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Smart Shopping: How to Read Food Labels at the Japanese Supermarket
スーパーの食品表示を読み解く——知っていた方がいい日本語ラベルの基礎知識 ✏️ English→日本語→中文 English Japanese supermarkets are efficient, beautifully organized, and full of things you want to buy. They're also full of labels written entirely in Japanese, with rules and conventions that differ significantly from what you're used to. This guide will get you through the essentials — from expiry dates to allergens to the art of the half-price sticker. Part 1: The two expiry date systems Japan uses two completely diff
6月27日読了時間: 18分


Onomatopoeia: The Secret to Sounding Like a Native
「ペラペラ」「ワクワク」——オノマトペは日本語の隠し味 **本ページはプロモーションを含みます。 ✏️ English→日本語→中文 English You can conjugate verbs. You know your keigo. You study every day. But something about your Japanese still sounds a little flat. There's a good chance you're missing one of the most expressive layers of the language: onomatopoeia. Japanese onomatopoeia is unlike anything else Every language has onomatopoeia — words that sound like what they describe. English has "buzz," "splash," "crunch." But Japanese
4月30日読了時間: 12分
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