At the same time, there are also many different ways to say you in Japanese — as you obviously know. This concept can be strange for us English speakers. I mean, a sentence in Japanese without the “you” can apply to different people, and you’ll have to figure out who they are t...
You’re not going to encounter 氏 often out loud, but it’s actually a common honorific in writing. It’s used mainly in the news when talking or writing about a famous person or notable figure (or really, anyone in the news) that one doesn’t know personally. It can also be used ...
This reminds me thatDerek Guy‘s thread on why Tokyo is so fashionable blew up this month. I’m not sure I’m 100% convinced by the argument. I do feel like the average Japanese (even the average Tokyoite) is about as fashionable as the average American (which is to say that we’...
It’s that I arrived in Tokyo, realized that I was standing on another planet far in the future, and understood that the utopian Japanese countryside would have to wait for another trip—I needed to spend this entire time trying to figure out Tokyo. Being an outsider in Japan is bizarre....
Forced to write the corresponding figure and its picture, and then talk about the situation bravely. Walking at home, going to work. Visiting a container yard, going on a business trip. Have a business discussion meeting. Getting start. Flag football. Fly across the board. Flaxseed. Able to...
On a typical day at our offices our Japanese-language writers were hard at work scouring the internet for interesting and unique happenings from around the world to present to the people of this great nation of ours. It was then that they stumbled upon the following “prank” video, in w...
Thus, the authors attempted to build the bridge to push social networks, the people, agriculture, and the communities into a single entirety (Figure 2). In the beginning, farming was merely a way of production in space. Still, in the evolution of production, the aim of social networks in...
This reminds me thatDerek Guy‘s thread on why Tokyo is so fashionable blew up this month. I’m not sure I’m 100% convinced by the argument. I do feel like the average Japanese (even the average Tokyoite) is about as fashionable as the average American (which is to say that we’...
address or refer to someone, from time to time. It can be a complicated, and at times, awkward thing to do. This is the case even if you're fluent in Japanese. So keep reading this article, and hopefully, it will help you feel more confident and prepared for your Japanese ...
Once you've decided who moves first, it's time to figure out how to move. There are two types of moves, but at the beginning of a game, you'll have only one option: to move one space diagonally forward. This is called anon-capturing move. If you aren't able to capture any piece...