🇺🇸 Excited to see that this hip and talented Japanese artist Yamase Mayumi just designed these beautiful sneakers for Nike. Yamase is a Tokyo-based painter who has collaborated with many fashion brands including Comme des Garçons, and she regularly shows her art in galleries. In addition to being a visual artist, she also writes for […]
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🔹If you are interested in getting my latest linguistic gems, please consider becoming a premium subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/join/yukikeiser 🇺🇸 Today, I’d like to share a Japanese poetic word, that has some wisdom too. 言霊 (kotodama) This word is formed with the kanji 言 which means “say, speech” and 霊 which means “spirit, soul“. It literally […]
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Japan’s Borders to Fully Reopen – AUDIO
After more than two years of shutting their borders, Japan finally announced to fully reopen the country. It was about time! It was initially only opened to tourists within a tour and accompanied by a guide, however after many criticism, they announced to open to individual tourists too. Here is a Japanese article on “Yahoo! […]
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🇯🇵 Review: “mada, mata, mou”
Japanese words are all very similar due to the limited number of syllables. That is why it is easier sometimes to learn the kanji, in order to be able to distinguish similar sounds and memorize them better. These adverbs below are particularly confusing for students, so today, I’d like to go over them: mada, mata, […]
🇺🇸 Today’s Japanese proverb: 泣き面に蜂 🐝 nakitsura ni hachi Its literal meaning is “a bee on a crying face.” This is an expression used when the misfortune you are facing gets even worse: you are already crying, but on top of that, a bee stings your tearful face! In French, the equivalent would be “un […]
🔹If you are interested in getting my latest linguistic gems, please consider becoming a premium subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/join/yukikeiser Earlier I wrote a post about how emotion can heavily impact Japanese linguistics. Today, I’d like to talk about how viewpoint is also incredibly important to understand since it influences the language differently than it does from others such […]
狐の嫁入り – kitsune no yomeiri 🇺🇸 As I mentioned in an earlier post about Japanese poetic words, the weather, seasons and nature have always been beloved by Japanese people. In fact, we have countless words to express every state of the weather — from rain during the cherry blossom season, rain that makes you feel sad, […]
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🇯🇵 New J-Pop rebel
🇺🇸 Japanese singer Ado has seen a recent meteoric rise to fame with her mega hit “うっせぇわ” (usseewa). This 18 year old singer is shrouded in mystery, as she doesn’t disclose her names nor her face. Her music videos only feature manga – which are pretty fierce by the way. Her husky voice and the rebellious, […]
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🇯🇵 Japanese poetic word – 何気ない nanigenai
🔹 If you are interested in getting my latest linguistic gems, please consider becoming a premium subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/join/yukikeiser I love my students’ questions. They often give me new perspectives and deeper insights on the subtleties of languages! Today, I want to share about the Japanese adjective “何気ない” (nanigenai), which I was recently asked about […]
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🇯🇵 Linguistics – Emotions in Japanese
🔹If you are interested in getting my latest linguistic gems, please consider becoming a premium subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/join/yukikeiser For this initial post, I want to give a brief introduction to the Japanese language, because its system and logic are very different from Indo-European languages. I will go over grammar topics in future posts, but first […]