People learning Japanese are inevitably exposed to dajare (駄洒落), or Japanese puns, along the way. Like anything in life, some people like them and some people don’t. But then again, puns and dajare are an acquired taste, so isn’t that natural? Well, there may be a bit more to it than just ‘learning to like it.’ We did some digging onl…

*For audio recording purposes, some parts of the blog may vary. Let’s talk about “language resolution.” And no, not the “I’m going to learn a new language by the end of the year” type of resolution. More like the resolution of a picture or video image; how much detail is in the frame. Each language has its own “resolution” that can make translation either ea…

COVID-19 is transforming the lexicon of languages worldwide, but for Japanese the challenges are unique. What’s “overshoot?” Find out. In the English-speaking world, a plethora of terms, some new, some not so new, have inundated people’s daily lives. “Lockdown,” “quarantine,” “hot zones,” “social distancing” and “flattening the curve” all have a familiar rin…