In what context and relationship wise to who can I safely say ご苦労様 (gokurousama)? I often defer to using otsukaresama since I'm not sure if I'm talking down to someone by saying …

The word ごめん (gomen) essentially means "forgive" or "pardon". ごめんなさい (gomen nasai) is a common phrase that literally means "forgive me" or "pardon me", and ごめん (gomen) or ご …

Wikipedia seems to treat "yoi" as used in the context as interchangeable with shizentai (natural stance). Most karate sites do also translate the meaning as "ready".

I saw the phrase よいではないか (yoi de wa nai ka) in a comic strip, and decided to look it up because its literal meaning of "isn't it good?" didn't seem to make any sense. My research …

Apr 27, 2021 · I am watching a taiga drama, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and I hear people say kore wa kore wa often. I also here sore wa sore wa. The translation in the subtitle is "well …

I only know that both mean "easy". But when would I use 簡単{かんたん} or 易しい{やさしい} respectively?

Apr 9, 2013 · What is the difference between Konnichiwa and Konbanwa? Is it appropriate to use either one in everyday conversations?

Jan 8, 2021 · I know that yobi means 'day' of the week and 'nichi' means 'date' I want to translate-> What day is it tomorrow? Which is the correct translation? -> Ashita wa nan yobi desu …

Written as akayoroshi. The second character that looks like の (no) is actually the hentaigana for か (ka), derived from the cursive form of the character 可. One theory is that " akayoroshi " …

To my knowledge there are three words which can be used in thanking and they seem to be usable together in some combinations: どうも (d­ōmo) どうもありがとう (dōmo arigatō) あり …