Tag: english

7 Things I am better at now than at the start of the pandemic

The last 2+ years have been an unbelievable time to be alive. Lockdowns, mask mandates, limited movement, vaccines, work from

Sumikko Gurashi English Conversation Book

My dive into the world of Sumikko Gurashi continues with a book I picked up recently – すみっコぐらしの英会話

Japan Scene 7: Flip a coin for elderly men

Japan has a lot of elderly people. About a quarter of the population is 65 and over and with a declining birthrate there is a

Japan Scene 6: Air Traffic Controller

A few weeks ago I attended a yard sale-style event put on by the boarders at the High School on my island. The aim was to sell

Japan Scene 2: Futsal x English Master

It was supposed to be a regular Thursday night futsal session. I’ve never been much of a football/soccer player outside

Phonetikana – Katakana Typeface

What do you do when you are a designer and have to make frequent trips to Japan but you are unable to find the time to learn t

Cosplay + English Classes = Cosplish

There is a brand new English Language school in Tokyo Japan that caters to the needs of Japanese otaku who want to learn Engli

Speaking Japanese is hard but English is even harder

A friend of mine sent me this video in an email. Many English language speakers like me who are studying Japanese find it very

What did English borrow from Japanese?

The English Language has many loan words from many languages, but we don’t care about those other languages except Japan