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eshaku
Japanese people do not bow so often! Instead, we do eshaku.
Bowing is one of the most typical Japanese behaviors.(I do not mention bowings in sports activities…
  • Social Concepts
ボーイッシュな女性
Though too many 1st person pronouns ( such as watashi ) , you may use only one
Do you know how many 1st person pronouns are there in Japanese? I looked it up, and the answer is u…
  • Japanese Language
cooking couple
What is the difference yome, tsuma and okusan?（which all mean “wife”）
Yome（よめ・嫁）,tsuma（つま・妻）and okusan（おくさん・奥さん）all mean wife. What is the differen…
  • Japanese Language
parting couple
Otsukaresama and derivations so versatile but can be rude.
What do you think is the most frequently used greeting in Japan? In my opinion, it is otsukaresama…
  • Japanese Language
family
Konbanwa is not used often. Maybe least frequent among greetings.
Konbanwa（こんばんは） is a Japanese greeting word used in the evening and at night. Although many …
  • Japanese Language
greetings
kon’nichiwa is not common among friends. Do you know a rule?
Kon'nichiwa (こんにちは) is a very well-known Japanese greeting. Maybe it is the first word non-Jap…
  • Japanese Language
parting couple
( Too many ) Japanese phrases meaning good-bye casual to polite
While making this post, I was surprised at how many good-bye phrases I use. Followings are just a f…
  • Japanese Language
parting couple
Good bye＝sayonara? … not really
A lot of non-Japanse people know "Good bye" in Japanese is "sayonara." Maybe sayonara is one o…
  • Japanese Language
a female seisei
This is how I ( do not ) use “sensei”
Now Sensei is a well known Japanese word. ...
  • Japanese Language
Black Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed is OK, but his background must be known correctly
A lot of arguments, sometimes very harsh ones are going on Yasuke, a black servant of Nobunaga Oda.…
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