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一目惚 Love at first sight |
一目惚 Love at first sight |
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お世辞 flattery, kissing up |
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未確認飛行物体 Unidentified Flying Object |
未確認飛行物体
Unidentified Flying Object
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Volume 6: You may be Watching too Many Jidai Geki IF... |
A simple test to find out if you are a jidai-junkie |
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Volume 5: The Great いらず Collection |
Today we will look at a few set or idiomatic phrases using いらず don't need. |
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Volume 4: Kanji Form Categories |
六書: What is it? Today we will look at how etymology of kanji are categorized. That is, there are 6 ways the ancient Chinese used to explain how each kanji is put together. |
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Volume 3: Letters to Kotoba Zamurai's Little Brother |
The Defender of what is right, the corrector of already correct
Japanese, That's right, it's "Letters to Kotoba Zamurai's little brother"
time! |
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Volume 2: Useless Questions for Today |
In This Day and Age, Totally Useless Questions
Here are a few questions that once stirred the heart of every Japanese, but
today are no longer in debate... |
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The Kotoba Zamurai Archives |
"Kotoba zamurai" articles are written to be "a non-systematic approach to
learning unusual, but useful words." While these not-so-serious articles
are written with the upper-beginner to intermediate in mind, even beginners
should be able to get something out of them. If not, I may have wasted 15 minutes
of your life... I will leave it up to you to take the chance. |
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Murphy's Law in Japanese |
A few important Murphy's Law statements in Japanese |
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Common Questions at Elementary Schools |
A few common questions elementary school students are bound to ask you. |
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The Top Ten Reasons Why You Were Late For The Meeting |
Some very good excuses for the modern slacker. |
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カタカナ語 Interesting Pronunciations |
A look at a few unusual (to the beginner) pronunciations of katakana-ized English. |
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A Blizzard of Snow Words |
Learn several useful vocabulary words relating to snow |
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Samurai Page |
How to sound like a samurai (almost) |
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Clay in Japan |
Warning: not too educational |
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Natto |
 The story of Clay's introduction to this traditional Japanese food. Everything (and more) you would ever care to know. |
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The Various Degrees of Politeness |
A short example of the various levels of politeness |
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Screws in Japanese |
 A screwdriver should be such a simple instrument and yet there are two irritating types: Flathead and Phillips. (Actually there are more...) If I need a Phillips, I have a flathead screwdriver. If I need a flathead… |
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Top 10 words needed when talking to a Japanese elementary school student! |
A not so serious look at essential Japanese vocabulary words for working at a Japanese elementary school. |
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