(Sugoi nee.) Jessi: That's great! POST CONVERSATION BANTER Jessi: つる (tsuru) is a crane. They’re talking about a paper crane right? Naomi: そうです。もちろんです。(Sō desu. Mochiron desu.) Of course. (笑) おりがみのつるです。(Origami no tsuru desu.) おりが...
Soft, fluffy and light as a cloud, Japanese milk bread – or shokupan – is a big deal on Tokyo's bakery scene. It may look like your average loaf of bread but there's a clear difference in taste and texture. Explore Tokyo these days and you'll find manycafésand bakeries dedicated ...
"Easy Japanese" not only translates difficult words into simple words and shortens one sentence, but also speaks slowly and loudly, adds ruby (furigana) to kanji, and makes it easy to understand using illustrations and photographs. At the root is "kindness = kindness" from the standpoint of t...
An Otaku is someone who is obsessed with anime or manga, but a weeaboo is a westerner who wants to be Japanese.Weeaboos will usually pepper in some Japanese words they learned from anime or manga like “kawaii” “sugoi” or “baka” in daily speech and tend to speak like a manga char...
"The word すごい (Sugoi) can be used for expressing something extraordinarymeaningsomething like "wow" or "amazing" or "incredible" in English. It can be used in many situation." (Sugoi definition source) S stands for "shuu" (秀), which is Japanese for "excellent". ...
This is thekarakusa, or ivy motif, very important in Japanese culture. Products on Store Shelves Wrapped wine bottle Products on Store Shelves This series is Peko’s favorite. Products on Store Shelves More traditional patterns and motifs. ...
Another show I got sucked in is the Japanese dramaG Senjou no Anata to Watashiwhich is the complete opposite to Chocolate. Slice of life story about 3 people accidentally meeting in a violin class. I was not planning to watch this and was actually contemplating to which show to go back be...
No Loopt, Urbanspoon, Pandora in New Zealand. As long as I have my phone sabre app I don’t need any other! I was delighted with my introduction to Truphone. Everyone knows how long distance on cell phones is a drag. At .06 US/min, calls all over the world via wifi are very nic...
I have not watched the original Japanese Mother drama, no. I think I will, as you suggested. In regard to the shows you mentioned, I have only watched my love from the stars. Taste might be similar, but we have watched different shows?? Or maybe I simply fave watched less than you?
where we have anachronistic modernisms that are meant to be cheeky fun. But I actually found that there was more meat and depth in the second episode, and thought we could do away with the jokey tone entirely, because Park Seo-joon is showing signs of heart-tugging emotion, and the main...