Yamagata dialect can be very different from the Japanese you learned in school, but this illustrated guide will have people telling you “Jondagodo!” in no time.
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Japanese language quirk made charges ambiguous, but he probably didn’t help his case by clearing that up.
Three dragons and three clouds…A straight line…An upside-down “child”…What could they mean?
The linguistic and cultural reasons behind the design of one of our burger-loving reporter’s favorite pieces of clothing.
Even native Japanese readers had trouble spotting the problem in collaboration announcement.
Apparently Tucker Carlson never read our explanation of Japanese breast-related vocabulary.
Special technique to help newcomers acclimate to life in Japan gives Japanese Twitter users a smile too.
Governor of Tokyo wants people to stop saying the old term because paternal leave is not a vacation.
The story focuses on a father-daughter relationship, future dreams, and how two long-running Iichiko poster advertisements connect them all.
We have it all? Keep your mouth shut about our poor selection? It could go either way, because of a Japanese language quirk.
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