ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. maple - wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring maple - any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing win...
Japanese Yokai can be cute. On the flipside, they can be utterly evil and scary too! Here are 15 deadly Yokai you’d never want to meet, within or outside of Japan.
Snow Angel, Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky Snow Angel, Sand Angel (Picture Book) by Lois-Ann Yamanaka tells the story of Claire who has been surrounded by deep blue waves and magnificent mountains of Hawai‘i all her life but has never, ever seen snow....
Despite obsessively researching myfirst trip to Japanover a decade ago as I do for all destinations I visit, I returned with the realisation that there is always so much more to learn (hence my multiple trips thereafter). Their language and aesthetic Japanese words are no exception! I now ha...
Designing A Rock Garden July 5, 2021 japlands If you learn how to design your own rock garden, then you’ll know how to improve the look and appeal of your whole yard. For every rock and plant, you can put in your garden, there’s a way to design it—but that doesn’t mean you...
Designing A Rock Garden July 5, 2021japlands If you learn how to design your own rock garden, then you’ll know how to improve the look and appeal of your whole yard. For every rock and plant, you can put in your garden, there’s a way to design it—but that doesn’t mean you...
After the initial odd looks upon discovering I neither ate meat or alcohol, and a joke that I should join the cows, we all settled into smiles. This was another excellent experience to practice understanding people without words. I expect more of this as I travel of course and it is ...
Designing A Rock Garden July 5, 2021japlands If you learn how to design your own rock garden, then you’ll know how to improve the look and appeal of your whole yard. For every rock and plant, you can put in your garden, there’s a way to design it—but that doesn’t mean you...
She scolded and even cursed the poor little bird for her bad behavior, and not content with using these harsh, unfeeling words, in a fit of rage she seized the sparrow–who all this time had spread out her wings and bowed her head before the old woman, to show how sorry she was–...
Now, the Japanese are fond of phonetically translating English words into Japanese viakatakana, but the weird complication is that the Japanese also have a pronounced tendency to call things by English names theythinkare correct, but really aren’t. In America, we would call thisEngrish, but ...