I mostly post about Japanese here, but do sometimes talk about other languages or aspects of linguistics. Today I want…
Trickily Similar Kanji [141/365]
This morning I was doing my online spaced-repetition kanji practice and it demonstrated to me that there are four kanji…
Microseason #45 of 72: 玄鳥去 “Swallows leave” [132/365]
The thirteenth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is: 白露 (はくろ) “hakuro” ‘glistening dew’ // ‘white dew’ (solar term)…
3Q, 三Q, 39, サンキュー, さんきゅう [131/365]
One of the videogames I still play regularly is Hearthstone, and one of the things that keeps me playing is…
Microseason #44 of 72: 鶺鴒鳴 “Wagtails sing” [130/365]
The thirteenth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is: 白露 (はくろ) “hakuro” ‘glistening dew’ // ‘white dew’ (solar term)…
Microseason #43 of 72: 草露白 “Dew glistens white on grass” [129/365]
The thirteenth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is: 白露 (はくろ) “hakuro” ‘glistening dew’ // ‘white dew’ (solar term)…
Microseasons #40, #41, and #42 of 72: 処暑 “Manageable heat” [128/365]
The fourteenth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is: 処暑 (しょしょ) “shosho” ‘manageable heat’ // ‘limit of heat’ (solar…
Microseason #39 of 72: 蒙霧升降 “Thick fog descends” [127/365]
The thirteenth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is: 立秋 (りっしゅう) “risshū” ‘first day of autumn’ The final “kō”…
Microseason #38 of 72: 寒蝉鳴 “Evening cicadas sing” [126/365]
The thirteenth 節気 “sekki” division of the traditional Japanese calendar is: 立秋 (りっしゅう) “risshū” ‘first day of autumn’ The second “kō”…
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