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The 5 Elements in Japanese: What They Mean and Where to Find Them

“You’re rooted, Brandon.”

A friend from Switzerland told me this one day. She was telling me how I reminded her …

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Do you like mythology?

Love etymology?

Are you fascinated by astronomy?

Or perhaps, all of the above?

If you answered …

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Parroting is just another word for shadowing, which is basically the natural way humans acquire language.

Think about how …

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Remember when you were a kid in school and the teacher would announce, “Quiz tomorrow!”

You felt your stomach drop, …

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Have you ever found yourself struggling to end your sentences with a bang?

Like a “bang” that screams “I’m a …

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If you’ve ever been stuck on the crowded trains of Tokyo, you know the relief of being offered a seat …

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Unlike written English, which uses a mere 24 letters, kanji is made up of 2,000 commonly used characters.

As …