How Languages Divide the World
Interesting Distinctions in Japanese that Don’t Exist in English
Do you know how to count fish in Japanese? Or what do you call that thing you drink from? Or what to call rice on a plate versus rice in a bowl?
The answers are not as simple as you might think.
I have been living in Japan for 7 years and studying Japanese even longer. What still surprises me about the Japanese language is how it …
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