Some Japanese words have no English equivalent. This is the case for many languages, where there is no literal translation, or if there was, it would not make sense. Many of the Japanese words, that are not in the English language are beautiful, some tragically so. Today, I am going to talk about my favourite … Continue reading Uniquely Japanese- Tsundoku
Last Friday night, the 31st of March, I went to Melbourne University to see Adam Liaw speak. Adam was the second winner of Masterchef Australia, in 2010. He was born in Malaysia, his mum is Singaporean-English and his dad is Hainese Chinese. Formerly a lawyer for Disney in Tokyo, Adam started learning Japanese in order … Continue reading Adam Liaw, ambassador of Japanese Cuisine
Although I am probably under qualified to answer this question adequately, I'm going to give it a try. For many years, before I did very much travel, I was under the impression that English was quite widely spoken. Gee, I was very wrong... only between 8% and 9% of the population of the world speaks … Continue reading Do many Japanese speak English?
