Tag Archives: Japanese Culture

読み練習のお勧め

         In addition to the resources available on Tofugu.com there are other interesting places to practice authentic Japanese reading. Personally I have found that reading a novel can be frustrating because it is hard to retain the story if you read … Continue reading

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宮崎さんの世界

これはTofugu.comに申し込みの記事です。
This is a post I did for the Tofugu.com internship application. Continue reading

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Tsubaki Shrine Trip

昨日私は友達と山に四人で行きました。私とエライザと宗くんと三年ぶりの友達のりゅうくん。今日のポストは写真で教える話だ。 Yesterday I went with three friends up a mountain. Myself Eliza, Mune, and a friend I had not seen in three years, Ryu. Today’s post is that story through pictures. 家から運転で一時間かかって、山にある神社に着いた。早くプレステションの印を気づいた。真面目の意味は、その三つ印が命の必要な物だ。三角は太陽で、丸は水で、四角は米だ。 From my house driving about one hour we … Continue reading

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デジ財布

アプルの会議で新しいiMacを見せてくれなかったが、面白いものを発表しました。一つはパッスブックだった。 Continue reading

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昔話19(1)

Today’s story is about tanuki. This time the story is quite long, so I have parsed it into two. Tanuki are like nature’s warriors in the war of man and nature. However we do see that the rabbit is an … Continue reading

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褒め殺し

I learned a new word from my friend Mune: Ho-me-go-ro-shi. Homeru means to praise and Korosu it to kill. The two words together mean something like praising someone to death. In the US we have a similar saying, “Kill ’em … Continue reading

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昔話17

I think today’s message is complicated. The woodcutter didn’t lie to the princess, but in order to keep his life he would have had to lie to his wife, his father, and his mother. So the message isn’t don’t lie; … Continue reading

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Disgaea 2!

同僚の友達は面白いゲームを借りてくれた。ディスガイアというゲームだ。短い間このゲームやっているけれど本当に面白いと思う。何年前に私はFinal Fantasy Tacticsのゲームをやった。このディスガイアをやりながらあの昔やったゲームを思い出す。でもこのゲームは全然違う。本当におかしい話だよ。この世界で誰でもは鬼に変化された。一人だけはまだ人間の形で、世界を治しなければならない。かれの母さんは手伝って見ているが、母さんは鬼だからひどいことも言ったりしたりする。確か、フリクリみたいな喋りいっぱいある。戦い方も楽しいよ。戦う時、友軍のキャラクターとそばに立てば二人、三人で敵が戦える。超楽しい。格好も魔法もシーンのアートも美しい。戦術が好きだったらこのゲームがやるべきだ。 A co-worker friend of mine let me borrow an interesting game. It is called Disgaea 2. I have only played this game for a short time, but it is very interesting. Several years ago I played Final … Continue reading

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昔話14

When you make an irrational request there will definitely be someone who will promise to give it to you. They cannot really do it, but they can promise. People who really know reality would not make these types of requests. … Continue reading

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Japanese Clowns

Tofugu posted a nice collection of Japanese one hit comedians. It was interesting to see the prolific sexual nature of these popular icons. I remember seeing Kojima Yashio several years ago. His “What does that even matter!” bit was pretty … Continue reading

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