4) Euphemisms:including animal names, as "lepakko" (bat in Finnish) or “dragoner” (dragon in German); fruit names, as “ô môi” from vietnamese language (a fruit of the area) or “lemon” from australian English; and finally, object names as "onabe" and "pot" (pot in Ja...
JapaneseTransliterationEnglish その黒い猫はとても可愛い。 Sono kuroi neko wa totemo kawaii. That black cat is very cute. 彼女は黒いドレスを着てパーティーに来た。 Kanojo wa kuroi doresu o kite paatii ni kita. She came to the party in a black dress. その部屋は黒い壁紙で飾られてい...
I have to say I am mighty surprised at the rating that Shark Night 3D got. Didn't see that one coming what so ever. It's the first time I have truly been surprised by one of their ratings since they originally gave "How to Deal" an R rating for language. So take a peek for ...
The seven deadly sins are a Western concept rather than Japanese. They are abuses or excesses of drives everyone experiences but may lead to serious transgressions if they are not kept in check. These symbols inJapanese kanjiscript are popular fortattoos. Hubris - Pride (Kouman) Pride in a n...
(or what you want to say) in a foreign language is always good practice. Fortunately, Japanese walkthroughs don’t seem to be the ASCII-laden tomes I remember from the early days of the internets. Even the English walkthroughs these days are more visual and presented in marked up ...
Toothless is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's Night Fury and the main dragon character of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. By the end of the franchise, he not only becomes the Alpha of the dragons in the Hidden World, but also the mate of the Light Fury, the father of the Night...
Proxy services are the easiest ones to use. You specify what you want to buy, and the service takes care of the rest. There is no need to create an account with any Japanese online store. Japan Rabbit(formerly White Rabbit Express) is one of the oldest and most well-known proxies. Two...
Whether you believe in it or not, lots of people think that luck is something that you can bring upon yourself if you do the right things (and if you manage to avoid some unlucky stuff!). Take our quiz to find out if you know how to keep yourself bad luc
The Japanese naming convention oftōriji How shorter names have become common in Japan in recent years How female names that end in -ko used to be more common And much more! Note:Just for the sake of clarity, I’d like to point out that the story of the Furo family name did not occ...
Quick, what’s the first thing you hear when you go into a restaurant in Japan? 何名様(めいさま)ですか? I was taught to always respond with 一人, 二人, 三人, etc. My sensei told us to never say 一名様, 二名様, 三名様, etc., but she never told us why. I only learned why...