Japanese Language – For Reading Addicts

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August 10, 2023

Ikigai (noun) (Japanese) ik-ee-gai one’s reason for being, which in principle is the convergence of…

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June 20, 2021

Keitai (noun) (Japanese) kay-tai (in Japan) a mobile phone. Japanese, literally ‘portable’, short for keitai…

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December 31, 2019

Zabuton (noun) zab-u-ton A flat floor cushion for sitting or kneeling on. Late 19th century…

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September 19, 2019

Taiko (noun) tai-ko A Japanese barrel-shaped drum. Late 19th century Japanese. (more…)

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July 22, 2019

Ryu (noun) ree-oo A Japanese school or style of art. From Japanese (more…)

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June 3, 2016

Kintsugi (noun) (Japanese) kin-soo-gee 'Golden joinery', quite literally. Kintsugi or Kintsukuroi is the Japanese art…

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May 17, 2015

The English language contains over a million words so it seems hard to believe that…

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March 4, 2015

Kintsukouroi (noun) kin-tsU-kU-roi From Japanese language (more…)

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