Playing With Words Japanese Style: Kotoba Asobi

July 31, 2013 by Rachel B 37 Comments

Words words words! Tofugu has done various posts about various types of wordplay in the past, but I thought that I would contribute my own compilation of fun things that you can do with those (Japanese) sounds that make … [Read more...]

Goroawase: Japanese Numbers Wordplay (i.e. How To Remember Japanese Telephone Numbers)

August 30, 2011 by Koichi 30 Comments

Goroawase means "wordplay" but I think it's quite a bit more interesting than that. In English, when I think of "wordplay" I think of comedy's highest and most elegant form of humor: Puns. In Japanese when I think of … [Read more...]