Today at school as I filled out an expense report, the secretary guided me through the Japanese on the form. I recognized the kanji for Year, Date and Month but was pretty lost on the rest of it. She pointed to the kanji for “signature” and I said, “Ah! Hanko!” in proud recognition and went […]
Day: February 5, 2007
things Japanese people can’t say
refrigerator* *this word sent two of my students today into an eye-bugging tizzy as they tried to wrap their tongues around the word. It was even worse because the word was tucked into the phrase: "the garbage can is between the refrigerator and the door." Madness.