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- 🐒 How is electricity connected to monkeys, and what does the calendar have to do with it? ⚡️🗓️
Many are well familiar with the kanji 電 (den) — electricity. It appears in words such as:🔹 電気 (denki, electricity, light),🔹 電話 (denwa, telephone),🔹 電車 (densha, train),🔹 電子 (denshi, electronic), and many others. A less obvious fact: this same 電 also means “lightning” ⚡️ (inazuma – we’ve talked about it before in my Telegram channel),… Read more: 🐒 How is electricity connected to monkeys, and what does the calendar have to do with it? ⚡️🗓️ - Tsumori Yokin つもり預金: Japanese “I-was-going-to-spend-it” saving trick! 💸✨
I recently discovered this genius Japanese saving method and instantly started my own experiment! つもり預金 tsumori yokin literally means “intended-deposit” → You save the money you were planning to spend on something. The grammar is super simple: [plain verb] + つもりだったお金を貯金する → “I put aside the money I was going to spend on XXX” Examples: ☕… Read more: Tsumori Yokin つもり預金: Japanese “I-was-going-to-spend-it” saving trick! 💸✨ - Japanese Manhole Covers: the most beautiful sewers in the world 🚰🖼️
Japan is the absolute world champion of gorgeous manhole covers! In almost every city and town the humble sewer lid is turned into a tiny piece of public art: They’re so pretty that people collect photos of them, trade limited-edition cards, and even buy official replicas as souvenirs! How to say it in Japanese The… Read more: Japanese Manhole Covers: the most beautiful sewers in the world 🚰🖼️ - How to say “home” in Japanese? いえ vs うち – the eternal question 🏠
Every Japanese learner sooner or later asks: What’s the difference between いえ and うち? Both mean “home/house” and both can be written as 家… so which one do I use?! Let’s settle it once and for all. 🏡 いえ ie → The physical building or someone’s house (neutral & a bit formal). 🏡☕️🐈 うち uchi → My… Read more: How to say “home” in Japanese? いえ vs うち – the eternal question 🏠 - “Daijoubu” = Everything’s fine… because there’s a big strong man nearby?! 😂
We all know the super-famous word 大丈夫 だいじょうぶ daijōbu → “It’s okay / No problem / All good!” But have you ever looked at the kanji? Wait a second: So… “a huge 3-metre-tall guy” = everything’s fine?? 🥸💪 Let’s dig into the real story. 丈夫 じょうぶ jōbu by itself means “strong / sturdy / healthy” The word 大丈夫 actually… Read more: “Daijoubu” = Everything’s fine… because there’s a big strong man nearby?! 😂