The kanji used for 'normal' are pretty extraordinary
In May, an article in the business magazine President cited a survey of newly hired company workers in which a majority of those recruited this year indicated they were content to "strive for the commonplace."
'Aru' exists to serve more than one purpose
To indicate the state of a thing or matter, use the て-form of a verb (X) and add ある (to exist) on the end.
Japan Airlines (JAL) submitted an investigative report to the transport ministry on Nov. 16 concerning the arrest of one of its copilots by British police due to his heavy drinking before a London to Haneda flight.
Oriental Land Co. Ltd., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland, asked a court Tuesday to reject a suit filed by two female workers seeking damages for overwork and harassment while they were working as costumed performers at the theme park.
Two words that seem completely similar to one another — how do you tell the difference?
The words "sokkuri" and "sukkari" are used to show resemblance, but one can be used in entirely different situations.
What's that word, the one for when you like a person but are too shy to say so? Or how about the one you use when you visit Tokyo Disney? Well, one book has all the answers.
Don't worry about slipping up in spoken Japanese, you're only carrot after all
Come commiserate with perpetual learners of the language over a shared ability to fill an everyday conversation with gaffes.
To totally understand 'zenbu,' you have to learn all of its usages
全部 and 全部で have similar meanings but are not interchangeable. ...
There's a tourism boom in Japan, but it isn't all good news.
A hiragana-kanji mix can make reading a lot easier
It's no news that Japanese writing is a complex affair. Apart from the sheer number of characters — 48 each for the hiragana and katakana syllabaries plus an almost open-ended number of kanji — there are also various rules about when to use what.
Popular American actor Johnny Depp will play the lead role of Eugene Smith in the movie "Minamata" (original title), which depicts the life of the master photographer who reported on Minamata disease to the world, and whose death 40 years ago is being commemorated ...
LDP's Seiko Noda goes against custom, addressing lawmakers with honorific suffix san, not kun
Former internal affairs minister Seiko Noda, the first female chair of the Lower House Budget Committee, is making headlines for her unconventional style in steering deliberations — calling lawmakers by their names with the honorific suffix san, rather than kun, which is usually used ...
