Just Another Day in Japan

I'll admit, I tend to be a bit critical of TV programming these days. Sure, there are some great shows, but there's also a lot of cr...

This is a discussion we've had before , though long ago. Portlandia nailed a similar issue. Please. Watch: Don't call yoursel...

As you may well know, I like me a good mobile game. That said, I never got into Candy Crush Saga. Maybe I'm too much of a game snob? Per...

One interesting byproduct of being multilingual (or perhaps of just being at a certain point in your language studies) is that sometimes...

Is that a thing? Why not?

蟻が十匹 ありがじゅうひき 10 Ants 十 = 「じゅう」; 「とお」 蟻が十 ありがとう Thank you Got it? Image Source

Look at that - working on my click-bait titles! Maybe I've been seeing too many Tofugu headlines in my social media feeds (I kid). Rec...

I just learned a cool J-go turn of phrase from one of my colleagues, who came in from his smoking break to inform me that it was flurrying o...

In the US, we've had some memorable marketing campaigns for certain generic foods or beverages."Got milk"" and "Beh...