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...]

Yamato Kotoba: The REAL Japanese Language

September 13, 2011 by Koichi 43 Comments

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A lot of people don't know this, but the Japanese language is actually a big mishmash of several not-Japanese languages put together. At one time though, a long long time ago, the Japanese language was a slightly less … [Read more...]