A while ago, I wrote about a cooking verb çŒïŒãïŒããŸã/yakimasu. There I said I have to talk about frying eggs,…
ããŠããããŠã£ãããããŠã
Today’s sentence with a set of similar sounding words is: çè·åž«ããã¯ã¹ãããããã£ãçŽ æµãªããããã«ç®è¬ãæ°æ»Žããã ã ããããããã¯ããŠã£ãããã£ãããŠããªããããã«ããããããããŠããããã The nurse administered several drops of eye…
æ¥
meaning: spring reading: ã·ã¥ã³ãã¯ã  æ¥ç§ïŒã·ã¥ã³ãžã¥ãŠïŒ: spring and autumn, years, ageæ¥ç ïŒã·ã¥ã³ãã³ïŒæ¥ç æãèŠããïŒã·ã¥ã³ãã³ããã€ããããŒããïŒ= In spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no…
ã¹ããã
Not many people use ã¹ããã any more, but can you work out what it is from the sound Katakana letters…
ïŒÃïŒæ¥æ¬èªå çããªããŸã
æ¥æ¬èªïŒã«ã»ããïŒå çïŒããããïŒããªããŸã is NOT a correct sentence. So how would you fix it? If I ask my Year 12 students, they…
è±
mearning: a flower reading: ã«ãã¯ãªïŒã°ãªïŒ  è±å£ïŒã«ãã³ïŒ: a flower bedè±ç¶ïŒã«ãã³ïŒ: a vaseè±é³¥é¢šæïŒã«ãã§ãŠããŠã²ãïŒ: the beauties of natureè±ç²çïŒã«ãã³ã·ã§ãŠïŒ: hay fever (è±ç²=pollen)éè±ïŒã«ã€ã«ïŒ: flowering,…
to boil in Japanese
If you have followed a Japanese recipe, you might have noticed that 3 different verbs, ç ®ïŒã«ïŒããçïŒãïŒã and è¹ïŒãïŒã§ã, have been…
ããããããã , ãããããã , ããããããã, ãããããã – sound comparison
Today’s sound comparison is between ããããããã , and ãããããã , as well as between ããããããã and ãããããã. Listen and repeat the sound!
éª
meaning: snow reading: ã»ãïŒã»ãïŒããã  éªèŸ±ïŒã»ããžã§ã¯ïŒãã: to vindicate, to get revenge, to redeem oneselféªæžïŒã»ãã±ã€ïŒ: a snowy valley, a snowy gorge豪éªïŒãŽãŠã»ãïŒ:…
ãã¡ãŒã¹ãããŒãïŒãã¡ã¹ãããŒãïŒ
ãã¯ããã«ãã¯ãã¡ãŒã¹ãããŒãïŒãããšããã¡ã¹ãããŒãïŒ The other day, one of may translation colleagues wrote about this in her blog. I used to think, and…
ããããããããããããããããã
This post explains the difference between ããããããã and ãããããã as well as that between ãããããã and ããããã. One more ã can make a rather big difference!
éš
meaning: rain reading: ãŠããããã㟠 éšæïŒãŠãïŒ: the rainy season (It can be written as éšå£)éšå€©æ±ºè¡ïŒãŠãã³ã±ãã³ãŠïŒ: No postponement for rain豪éšïŒãŽãŠãŠïŒ: a…
ããããã
ããããã is all the letters in the S column but in cooking ããããã has a special meaning: that is, to…
ãããããã£ãã
Today’s set of similar sounding words are: è³æ Œ (qualification), èŠèŠ (vision) (ããã) å€±æ Œ (disqualification) (ãã£ãã) The caption says: ãã€ãããã®è³æ ŒããšãããšããããèŠèŠæ€æ»ã§å€±æ Œã«ãªã£ãã I…
倩
meaning: sky, heaven reading: ãã³ããããã㟠 倩ïŒãã³ãããïŒ: the sky, the air, the heavens倩äžïŒãã³ã«ïŒ: the world, the whole land倩æïŒãã³ãµã€ïŒ: a genius倩çœïŒãã³ãµã€ïŒ:…
ããŒã
Suppose you are somewhere in this picture and if your Japanese friend asks you “ããŒã(ã¯)ã©ãïŒ(Where is ããŒã?)” Where would you…
ç°
meaning: rice field reading: ãã³ããïŒã ïŒ Â ç°åïŒãã³ãšã³ïŒ: (dry) fields and paddiesç°å°ïŒãã³ãïŒ: a rice field, rice-farming landå¡©ç°ïŒãšã³ãã³ïŒ: a salt farm, a…
Mirin, Mirin style flavouring and Cooking Sake
If you are cooking some Japanese food, you will need a few Japanese seasonings. The most common ones are é ïŒãã/sake…
å·
meaning: a river reading: ã»ã³ãããïŒããïŒ Â å·æ³ïŒã»ã³ãªã¥ãŠïŒ: a senryu – a style of Japanese poem similar to haiku but without…
ããããã¹
When I first went to America as an exchange student, I believed ããããã¹ was an English word, so when I…
