23rd March – 弥生 From the old time, 魚(Sakana=Fish) has been popularly eaten by Japanese. There are heaps different fish species exist in the ocean and Japanese enjoy tasting many different kinds of Sakana. It is interesting that each Sakana has its own Chinese Characters and many of them include 魚! -鮪 (Maguro): Tuna 有Continue reading “魚の漢字 (Sakana no Kanji) – Fish in Chinese Character”
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六曜 （Rokuyou）
13th March – 弥生 Did you know that Japan has different counting system other than normal 7 days per week? It is called 六曜 (Rokuyou) and has 6 days. Each days have fortune telling meanings and even every hours have lucky, unlucky times. Many Japanese cares about this when deciding wedding, funeral and other eventContinue reading “六曜 （Rokuyou）”
オノマトペ onomatopoeia No. 1
4th March – 弥生 Making words from the things which does not have the actual word in order to express how the thing is – from nature sounds, feeling, situation and emotion into words Japanese has a lot onomatopoeia compared to other language. This is because Japanese does not have variation of verbs – ForContinue reading “オノマトペ onomatopoeia No. 1”
1st February – 如月 (Kisaragi)
日本の使える言葉 （Tsukaeru Kotoba）‐ Japanese Useful Words The following words have official meanings but did you know there are different interpretation depending on the situation? 寒い (Samui): cold – This also means not funny. Somebody saying old jokes which are not funny anymore = そのジョーク、寒いよ。。。(Sono Jyoku, samui yo): That joke is old fashion and not funny. 痛い (Itai): HurtContinue reading “1st February – 如月 (Kisaragi)”
Little Japan Dictionary 