Smells Like Water
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language on 08. Dec, 2008 | 8 Comments
There is an expression in Japanese,「水臭い」(mizu kusai), literally, it means “smells like water”. You can say, “mizukusai na” when someone who is close to you does something that normally only someone you are not familiar with would do. For example, if your best friend wins a prize, but never mentions it to you until you [...]
Free Live Japanese Language Lessons
Posted by harvey in Language on 06. Dec, 2008 | 2 Comments
Hey fellow Japan-heads. Free live Japanese lessons using Internet cameras and whatnot are available through a company called edufire. Check out this post on the Tofugu blog for more information. Eventually users will have to pay a monthly fee to use the service, but for now it’s free. I haven’t tried them yet myself, but [...]
JSDF Exercise Routine
Posted by harvey in Culture, Media on 05. Dec, 2008 | 3 Comments
Get off the Internet and get some exercise. This is like Japan’s morning “radio exercise” (ラジオ体操) Japan Self-Defense Force style. At the very least you will have a pretty good idea how to count in Japanese after watching this. Watch those double 2′s though. Most of you probably know, but in Japan in the morning [...]
