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凸, 凹, 〆, 卍: Meaning of Weird and Funny Japanese Kanji

December 13, 2020

This article introduces three weird kanji characters – 凸凹 (でこぼこ, dekoboko), 〆 (しめ, shime) and 卍 (まんじ, manji) – that you’d enjoy learning!Read More

List of Japanese Kanji Words with Unusual Readings

October 18, 2020

This article introduces basic to advanced Japanese words with special, irregular readings so that you don’t get confused by them!Read More

List of Japanese Abbreviated Words and Phrases

September 27, 2020

As you might know, Japanese people are lazy enough to abbreviate everything – we abbreviate "ice cream" as "ice (アイス)", and "Brad Pitt" as "Brapi (ブラピ). This article introduces to you a plethora of abbreviated words and phrases in Japanese so that you won’t get confused by those cryptic expressions!Read More

11 Bizarre Japanese Slangs Untranslatable Into English

September 16, 2020

This article introduces Japanese slang words that have weird and specific meanings! Since the slang words explained in this article are very "deep", you’d astonish Japanese people using those words!Read More

20 “Untranslatable” Japanese Phrases with Specific Meanings

September 13, 2020

In Japanese, there are a plethora of words that have very specific meanings. This article introduces such words and expressions that are difficult to express concisely in English!Read More

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