This time, an employee from Kentucky, USA, shares some English expressions that they found puzzling in Japan! In Japan, you often see English phrases like "Let's + ~ing" (e.g., "Let's shopping," "Let's dancing") in advertisements and commercials. While the meaning is generally understood, it is actually a bit...

This time, we have a quiz from an employee who frequently goes on overseas business trips. Although days where we can travel abroad freely are still limited, let's prepare for the day we can travel again with a quiz useful for in-flight conversations. "Green tea" is Green Tea, but when specifying the color of "black tea" to avoid confusion with other types of tea, which is correct: (1) "Black Tea," (2) "Brown Tea," or (3) "Red Tea"?   ...

Today, why not think about the Japanese language we use casually every day? Here is a Japanese quiz from a veteran translator with extensive experience in translating academic papers!! We call someone who excels in a particular art a "meijin" (master). Which of the following is said to be the first person to use this word? 1. Oda Nobunaga, who used it for his Go instructor. 2. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who used it for a retainer skilled at tree climbing. 3. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who used it for a pharmacist (doctor) who cured his illness. You all probably...