Business cards in a Japanese context are important. Bring them. Receive them. Respect them. Going to do business with a Japanese person? Learn how to handle business cards and how to follow business card etiquette. Note, Japan is changing. Some companies are adopting Western business mannerisms, and Japanese who are overseas may take the “when…
The Nintendo Switch is region free, and many (not all) games, including the demo for Project Triangle Strategy, have the full Japanese text and audio available in the U.S. release of the game. This is an amazing resource for gamers who are learning Japanese. Here’s my latest grab! Japanese: どうした。顔が真っ青だぞ、ベネディクト。 Romaji: doushita. kao ga massao…
I finally made it to Sumiyoshi Taisha after years of visiting Osaka. It was never on my radar as it’s a bit out of the way from the city center, but now that I’ve been there I wish I had gone sooner. A friend of mine recently moved to the Sumiyoshi Taisha neighborhood, which was…
Japanese: 難攻不落 Hiragana: なんこうふらく Romaji: nankou furaku Literal Meaning: Difficult to attack, won’t fall. The entire sentence here is 今やあの要塞は難攻不落だ。 要塞 (ようさい) means fortress. 今や well, 今 (いま) means now. The extra particle や is for emphasis, and a smaller nuance that I won’t get into here. So here Claude is saying, “Now that fortress…
