Tag Archives: Japanese

WEDNESDAY’S WORD OF THE WEEK — 3Q

How many of you are feeling "gr8" about getting the five to eight inches of snow tonight? Are you ready "4" the snow storm? Very much like English, there are numbers that sound like Chinese and Japanese words and they are being used commonly. Just a...
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WEDNESDAY’S WORD OF THE WEEK — Shabu Shabu

Wow this week might be the coldest week in DC! Tuesday's temperature was below 10 degrees and felt like -9 degrees! The line to get a hearty warm soup is longer than usual. A high volume of posts from my Facebook's newsfeed is about how...
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WEDNESDAY’S WORD OF THE WEEK — BONENKAI

Did you all have a good GLN semester? The Fall 2013 GLN Japanese Foreigner Class just celebrated a memorable semester at the Sakana Restaurant. The teacher introduced a fun word for this end of semester celebration event: Bonenkai (忘年会). It literally means "forget the year...
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WEDNESDAY’S WORD OF THE WEEK — ANIME AND MANGA

Are you thrilled to see your favorite super heros from books or animation come live on screen? There has been a series of movies based on Marvel and DC Comics/Animation such as recently released Thor, Wolverine, Batman and Spiderman. In Japan, they also make live-action...
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