Today must be my lucky day.
Having a business on the Internet always attracts the scammers, but we rarely have trouble since our Authorize.net account filters out all the obvious troublemakers. However when credit card information is stolen from databases or people are careless with their card the bad guys can get enough information to [...]

I don’t have a complaint, really, but I thought this would go well with the new イライラ category.
I had a customer from Chile email me a few weeks ago saying the order he ordered in early December hadn’t yet arrived. I asked him to wait a few days and he was kind enough to [...]

In real life, I have met a few people from Nigeria. They were all very nice. But on the net, I have yet to come in contact with one who isn’t trying to cheat me out of life and limb.
Today I got a PayPal ‘payment’ for an Ebay auction. The buyer purchased [...]

From the time he was born, we have been wondering what would be Makoto’s first meaningful words. And… what language.
As a newborn he often made a /hao/ sound. We weren’t sure if it was perhaps the cliched (American) Indian greeting or more likely, the English word “how”. Despite the ambiguity, it was [...]

Here is a quick video that walks you through the first few screens setting it up. It also shows how to use the My Jisho button. Hopefully you can get an idea about how it works.

I just received my test copy of Sharp’s new PW-AT750.
It has several nice new features not found in most other dictionaries. For one, like the Canon V80, V90 and G90 you can draw unknown kanji, but even better than the Canons (I think), it has a small square on the keyboard for drawing which [...]

Years ago, I missed an opportunity to see Fiddler on the Roof in Japan. It was something I’ve regretted since. I was invited but something happened and I couldn’t make it. Well, here is a second chance. That is, a few minutes of a second chance.
Watch Fiddler on the Roof in [...]

Yesterday we met a friend (who shall remain nameless) at a restaurant. He was telling us of another friend’s plan to marry a lady from Thailand. Yumi and I know first hand the difficulties of international marriage. Even getting to the point of ‘marriage’ is difficult. Dealing with the INS (Or [...]

善は急げ zen wa isoge Rush to do a good deed
急げば回れ isogeba maware If you rush you will go around in circles (and get nothing done)
So which is it?
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One of my first Japanese friends would answer most grammar or general language questions with…
Because ancient Japanese said so…

The other day I had the honor of meeting Mr. Charles Martin the author of this book:
The Last Great Ace
He has such a great knowledge of WWII history (including a lot of first hand knowledge!). As an American so connected with Japan today, I find it really difficult to believe we were once Enemies [...]