JOI staff introduce useful and interesting Japanese expressions.
Japanese is a language that has many subtle phrases. Some are metaphors, like the one introduced here today.
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Have you ever been unlucky in love?
Well, there is a cool expression you can use to spice up your retelling of your story in Japanese!
Are you the type of person that manages to keep a calm face in tough situations?
Almost all over the country, people are complaining about the humidity.
Luxury goods are one of the things that the Japanese consumer is known to favour.
There are some words in Japanese that have Kanji that is quite tricky to read.
Have you ever taken the JLPT test? One of the parts of the test that is quite tricky is guessing the correct reading for Kanji, with a choice to select from.
Here is a phrase that you can use in a lot of different conversations in Japanese.
When speaking in a language you are fluent in, there are phrases that we use that are tricky to learn for second language learners.
There are some phrases that Japanese business people use frequently, that are hard to understand. Can you guess this one?
Some words and phrases in Japanese are meant to sound just like their meaning.
For us foreigners however, guessing the meaning of these phrases can be a hit or miss.
There are some phrases in English that you wish you could translate into Japanese to compliment your conversation style, right?
There are some great success stories around us that we can take as a role model to our own success.
Some expressions in Japanese can be effective in business situations to dazzle your co-workers with your great knowledge of Japanese idioms.
There are some Japanese idioms that come from old Buddhist practices or ancient legends.