Katakana words

When I googled ”レンジでチン,” I got nearly 5 million hits. It is a very common expression...

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 kn...

Today’s Katakana Tuesday and today’s word is レア. It’s a short word and easy to...

Not many people use ステッキ any more, but can you work out what it is from the sound Katakana l...

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, ...

Suppose you are somewhere in this picture and if your Japanese friend asks you “ポーチ(は)...

When I first went to America as an exchange student, I believed ホッチキス was an English word,...

On Tuesdays I usually talk about katakana words that are used differently from their origin but toda...

ポット is the transliteration of the English word “pot,” so can you spot a ポット ...

When I was young, I used ミシン a lot. I was aware that it was written in Katakana but I<span cla...