Category: Words

In today's blog post, I will tell you all about the meaning and translation of the two Japanese expressions "Oyasumi" (おやすみ) and "Oyasuminasai" (おやすみなさい). Luckily, it is very...

The Japanese word yabai (やばい) caused me a lot of confusion because of its many meanings and contradictory English translations. If you look up the word "yabai" in a dictionary to see what it...

I'm sure that sugoi (すごい, 凄い) is another Japanese word that you have always wanted to know what it means. Like me, you must have heard and/or seen it at least a thousand times in Japanese...

I once did the big mistake to say goodbye to my Japanese friend using the word "Sayonara" and hurt him a lot without realizing it. There are so many ways how you can say goodbye in Japanese and I...

I thought I knew my Japanese greetings before moving to Japan. However, I just realized that nowadays I use totally different phrases to say hello to my friends and when greeting my coworkers in...

I am pretty sure that chan (ちゃん) is one of the most popular Japanese words of all time. Every one of you who wants to learn Japanese or is into anime and manga has seen the word at least a...