Korean is said to be a relatively easy-to-understand language among foreign languages, with many similarities in word order and grammar to Japanese. 2020 is said to be the fourth Korean boom, and Korean is becoming increasingly popular among high school students. In this article, we would like to introduce some Korean words whose word order differs from that of Japanese kanji. There are many words in Korean that originate from Kanji characters. Examples of the same word order as in Japanese are 회...

Happy New Year! Our company started business today, Monday, January 4. We will continue to distribute our language-related BLOG and SNS for your enjoyment this year. For the first issue of 2021, we will start with a story about the Japanese language. While the number of tourists coming to Japan from abroad has decreased dramatically, there are still many students studying and working in Japan, so the theme of this issue is "Gai...

In Korean, "필름이 끊기다" means "I lost my film" and is actually used when you lose your memory due to drinking too much alcohol. When watching dramas, you will often see the expression "어제 필름이 끊겨서 어떻게 집에 왔는지 기억이 안 나" (I drank too much yesterday and don't remember how I got home!). This is an interesting expression unique to Korea, the country of drinking! The New Year's holiday is just around the corner! Drinking...

As time goes by, there are machines such as cassette tapes and steam locomotives that are used much less frequently than in the past. And the same thing may be happening in the world of words. I once had the opportunity to meet up with some old friends, some of whom were in their 70s, for the first time in many years, and we shared a meal and a drink together. When the party was coming to an end, we decided to take a commemorative photo, so I handed my smartphone to the waiter and asked him if the photo had been taken successfully...

Did everyone figure out the answer to yesterday's quiz? I am sure that many of you were able to figure it out because it is so famous! Now, let me announce the correct answer! The correct answer was... 팥죽 (팥죽). 팥 means azuki in Japanese and 죽 means porridge. It is similar to zenzai in Japan and is made of cooked azuki beans and filled with rice dumplings or rice. It is sweet and makes your body warm when eaten on a cold day....