Roses are red, violets are blue, I know all my colors, or at least I thought that was true. How many colors are there in the world? The human eye has the ability to identify nearly 7 million unique colors, but the color … [Read more...]
If you're a beginning or intermediate student of Japanese, you may feel like you have a very limited arsenal of verbs within arms reach. I can't tell you how many times I've been asked to write a sentence in class, and the … [Read more...]
If you happen to be a ghost hunter and you're in Japan for the summer, there's no need to worry about job security. Summer is Japan's ghost season, and the month of August is when it peaks. August is the month of the … [Read more...]
Let's face it: the internet can be a scary place. You never know what's around the corner. One minute you might be innocently feeding your Neopets and the next, well, you're unexpectedly barraged with a mass of … [Read more...]
Japanese is one of those languages that is seen as mysterious and exotic to many Westerners. It may seem that way, but if you've read Part 1 and Part 2 of my "Borrower Language" series, or if you are familiar with … [Read more...]
Want to read part 1 of this series? Read it here - Japanese, The Borrower Language part 1: Where the Japanese Language Came From. The phenomenon of language borrowing is in no way unique, but it seems to stand out more … [Read more...]