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Language | BILINGUAL Jan 27, 2023

Are ‘white’ companies proving to be too much of a good thing for Japan's Gen Z?

by Yuko Tamura

"Black" companies are places of excess: excess overtime, excess chores — not excess pay! And the best way to express the idea of "too much" in Japanese is with the verb-suffix "sugiru."

Language | BILINGUAL Jan 18, 2023

Grammar for grumps: When you just don’t feel all that genki

by Brendan Craine

We can't feel "super genki" all the time, even if that's the prevailing mood that Japanese textbooks try to encourage. Here are some ways to express your dissatisfaction.