Reading: ジョウ、ば 会場(カイジョウ): a venue, a meeting place工場(コウジョウ): a factory農場(ノウジョウ): a farm,…
Today’s set of confusing sounds are: 主家(しゅか)* one’s employer’s house 集荷(しゅうか) to pick up, to collect (produce) 出荷(しゅっか) to ship…
Meaning: place Reading: ショ(ジョ)、ところ(どころ) 所管(ショカン): jurisdiction, control所長(ショチョウ): the head of an office, the chief of a laboratory所轄(ショカツ)の警察(けいさつ): the police…
Meaning: to dwell Reading: ジュウ、す 住所(ジュウショ): an address住居(ジュウキョ): a house, a dwelling, a residence住宅(ジュウタク): a house, a dwelling, living…
Meaning: a house, a roof Reading: オク、や 屋上(オクジョウ): a rooftop, a roof屋外(オクガイ): the open (air), outdoors家屋(カオク): a house, a…
he word トマトソース comes from the English phrase “tomato sauce” and in Australia (as well as the Commonwealth of Nations)…
寺 is an important part of Japanese culture and is used in many kanji as a つくり (the right hand side radical).
Mum: Dinner’s ready.ごはんできたよ! Me: Coming! いま____! If you have to say いきます or きます, which would be better? いきます/いく and…
Meaning: all, whole, total Reading: ゼン、すべ、まった 全員(ゼンイン): everybody, all the people全体(ゼンタイ)(の): whole, entire全然(ゼンゼン)~ない: not at all全力(ゼンリョク): all one’s strength,…
Meaning: a direction, a method Reading: ホウ(ポウ)、かた(がた) 方向(ホウコウ): a direction, a course方法(ホウホウ): a method, a way方角(ホウガク): a direction, a…
Meaning: a thing, a matter Reading: ジ、こと(ごと) 事故(ジコ): an accident, an incident事業(ジギョウ): a business, a project, an enterprise事情(ジジョウ): circumstances,…
Meaning: to serve Reading: シ(ジ)、つか 仕事(シごと): work, a job, business 仕官(シカン)する: to enter government service 仕入れ(シいれ): stocking, buying-in 仕上げ(シあげ): a…
Meaning: town, block Reading: チョウ、まち 町名(チョウメイ): the name of a town町人(チョウニン): [historical] commoner, merchant, townspeople町内(チョウナイ): the town, the street,…
When you look at recipes, measurements such as “1 cup” or “2 Tablespoons” etc. are used for measuring volumes but…
Meaning: ability, talent Reading: サイ 才人(サイジン): a clever person, an accomplished person才女(サイジョ): an intelligent woman, a woman of ability才知(サイチ):…
Today’s set of similar sounding words are: 余生(よせい) the rest of one’s life 寄席(よせ) a vaudeville show 養成(ようせい) nurture 祖父は余生を寄席芸人の養成に捧げた。…