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The best Japanese greeting depends on the time, relationship, setting, and type of conversation.
Learn what neko means, how to use related Japanese cat words, and why cats appear so often in Japan’s history and culture.
Six Japanese words that let you say “obvious” naturally in any situation.
The main kanji on Japanese air conditioner remotes, plus extra buttons on fuller models.
Why one line, suki desu, named this site, and what 射す and 青春（ひび） are doing in the opening.
Printed Japanese keywords lined up with English and Portuguese, from 飛行 to 荒地.
The horse-and-deer kanji, the court that called a deer a horse, and why Osaka hears this insult differently.
The noun for a feeling, and the phrase people mix up with it
Aizuchi, polite dodging, and the gap between textbook Japanese and real talk
Tokoya, biyouin, prices, and the Japanese you need at the salon
Point at the symptom, read the class on the box, and leave with the right Japanese medicine.
Why the two words swap weight — and why Japan never put 変態 on a porn shelf
From sekkusu and H to nakadashi and the 48 hands — with the register that adult video does not teach.
Vocabulary for playing, talking about, and naming music in Japanese.
From polite oishii to slang, TV praise, and a few dictionary relics
From baby talk to bra cups, without treating anime as a census.
A cheap drink in Kabukicho is not always a cheap night.
The third S of 5S is not a janitor’s afterthought. Seiso is cleaning as inspection — a word built from purify and sweep.
社会人 looks like “person of society.” In daily Japanese it often means a working adult — and that line is the argument.
Iie is only the start. The rest is tone, delay, and a well-placed chotto.
Blessing, fate, and the hallway wish before an exam
Kudamono, kajitsu, furūtsu — and the names from apple to yuzu
Hikari is the light itself. Akari is the glow that fills a room.
When Link is still Link in Japanese — and Beedle suddenly becomes Terry.
