These Words Are English, But You Won’t Understand Them

January 22, 2013 by Koichi 102 Comments

Japan uses a lot of loan words from different languages, but you probably already knew that. The nice thing about these words is you can usually tell what they mean. For example, セーター (se-ta-) is "Sweater." They kind of … [Read more...]

Foreign Words That Japanese Borrowed or Stole

October 3, 2012 by Hashi 58 Comments

In some parts of the world, language seems as tightly regulated as medicine -- the government decides which words are and aren't allowed. As I mentioned in an earlier post, in Israel there is Academy of the Hebrew Language … [Read more...]