日本語で読む What is “Koro-koro”? “Koro-koro” is a cleaning tool that is called “lint roller” or “sticky roller” in English. It’s officially called “Nenchakusticky cleaner” or “Carpet cleaner” in Japan. But we usually call it “Koro-koro”, which is a product name of Nitoms Co., in dairy conversations. The word “Koro-koro” Read more…
箸と橋と端 – Hashi, hashi and hashi 「箸」と「橋」と「端」は全すべて「はし」と読よみますが、アクセントが異ことなります。 These 3 words “箸chopsticks“, “橋bridge“, “端edge” have the same sounds “hashi”, but different accents. 箸 はし （アクセント：￣＿ ） – chopsticks 橋 はし （アクセント：＿￣ ） – bridge 端 はし （アクセント：＿￣ ） – edge これだと「橋」と「端」のアクセントは同おなじです。しかし、次つぎの語ごのアクセントが違ちがいます。 “橋” and “端” have the same accents as Read more…
日本語で読む That’s amazing! Vending machines in Japan One thing that people from abroad are surprised is Vending machines. You will see vending machines everywhere when you walk through a town. Because there are 2,375,400 vending machines in Japan!! (As of December 2019) It is the world’s largest number against Read more…
正ただしい持もち方かたがわかればお箸はしってそんなに難むずかしくありません。 この投稿とうこうでは、動画どうがと写真しゃしんで解説かいせつしていきます。 If you know the right way to hold chopsticks, it’s not that difficult. In this post, we will show you that with both a video and pictures. お箸の持ち方 – How to hold chopsticks ポイント – Points まずは正しい場所ばしょを持ちましょう。真まん中なかを持つと動うごかしづらいです。 Hold the right point. It’s not in the Read more…
日本語で読む Do Raccoon dogs deceive people? Raccoon dogs have the habit of feigning death. When they suspect danger, they faint away and don’t move at all as if dead. Then, they put the enemies off one guard by that and run away quickly. In Japan, Raccoon dogs have been thought to deceive people. Read more…
There are usually vending machines at the places such as stations and shopping malls oversea. But in Japan, you can see them everywhere. It’s not special to see them at parks and on streets where you can use them 24 hours. Because Japan is safe and there is little risk Read more…
日本語で読む Japan has large forests in its limited area compared with other developed countries and there are many animals. Also, we have many endemic species since Japan is an island country. We will introduce a part of them in this post. Especially cute animals! Nihon zaru – Japanese macaque / Main Read more…
日本語で読む Japanese’s favorite The necessary shop to Japanese lives is 100 yen shop, which is like one-doller shop. It’s also called “100 yen kin-istu” or “Hyakkin”. DAISO, which is popular overseas as well, and Seria, Can Do, Watts are the biggest 4 chains. You can buy almost all items for 100 yen at 100 yen shops. There are no other Read more…
日本語で読む There are 23 world heritage sites in Japan now. we will introduce them, which are popular as tourist sights, with short overviews in this post. Cultural heritage Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region / Fukuoka Photo by USA_KK | 写真AC They are Read more…
