

日本の五月病ってなに?/What is "May Disease"?
In Japan, we have something called “May Disease” that happens as the season changes and the air becomes light.
Today, I would like to introd
Eriko Kasai
May 9, 2017


鍋(なべ)を食(た)べます/ You eat a POT?!( metonymy )
こんにちは、絵里子塾のえりこです。 さて、先日バンコクは急に3日間ほど寒くなってびっくりしました。 朝の気温が18度ぐらいだったんですよ。 Hi! Eriko of Eriko-juku here. Well, recently I was surprised when...
Eriko Kasai
Jan 11, 2017


間違いやすいカタカナの単語~Katakana words that are easily mistaken~
It’s difficult to write katakana smoothly, have you ever thought that? For example, the names of things that you have often seen in daily li
Eriko Kasai
Nov 26, 2016


教科書に載ってない若者言葉(2016年現在) Expressions used by young people that don’t appear in the textbooks (as of 20
I would like to talk about today’s words used by young people that aren’t in a textbook.
Typically I say young people’s expressions but ther
Eriko Kasai
Jun 5, 2016


もったいない MOTTAINAI
There are many Japanese words that can’t be translated to a single phrase in English.
One of them that I would like to introduce today is &q
Eriko Kasai
May 12, 2016


What is "旬(Syun)"?
みなさんの国には季節(きせつ)がいくつありますか。
ご存知(ぞんじ)のように日本には四季(しき)があります。
そのため、食材(しょくざい)には最(もっと)も新鮮(しんせん)でおいしい(じき)があり、それを「旬」と言っています。
How many seasons are there
Eriko Kasai
Mar 8, 2016


「とても」「よく」「たくさん」
こんにちは。 絵里子塾のえりこです。 今日はさっそくクイズから始めましょう。 Hello! Eriko of Eriko-juku here. Today let’s start with a quiz. <Quiz 1>...
Eriko
Feb 4, 2016