Japanese Ads Blog Launch
Posted by harvey in About, Language on 20. Dec, 2006 | 4 Comments
Hey! Japanese Ads Blog has been launched! For any language geeks out there who want a daily lesson in modern Japanese, have at it! – Harvey
Not so useful Japanese Lesson 2 – The smell of old people
Posted by harvey in Humor, Language on 20. Dec, 2006 | 1 Comment
Japanese seems to have a word for everything. Check this out. 加齢臭 body odour of old people It’s pronounced, kareisyu (かれいしゅ). Now you know how to say “the smell of old people” in Japanese. It is a particular smell… I heard it first from a Japanese friend describing the smell of the late night bullet [...]
Japanese Ads Blog in 24 hours
Posted by harvey in About on 19. Dec, 2006 | Comments Off
Remember that “learning Japanese through advertisements” blog idea I mentioned? Well it starts in 24 hours! Stay tuned… – Harvey
Stumble Upon JapanNewbie
Posted by harvey in About on 18. Dec, 2006 | Comments Off
Hey I just discovered this StumbleUpon site recently. JapanNewbie has been mentioned. Look, people actually read this blog. Cool! Seems the most common tag is “restaurants”. Do people enjoy the Japanese restaurants page or something? If that’s the case, I guess I should spend more time beefing it up! – Harvey
Vocab Misconception
Posted by harvey in Humor, Language on 17. Dec, 2006 | 9 Comments
I just found out that I have had a misconception regarding a Japanese vocabulary for the longest time… The word for having an affair, or cheating on your significant other in Japanese is pronounced “furin”. For the longest time, I thought that this was simply the Katakana pronunciation of the world “fling” in English… I [...]
Kawagoe Matsuri in Saitama
Posted by harvey in Culture on 14. Dec, 2006 | 4 Comments
This happened long ago, apologies I posted it so late! I went to Kawagoe Matsuri this year in mid October. It is one of the largest festivals in the Kanto area, and is in Kawagoe Saitama. English Wikipedia on Kawagoe here. Kawagoe is known as “little Edo”, and the town has preserved old buildings in [...]
Learn Japanese with Advertisements
Posted by harvey in About, Language on 13. Dec, 2006 | 9 Comments
Remember the few posts which taught Japanese through advertisements? I think ads are a good way to keep your Japanese knowledge fresh and up-to-date, and often they have easy to remember catch phrases that help to build vocabulary. Anyone think it would be interesting if I started a second blog which featured a new print [...]
I love New Tokyo video
Posted by harvey in Media, Tokyo on 12. Dec, 2006 | 4 Comments
This is a brilliant video depicting Tokyo. Must see! I Love New Tokyo. Music is by Ambulance, a song called I am not Zen. I learned about this video first on JapanProbe.
