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NIHONGO

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Dec 10, 2018
Hanyu victory parade brings ¥1.85 billion in benefits
A parade to celebrate 23-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu achieving the first back-to-back wins in 66 years in men's figure skating at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, was held in his hometown of Sendai and had an economic effect of an estimated u00a51.85 billion, an organizing committee announced Nov. 30.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2018
'Sodanē': Japan uses top buzzword of 2018 to end year on a high note
After months of scandals in sports, politics — and society as a whole — the top buzzword of 2018, announced Monday, struck a strikingly positive tone as the year winds down.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Dec 3, 2018
A dash of hiragana in the 'foreign' soup
Japanese words you'd think should be written in katakana will sometimes show up in hiragana. There's a cultural reason behind these rare switches.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 3, 2018
Coming up with exceptions in Japanese can be tricky, but helpful
The word 'tada' and it's rarer counterpart 'mottomo' help link sentences in conversational and written Japanese.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Dec 3, 2018
Tokyo 2020 organizers discuss 6 a.m. start for marathons
Tokyo's summers are hot. That means upcoming Olympic events may need to start earlier in the morning.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Nov 26, 2018
The kanji used for 'normal' are pretty extraordinary
In May, an article in the business magazine President cited a survey of newly hired company workers in which a majority of those recruited this year indicated they were content to 'strive for the commonplace.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Nov 26, 2018
'Aru' exists to serve more than one purpose
To indicate the state of a thing or matter, use the u3066-form of a verb (X) and add u3042u308b (to exist) on the end.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Nov 26, 2018
JAL and ANA file reports after pilot drinking scandal
Japan Airlines (JAL) submitted an investigative report to the transport ministry on Nov. 16 concerning the arrest of one of its copilots by British police due to his heavy drinking before a London to Haneda flight.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 26, 2018
Let's discuss the lawsuit against Tokyo Disneyland
Oriental Land Co. Ltd., the operator of Tokyo Disneyland, asked a court Tuesday to reject a suit filed by two female workers seeking damages for overwork and harassment while they were working as costumed performers at the theme park.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Nov 19, 2018
Two words that seem completely similar to one another — how do you tell the difference?
The words 'sokkuri' and 'sukkari' are used to show resemblance, but one can be used in entirely different situations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Nov 19, 2018
'The Year Book of the Contemporary Society' celebrates the Japanese buzzwords that will lead us into the new year
What's that word, the one for when you like a person but are too shy to say so? Or how about the one you use when you visit Tokyo Disney? Well, one book has all the answers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 12, 2018
Don't worry about slipping up in spoken Japanese, you're only carrot after all
Come commiserate with perpetual learners of the language over a shared ability to fill an everyday conversation with gaffes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Nov 12, 2018
To totally understand 'zenbu,' you have to learn all of its usages
u5168u90e8 and u5168u90e8u3067 have similar meanings but are not interchangeable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Nov 12, 2018
Japan launches first survey on 'overtourism'
There's a tourism boom in Japan, but it isn't all good news.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Nov 5, 2018
A hiragana-kanji mix can make reading a lot easier
It's no news that Japanese writing is a complex affair. Apart from the sheer number of characters — 48 each for the hiragana and katakana syllabaries plus an almost open-ended number of kanji — there are also various rules about when to use what.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Nov 5, 2018
Johnny Depp to play American photographer in 'Minamata'
Popular American actor Johnny Depp will play the lead role of Eugene Smith in the movie 'Minamata' (original title), which depicts the life of the master photographer who reported on Minamata disease to the world, and whose death 40 years ago is being commemorated this year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 29, 2018
'Ghost kanji' lurk in the Japanese lexicon
Floating around the murky regions of digitized Unicode values are anywhere between 60 and 100 yu016brei-moji — literally, 'ghost characters' — haunting the Japanese kanji lexicon.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Oct 29, 2018
Do this, don't do that: The imperative and prohibitive in Japanese
Mata aō. Tokidoki renraku shiro yo. (Let's meet again. Keep in touch from time to time.)
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Oct 29, 2018
Japan and Europe launch probes to survey Mercury
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and European Space Agency launched twin Mercury probes on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Oct. 19.

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