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Kamiza and Shimoza (an Upper Seat and a Lower Seat)

I wrote about social status in Japan in my previous entry. But its content was a bit abstract. Today, I would like to write about a con...
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Jul 16th 2011 15:15
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High and Low of Positions and Honorific Speech in Japanese

Though I don't know other societies very much, the consciousness of positions is often regarded as important in Japan. Exaggeratedly...
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Jul 09th 2011 14:47
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A Dream of an Eggplant (a Japanese Traditional Joke)

Rakugo is a Japanese traditional performance which is played by a story-teller. Rakugo stories include funny stories, stories with warm ...
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Jul 02nd 2011 11:33
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Oral Stories about Westernization in Japan

"How to Westernize (or not to)" has been a big theme for the Japanese society. The theme has still influenced the Japanese soc...
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Jun 25th 2011 11:54
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If You Want to Make Progress in Your Japanese for a Short Period (Enter Sumo-beya!)

It is said that a shortcut to make progress in a language for a short period is to have a lover, husband or wife who speaks the language....
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Jun 18th 2011 12:14
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The Difference between "Wise" and "Clever"

I think that I understand the difference between words "wise" and "clever" to some extent, but I am not sure. So I...
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Jun 14th 2011 08:26
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Two Trivial Wonders of a Human Body

I have felt a sense of wonder for a human body from my childhood. Sweat, muscle, digestion, five senses, I feel they are all elaborate a...
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Jun 11th 2011 12:17
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Shortening of loan words

Japanese people tend to shorten words. For example, 原子力発電所（genshiryoku-hatsudensyo, a nuclear power plant) is shortened into 原発（genpatsu...
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Jun 04th 2011 12:55
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Recommendation for a Kyoto Trip

I heard that tourers from abroad have decreased in Kyoto because of the Great East Japan Earthquake from my friend in Kyoto. It's ...
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Jun 01st 2011 07:48
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Do You Think with the Sense of Sight or with the Sense of Hearing?

Thinking is a very interesting but hard to grasp action of human beings. We often think by words (for example, "well, what should...
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May 28th 2011 12:41
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Do you feel some difficulty when you must memorize spelling?

If you are studying Japanese, I guess that you feel some difficulty in memorizing kanji even if you may feel fun to study them. That&#...
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May 21st 2011 12:57
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Jokes of a Cat and a Dog

I got some jokes of a cat and a dog lately: A mother talked to his little son. "Hey, look at the cat. It is wiping its face wit...
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May 18th 2011 08:01
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Middle‐aged Men's Gags

Middle-aged men often say puns. Poor puns. A pun by a middle-aged man is called "おやじギャグ" (Oyaji gag. oyaji means a middle-age...
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May 11th 2011 10:36
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English Pronunciation and Katakana

When you talk with Japanese people in English, you will soon find that many of them cannot distinct the pronunciations of "r" a...
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May 07th 2011 11:22
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When Talking to a Baby

Pronunciations of course differ with languages. However, there is a universal pronunciation in the world, I think. The pronunciation to...
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May 04th 2011 12:03
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An Instant Haiku Machine

People take pictures by digital cameras or mobiles here and there nowadays. We see lots of people taking pictures in a tourist spot. So...
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Apr 30th 2011 09:30
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Singing Woman's Songs

A male singer in Japan often sings woman's songs, in which the singer plays woman's role and sings woman's love, distress, ho...
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Apr 23rd 2011 11:09
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Blood Types and Personalities

If you come to Japan, you might be asked what blood type you have. It's not because they need a blood transfusion. They believe tha...
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Apr 20th 2011 07:55
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よ、ね、な、わ and a Tag Question

In Japanese conversation, よ, ね, な or わ is often added to the end of a sentence. For example, though "そうです" (yes, it is.) is ...
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Apr 13th 2011 08:07
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Explaining to Oneself

We often talk to ourselves in our mind. And the content affects and changes us. This flow sometimes leads to a vicious cycle. For ex...
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Apr 09th 2011 11:43
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