Mon 2017.08.07

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese Literature Review: 「蜜蜂と遠雷」(Honey Bees and Distant Thunder) by 「恩田 陸」 (Riku Onda)	book, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, music, novel, piano, review, Reviews, riku onda, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.07.31

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Japanese non-past (present/future) tense, “will”, and intention	future, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, non-past, past, present, tenses	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.07.27

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Oregon Monogatari: One year living in Portland, Oregon (with notes on Japanese culture there)	culture, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, oregon, portland, raising a bilingual child, west coast	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.07.21

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Expressing bad intentions in Japanese and 「悪気」 (warugi)	expression, General, grammar, intenion, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, warugi	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2017.07.19

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Welcome back, Aikido: My story of returning to the dojo	aikido, culture, General, japan, japanese, martial art, portland, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.07.18

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Japanese children’s book review: 「とうさんのあしのうえで」 (tousan no ashi no ue de) [At daddy’s feet]	book, childrens, culture, ehon, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, pengin, raising a bilingual child, review, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.07.14

Content	Tags	Group
Variations on a phrase for asking directions when you are lost	directions, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, phrases	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.07.14

Content	Tags	Group
Mobile App Review: Manabi Reader: a nice assistant to help improve your Japanese reading skills	General, ios, iphone, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, manabi, reader, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.07.11

Content	Tags	Group
Wanted: Editor/Proofreader	Aside, edit, editor, fiction, japan, japanese, proofreader, short story, story, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.07.10

Content	Tags	Group
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.19: Selected Photos]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, photos, pictures, travel	Self Taught Japanese

Sat 2017.07.08

Content	Tags	Group
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.18: Final Words]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.17: Culture and Societal Notes]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.16: Waikiki Notes]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.15: Bishop Museum]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.14: Linguistic Notes]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.07.06

Content	Tags	Group
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.13: Transportation in Hawaii]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.07.06

Content	Tags	Group
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.12: Lala Land]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.07.06

Content	Tags	Group
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.11 Pepper the Robot]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.07.06

Content	Tags	Group
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.10: Oahu Coast Drive]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, japan, japanese, travel	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.07.06

Content	Tags	Group
Hawaii Travelogue: A Japan away from Japan [Ch.9: Izumo Shrine and Chinatown]	culture, General, hawaii, Hawaii trip 2017, izumo, japan, japanese, shinto, shrine, travel	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.07.03

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese fiction translation: “Final Days of Summer” by “Masaki Hashiba” [Story 2 / Part 4]	dolphin, fantasy, fiction, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, translation, whale	Self Taught Japanese

Sun 2017.07.02

Content	Tags	Group
Easily misunderstood Japanese word: でぶしょう (debushou) is not about being fat	debushou, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, term	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.06.27

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese fiction translation: “Final Days of Summer” by “Masaki Hashiba” [Story 2 / Part 3]	fantasy, fiction, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.06.20

Content	Tags	Group
shibaraku (しばらく): a good Japanese word to know	a while, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, language, shibaraku	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.06.19

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese fiction translation: “Final Days of Summer” by “Masaki Hashiba” [Story 2 / Part 2]	fantasy, fiction, final days of summer, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, story, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2017.06.14

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese book review: “その日本語、大人はカチンときます！” [That Japanese is offensive!]	book, business, culture, expressions, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, politeness, review, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.06.09

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese Slang Word: 「鬼〜」 (Oni~)	culture, devil, expression, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, oni, slang, term, Uncategorized, word	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.06.06

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82 year old Japanese woman’s “hinadan” mobile app: sometimes it takes new technology to uncover ancient traditions	culture, General, hinadan, japan, japanese, Masako Wakamiya	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.06.05

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese novel translation: “The Rainlands” by Haruka Asahi [Chapter 6]	culture, fantasy, fiction, General, history, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, rainlands, story, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.06.02

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese translation sample: “Poverty Lessons” (ビンボー魂) by Toru Kazama (風間トオル）	biography, book, culture, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Moderate, kazama tooru, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.06.01

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese Book Review: “Poverty Lessons” (ビンボー魂) by Toru Kazama (風間トオル）	biography, book, culture, General, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, kazama tooru, nonfiction, poor, poverty, review, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.05.29

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese novel translation: “The Rainlands” by Haruka Asahi [Chapter 5]	adventure, fantasy, fiction, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, novel, story, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Sun 2017.05.28

Content	Tags	Group
A comical error: Google Translate fails miserably to translate a Japanese verb	General, google, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, technology, translate, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.05.23

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese novel translation: “The Rainlands” by Haruka Asahi [Chapter 4]	fantasy, fiction, General, haruka asahi, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, the rainlands, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.05.15

Content	Tags	Group
Ramen Ryoma: One of the top Ramen restaurants in Portland, Oregon	General, japan, japanese, portland, ramen, restaurant, review, Reviews, ryoma, soup, tasty	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.05.09

Content	Tags	Group
Some announcements about “Final Days of Summer” by Masaki Hashiba	Aside, fiction, General, japan, japanese, kino kuni award, news, translation, update	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.05.02

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese phrase: “warukatta” (わるかった・悪かった)	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, language, phrase, study, warui, warukatta	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.05.01

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese novel translation: “The Rainlands” by Haruka Asahi [Chapter 2]	asahi haruka, fantasy, fiction, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, literature, novel, the rainlands, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.04.27

Content	Tags	Group
Fiction Novel Review: “The Lightkeepers” by Abby Geni (an interesting study in literary style)	abby geni, american, Aside, english, fiction, literature, novel, the lightkeepers, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.04.24

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese novel translation: “The Rainlands” by Haruka Asahi [Chapter 1]	adventure, fantasy, fiction, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, journey, novel, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.04.17

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Japanese literature review: “コンビニ人間” (Convenience Store Woman [Konbini Ningen]) by 村田沙耶香 (Sayaka Murata)	akutagawa, convenience store woman, culture, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, konbini, literature, murata sayaka, ningen, novel, review, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.04.17

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese literature translation sample: “コンビニ人間” (Convenience Store Woman [Konbini Ningen]) by 村田沙耶香 (Sayaka Murata)	convenience store woman, culture, fiction, General, Japanese Study: Intermediate, murata sayaka, translation, Uncategorized, unofficial, コンビニ, 人間	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2017.04.12

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese literature magazine review: 小説幻冬 (Shousetsu Gento)	advanced, culture, General, gentou, historical, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, literature, magazine, Reviews, sampler, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.04.10

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese fiction translation: “Final Days of Summer” by “Masaki Hashiba” [Story 1 / Part 4]	fantasy, fiction, final days of summer, General, japan, japanese, masaki hashiba, translation	Self Taught Japanese
Japanese grammar: a tricky passage and morphing adjectives	adjective, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, noun, self-taught	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.03.28

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese fiction translation: “Final Days of Summer” by “Masaki Hashiba” [Story 1 / Part 3]	book, fantasy, final days of summer, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, masaki hashiba, novel, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.03.27

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese vocabulary list: School and Educational Institution Terms	children, education, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, language, list, raising a bilingual child, school, terms, vocab, vocabulary, Vocabulary Lists	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2017.03.22

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スクショ: a Japanese loanword you’ll never guess the meaning of	General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, loanwords, screenshot, Uncategorized, 外来語	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.03.21

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese learning mobile app review: Sokuji (即時): Japanese Dictionary Browser	app, iphone, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, learning, review, Reviews, sokuji	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.03.20

Content	Tags	Group
Japanese fiction translation: “Final Days of Summer” by “Masaki Hashiba” [Story 1 / Part 2]	dolphins, fiction, final days of summer, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, masaki hashiba, story, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese