Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
I'm a big Google fan and I really like Google Docs. I like being able to easily access all of my documents whether I'm at home, at work, on the road, etc. One thing I use Google docs for frequently is keeping Japanese vocabulary lists. But I've always ...
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
I recently used the word "nau" なう as a "phrase of the day" on Twitter. I said that it is a trendy word often used in Japanese tweets to refer to what a person is doing right "now." I had a request for some examples so I am posting them ...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
This weeks manga clip is from ツヨシもっとしっかりしなさい (Tsuyoshi motto shikkari shinasai) and demonstrates the use of the idiom "nagai me de miru." Literally, this can be translated as "look with a long eye" but in English, we would say, "look at it long term."
In this scene, Tsuyoshi's friend Kane is ...
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