Nihongo – give it a go

January 25, 2009 - 12:36 pm by Him in Others  

A language spoken by 2% of the global population, but featuring in a disproportionately larger number of the WWW’s homepages – around twice that number – Japanese (Nihongo in the local tongue) is on the rise as interest in its study increases around the world.
Closely related to several others in North East Asia, Japanese is, [...]

Japanese Body Language – 頭の回転が遅い

April 17, 2008 - 7:47 am by Bill Belew in Culture  

Japanese Body Language -
頭の回転が遅い[あたまのかいてんがおそい, atama no kaiten ga osoi] be slow; be slow on the uptak [...]

Japanese Body Language – 頭が悪い

April 14, 2008 - 7:42 am by Bill Belew in Culture  

Japanese body language -
頭が悪い[あたまがわるい, atama ga warui] be dumb; be slow
Yup, the Japanese can insult with the best of them.
When a person just doesn’t get it, can’t figure it out, can’t be taught, or is just plain slow to come around..s/he is said to have a bad (warui) head.
It’s [...]

Things Japanese/Americans Can Say With Their Feet

April 9, 2008 - 9:48 am by Bill Belew in Culture  

A look at a dictionary and one will find these 10 other things (in addition to the ones I have already written [...]

Japanese Body Language – 足が遅い

April 4, 2008 - 4:49 am by Bill Belew in Culture  

I spent a long time in Japan – nearly 20 years.  To be sure, a lot got by me. On the other hand, I picked up quite a bit, too. Including the language.
I ran a business, fought with the auditors from the Tokyo Tax Bureau (IRS-types) and taught Japanese people about Japan in Japanese among [...]