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What’s something you used to believe as a kid that seems ridiculous now?
I wrote a few weeks ago, but I didn’t post… My mom often said, “You would be a thief if you wrote your name in red!” I don’t know the origin. Probably, once upon a time, there was a rule that criminals and prisoners wrote their names in red, and samurai wrote death threats in… Read more
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Green and Blue
↑ What is this color? Green or Blue? For Japanese native speakers, green is often part of blue. For example, Green traffic lights are called “ao” (blue) shingō. Green vegetables and apples are called “ao” or “aoi” (blue) vegetables and apples. In Japanese literature, blue is used to describe young adulthood. “Seishun” (青春) is literally… Read more
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