Today is カタカナ かようび and today’s word is スニーカー. In Australia, we call these shoes “joggers” and in England they…
セーター
In Australia, we call this a “jumper” but ジャンパー in Japanese usually indicates a casual jacket, like a stadium jumper.…
アパート
アパート in Japan are usually for rent 賃貸（ちんたい） and the building is not that big while マンション are housed in…
メイク/メーク
Today is Katakana Tuesday and today’s word is メイク or メーク. If you can read Katakana, I think it’s easy…
Plastic Bags=プラスチックのカバン？
It has been a while since free “single-use plastic bags” have disappeared from big supermarkets in NSW, Australia. Apparently, “plastic…
プリン
Today is Katakana Tuesday and today’s word is プリン. Do you know what it is? プリン The…
トランプ
Toranpu shimasenka If you can read katakana well, I’m sure you would have read it as “Trump”, the name of…
チップ
A “chip” as an electronic part is transliterated as チップ but チップ often means something else in Japanese. This post explains what.
Katakana letters
Some Katakana letters are similar to one another. Especially these 2 pairs are confusing. "シ (shi) and ツ (tsu)," and…
ドライバー
I think it is reasonably easy to figure out ドライバー is katakana transliteration of "driver". And that can mean a…
