Let’s get started with the amazing Japanese words about life complete with their meanings. Which will you use often? Ikigai 生きがい This is perhaps my most favourite of the beautiful words in Japanese. When browsing an airport bookstore, I first learnt this beautiful Japanese word when I ...
Japanese is written in three scripts, called kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Kanji are symbols representing a word, such as a verb, a noun, or the root of an adjective. Hiragana is used for new foreign language words, and katakana represent syllables. Consequently, many Japanese names can be...
A fitting way to end virtually any Japanese exchange,otsukaresamais our final Japanese phrase that defies English translation. This all-in-one expression has a wide range of applications and meanings—hello, goodbye, congrats, cheers. Derived from the verbtsukareru(疲れる) meaning ...
In this post I’d like to go over the common word 世話 (sewa) and some uses of it, including an important expression used in daily life. “Sewa”––usually written in kanji as “世話” and sometimes in hiragana as せわ––can be used for a variety of meanings. But I’d li...
I’ll add Japanese words on this blog site with their meanings, some explanations, and hiragana, katakana and kanji image files for the Japanese words. And if you want to write your name in Japanese characters or want to translate some English words or short sentences into Japanese or vice ...
“Japanese”可以指: - 日本人 (名词) - 日语 (名词) - 日本的 (形容词) “Taiwanese”可以指: - 台湾人 (名词) - 台湾的 (形容词) - 台湾语/闽南语 (名词) 1. **分析问题**: 问题要求猜测“Japanese”和“Taiwanese”的意思。 2. **联系上下文**: 题目没有提供更多上下文,但根据常识,这两个词...
The JapanKnowledge edition enables not only word searches but also makes it possible to search for the target synonym and its surrounding words by following the systematic group hierarchy from the "classification list." Easy-to-understand differences in meanings and usages of words are indicated by...
(Though talking about miso may feel vaguely modern, in fact it’s one of the oldest Japanese loanwords in English.) Some noodles, spring onions, soy sauce, a finely sliced mushroom or two,pak choi(which is a Chinese word) if you have it, a plonk of sherry, and you can create a ...
Now you’re set with the basic phrases in Japanese you’ll need, as well as how to pronounce them and the best context to use each. I hope you’ll also find my free PDF cheat sheet helpful, too! What do you think of these Japanese words and meanings? Will you use them on your ...
Try thinking about your answers to some native speaker questions beforehand so you can find the right words (like your age, occupation, and country or language name) to describe yourself! Use these basic Japanese phrases to help you.