Late last year, my French husband told me he had been discussing what are considered the essential virtues of Japanese culture with the 偉い人 (erai hito, bigwigs) at his company. The one skill they all ...

If nouns are the bones of a language, verbs are the blood that keeps it moving. The thing about Japanese is that there are so many of them that it is close to impossible to know them all, particularly ...

This study investigated differences and similarities in the processing and knowledge representation of lexical/syntactic compound verbs comparing reaction time data of Chinese learners of Japanese and ...

There are so many verbs in Japanese to describe how flowers bloom. Each verb in this list captures a distinct nuance of vitality. This cluster of blooms actually grew from just two bulbs. How prolific ...

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