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...]

How To Type (Hidden) Special Characters In Japanese

July 5, 2010 by Koichi 73 Comments

I'm guessing a lot of you know how to type in Japanese (hint: you don't need a Japanese keyboard), but did you know about all the "hidden" special characters you can type out while you're in Japanese input mode? You aren't … [Read more...]