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NIHONGO

LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 31, 2017
Japanese treat themselves on annual eel-eating day
July 25 marked a traditional eel-eating ‘Doyo no Ushi no Hi,’ or the Day of the Ox.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 31, 2017
Let’s discuss “One Piece”
Popular manga ‘One Piece’ will become a live-action TV drama through a collaboration with a Hollywood production team.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 24, 2017
The stories behind familiar Japanese words
Let’s take a look at the origins of half a dozen Japanese words that have found wide usage in English.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 24, 2017
Introducing the adverb ‘hotondo’
How do you say, ‘We managed to sell most of our stock’ in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 10, 2017
Introducing the pattern Xぶり
How do you say, ‘It’s been three years since we last met, hasn’t it?’ in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 10, 2017
Let’s discuss the new Starbucks coffee shop in Kyoto
Starbucks opened a new coffee shop with tatami rooms.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 3, 2017
Introducing the phrase Xがち
How do you say ‘I tend to look tired’ in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 3, 2017
Shogi prodigy sets new record with 29th straight win
The youngest professional shogi fourth-dan player, Sota Fujii, 14, set the all-time record for most consecutive wins — 29 official matches.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 26, 2017
Introducing two auxiliary verbs ‘ageru’ and ‘yaru’
How would you say, ‘Here, you can look at mine’ in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 26, 2017
Three former SMAP singers to leave talent agency in September
Johnny & Associates announced June 18 that three former members of the pop idol group SMAP, which broke up at the end of last year, will leave the talent agency on Sept. 8, when their contract terms expire.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 19, 2017
Introducing two auxiliary verbs ‘kureru’ and ‘morau’
How do you say, ‘Ms. Yamada lent the book to my wife’ in Japanese?
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 19, 2017
Giant panda cub born in Tokyo zoo for 1st time since 2012
Ueno Zoo’s 11-year-old female giant panda Shin Shin has given birth.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 12, 2017
Kanji ‘toilet training’ is a hit with kids
The media is abuzz over a new series of workbooks for children titled u3046u3093u3053u6f22u5b57u30c9u30eau30eb (Unko Kanji Doriru, ‘Poop Kanji Drills’).
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 12, 2017
Introducing the term ‘shikkari’
‘Shikkari’ expresses strength and stability, and shows when something is done firmly.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 12, 2017
Teen arrested for allegedly dropping girl, 5, from second floor
The Mihara police station of Hiroshima Prefectural Police arrested a third-year junior high school student from Mihara aged 14 on an attempted murder charge on June 6 after the boy allegedly dropped a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports center in Mihara.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 5, 2017
Learn Japanese as you binge with Netflix anime series
If it’s anime you crave, streaming sites such as Netflix offer an ever-expanding smorgasbord of morsels to suit every appetite.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 5, 2017
Introducing ‘ikura sagashite-mo’ and ‘nani-o tabete-mo’
How do you say, ‘No matter X, Y’ and ‘However X, Y’ in Japanese?
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jun 5, 2017
Motor racing: Sato becomes first Japanese to win Indy 500
Former F1 driver Takuma Sato wins the Indianapolis 500
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 29, 2017
Things you need to know about ‘mono’
The Japanese word for ‘thing’ has some quite surprising qualities.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
May 29, 2017
Introducing ‘konna’ ‘anna’ ‘sonna’
How do you say, ‘I’d like to get my hair done like this’ in Japanese?
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
A graphic illustration of the Hayabusa2 probe flying past the asteroid Torifune
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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