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 uptake; be dull or dimwitted
This expression is quite similar to atama ga warui except in my opinion, it’s a bit more colorful.
kaiten is spinning or turning. And in the case of a dull person, [...]

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 about) that Japanese can say with their feet/legs.
It might be more of a testimony to what I don’t know than what I do, but these ten expressions never made it into any conversation [...]

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 [...]

Katchaman’s Amazing JAPAN guide at Miyazaki-ken Power Spot (Sacred Place) “Eda-jinja Shrine”

December 14, 2007 - 6:42 pm by katchaman in Others  

“Eda-jinja Shrine” is situated near the Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort in Miyazaki.(within a 10 minute walk to Eda-jinja)  One of Shrines(Jinjya) of Japanese myths and legends in Miyazakiis Tsuma-jinja Shrine. Here is Power Spot.  Here is my favorite place. I can relax and regain composure. I recommend this power spot strongly.    
In Eda-jinja Shrine,  November [...]

Kyoto cheap restaurant DARUMAYA

May 8, 2007 - 6:08 pm by mickey in Food, Travel  

Restaurant since 1953
DARUMAYA serves set meal(teisyoku), noodles(udon and soba), rice bowl dishes(donburi), a la carte and coffee.
DARUMAYA is near Ryoanji, Myosinji, Ninnaji, Tojiin temple and Ritsumeikan, Hanazono university.
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~darumaya-syokudo/en/

Luxurious Nagasaki; meet Ryoma @ Kagetsu!

April 12, 2007 - 1:09 pm by akko@hakata in Travel  

What do you think this is?
And who did this?

He, is the person who made this mark with his knife,
and his name is, Ryoma Sakamoto !
So now you see how treasurable it is.

This pillar is preserved and chereshed in Kagetsu, the most well-known and traditional Japanese Ryotei in Nagasaki, and is, historic site.
Ryotei is a [...]

What Does this Mean?!

August 23, 2006 - 5:06 pm by gambit_2001nz in Culture  

So, I’m fairly new to Japan, and slowly ( but surely ) trying to learn the language.
I have quite a few Japanese friends that try and teach me Japanese, and they do a fairly good job most of the time.
Anyway, many of the Japanese words that I have been learning have an English equivalent which [...]