Christian Weddings in Japan

This is a topic that really gets me - I find it so bizaare that so many young Japanese couples choose to hold a christian wedding ceremony. (Continued)

おばあさん - Grandmother??

日本では、独特な世界観がもちろんあります。それを意識せずには、外国人とコミュニケーションを取る時には困難することはあるでしょう。 (Continued)

Vocab List - Politics and Government

In this post, I thought I would introduce some key vocabulary related to the topic of ‘Politics and Government’. (Continued)

Good at ~, Bad at ~ 上手・下手

英語では、「何々が上手だ」を「good at ~」、「何々が下手だ」を「bad at ~」と言います。「good」と「bad」とは、形容詞ですから、「be」動詞を表現の前に置きます。 (Continued)

Talking about Japan

I have just written a post in the 中級編 entitled ‘What do you want to say?’ - and I have been thinking about how important it is to learn a language with some purpose in mind. That is to say, it is important, even while you are still a beginner, to think deeply about what you want to say to people in a foreign land. (Continued)

What do you want to say?

During my last two years of High School, I started studying Russian. I had two very good teachers - a man and a woman - though their styles were quite different. The man enjoyed deviating from points of grammar to tell us an anecdote about his experiences, while the lady was much more focussed on the language itself.

deviating from ~ - 〜から離れる・偏向する / anecdote - 逸話 (Continued)