In my last post, we learned how Japanese language is precise, through the variety of animal counters. Today, let’s take a look at counters as they pertain to humans and demons! Humans are counted differently depending on whether they are alive or dead, influenced by the various rituals surrounding death involving the corpse. – nin (人) = for humans that are […]
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🇯🇵 Japanese Precision: Animal Counters
In a previous post, I talked about the precision of Japanese language as seen through the myriad of classifiers (or counters) based on shape. Today, I’d like to go over some animal counters, since they differ according to both size and social ranking. There are primarily 3 counters for animals: – hiki (匹) = for […]
In your studies, you may have noticed how many English words tare used in Japanese and in French. French often uses English words for business/marketing and internet related terms. For example, we use the English words “brainstorming,” “data,” “startup,” “follower,” “like,” in French. This phenomenon has been reinforced over the last decade via the social media […]
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🇫🇷🇨🇭 Swiss mini bunker scandal
As the whole of Europe is gripped within the anxiety of a potential nuclear war on their continent, Swiss people have been talking a lot about bunkers lately. Yes, bunkers! I am as surprised as you – although I was raised in Switzerland, I had completely forgotten about them. Since the 1960’s, each Swiss citizen […]
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🏛 Latin quote💫
« Per aspera ad astra »🌙 🇺🇸 Through hardships to the stars Latin proverb that resonates especially in these hard times🙏🏻🌙 🇫🇷 Par les difficultés jusqu’aux astres Proverbe latin qui résonne particulièrement en ces temps difficiles. 🇯🇵困難を通り抜けて、星へ 今の時期、特に心に響くラテン語の名言。みんなでこの困難を乗り越えて星の様に輝きましょう💫 Konnann wo toorinukete hoshi e Ima no jiki tokuni kokoro ni hibiku ratengo no meigen. Minna de kono konnan […]
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🇫🇷 French Literature About War
🇺🇸 Today, I’d like to post two excerpts of French classic authors of the 18th and 19th centuries, denouncing the horror and the absurdity of war. 📚« Tant que le caprice de quelques hommes fera loyalement égorger des milliers de nos frères, la partie du genre humain consacrée à l’héroïsme sera ce qu’il y a de […]
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🇯🇵 Precision in the Japanese language
If you have traveled to Japan, you may have noticed the attention to details in this country: everything is done meticulously, with care. I would say precision is in our genes. When I was working in Japan as a sales and PR manager for the Italian shoe brand Giuseppe Zanotti, the Italian team was always […]
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🇯🇵 Japanese super cat day
🇺🇸 Did you know that today is “super cat day” in Japan? The number “two” in Japanese is “ni” and its sound is associated to cats because of its resemblance to the sound of meow in Japanese (にゃん nyan or にゃー nyaa), so every year February 22 is know as cats’ day. And this year, […]
Today, I’d like to talk about a political interview that recently went viral in France. Gérald Darmanin, the current French Minister of the Interior (equivalent to the Secretary of Homeland Security in the US) was interviewed by journalist Apolline de Malherbe, which became heated when a sexist comment was made. First, it is important to […]
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🇫🇷 French literature❤️🌹
« Qu’il est si reposant d’être noués tous deux comme deux arbres de ses forêts. D’être remués par les mêmes grands vents. De recevoir ensemble le soleil et la lune et les oiseaux du soir. Pour toute la vie. » Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry Mémoires de la rose 🇺🇸 Excerpt from the memoir of the last wife of […]