Some men go out to buy that flaming red sportscar. Others embark on a messy but absorbing divorce process. Then there is of course, nirvana: the gorufujō (ゴルフ場, golf course). But in Japan, when men hit a certain age they have another option to turn to. The authentic mark of ...
X (= verb in te-form) + みる is usually used in various patterns, such as in X (= verb in ...
The joint investigation headquarters of four prefectures, including Saitama, arrested 11 people on the 30th, including former employees of Kenbi ...
Last month, the chōchin (提灯, a Japanese traditional lantern) at Kaminarimon (雷門, the gate of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, in Tokyo’s Taito Ward) was replaced with a new one, the first time it has been renewed since 2003. The Kaminarimon chōchin is 3.9 meters ...
The fifth typhoon in O ctober is approaching Japan, the most in the history of observation. According to the Meteorological Agency, the number of typhoons coming to Japan in October is 1.5 times that of an ordinary year; the four in 1955 and 2012, ...
Today we will introduce the two adverbs 実（じつ）は and 実際 （じっさい）は. 実は translates as "in fact," "as a matter of fact" or "actually" and is used when the speaker discloses the truth or reveals a fact that is unexpected.
Another exciting grand sumo tournament ended yesterday, and brought back memories of my first encounter with sumo, in Okinawa back in September 1965. Within a couple of weeks after my arrival there, I was enrolled in Basic Japanese classes at the University of Maryland’s ...
The 185th extraordinary session of the Diet was convened on the 15th. For 53 days to Dec. 6, arguments between the ruling and opposition parties will be carried out over various bills.
Today we introduce the proper use of two compound particles にもとづいて and をもとに. XにもとづいてY means Y being based on X, and is used in formal or written language. X is usually a noun such as an information source, fact, rule or experience.
A “selfie” is defined as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.” Oxford Dictionaries, publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, last week named selfie as its 2013 word ...
They say that the Japanese are no longer dating and everyone has become celibate (even The Observer newspaper had an article about that very subject.) The more popular term among us is “sexless.” I hate to be the bearer of more bad tidings but ...
Today, we introduce the proper use of ふりをする and まねをする, which show action. ふりをする means to pretend to do, affect or feign, and expresses that someone shows an attitude or action that is different from the truth intentionally.
Toyota Motor Corp. announced on the 2nd that its special-edition pink Crown, a high-class sedan put on sale only for September, had received 650 orders.
今でしょ！ The phrase “Ima desho!,” or “Now!,” first became popular online last year, but it has taken on a life of its own after Toshin High School literature teacher Osamu Hayashi spat it out at the end of a Toyota commercial in January (www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mKEeqzqJtc) ...
We have never had more taifū (台風, typhoon)-related news than we have had this year. Japan has had at least 28 typhoons so far in 2013 and the number is likely to surpass 30 — the first time this will have happened in 19 ...
