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The answer that I think is the most likely is on Wikipedia, which is that the term derives from maybe as far back as the Tokugawa era, where there was overlap between bath houses and the sex trade. Th …

In short, what you are trying to express isn't a matter of merely finding the right words. … The concepts that drive the meaning behind the words are different between your culture and Japanese culture, and so you need to navigate that divide if you want to be understood. …

The other day on the train I saw this advertisement for some tabloid, with headlines all over it, as they do: I'm trying to figure out what シ●ブ愛人{あいじん} is. 忍{しのぶ}愛人{あいじん}? "Sneaky lover"? Assuming …

It's a little weird to me because various dictionaries I've looked at define 甘{あま}い言葉{ことば} as "sweet talk, flattery, alluring words" and so on, which, even if said on a dark street, 暗{くら}い道{みち}, don't …

According to this explanation, 女子力{じょしりょく} refers to a woman's prowess with issues like fashion, make up, and style. Which would be considerably different from the English "girl power", which is abou …

日本語で答えるのはちょっと恥ずかしい… YOUの答えと同じくて、この「安い」の意味は「単純」と似ている。 だから、僕が「あなた安いな〜」を英語に翻訳したら、"You're easy to please"、になると思う。略して、"You're easy"も大丈夫だと思う。

I'm taking a risk here in that I'm not 100% sure, but, we're trying to do answers not comments... Anyway, a long time ago I used to work in animation at a Japanese company. One of my directors stress …

However, note that although they are not common, and maybe mainly used in scientific circles, there are words for all animals. So tortoise is リクガメ, porpoise is ネズミイルカ, and lobster is ザリガニ. … For example, I believe it's because they have hot springs that they have the words 湯{ゆ} and 水{みず} for hot water and regular water. …

The order of learning words and kanji for Japanese schools and JLPT are completely uncorrelated. Which is to say that the JLPT doesn't attempt to emulate learning as Japanese people do. … your question is directly about vocab and not kanji, but it was a little easier to locate and look through lists of kanji, and if the kanji the two groups are learning are different, you can be sure the words …

I'm not really answering my own question as much as I am relaying what I believe is the correct answer after polling a few Japanese people on this. A simple 戻{もど}ります or 戻{もど}る would be the usual way …

So, it's something like "when facing words we eliminate one type"...? … One type of words? Why would we wipe them away? What exactly does this sentence mean? …

So it might be possible that I'm using the right words, but assuming a context that can not be assumed, in which case I need to find the right words to convey the situation, not just to convey the single … Bottom line, though, what words should I use to describe sniffling? What words would I use to suggest someone blow their nose, both polite and impolite? …

A little while ago I was in a shop, and about 5 minutes after I left, they phoned me to tell me I had left my USB stick there. I said I would head back and pick it up. I used 戻{もど}って行{い}く to mean "I' …

This question about alternate terms for coins focused on the use of ワンコイン, but it got me thinking about slang terms for money in general. In all the years I've been in Japan, I don't think I've regula …

There are a few books with lists of words and kanji compounds found in the news. Like this one, this one, and this one. … I was wondering if there were web pages and sites that might have this kind of thing, so the words can copied more efficiently into one's flashcard program? …