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This is often called a cubby in the United States. In Japan, it is considered uncouth to not remove one's shoes before entering the house. [1] [2] Near the getabako is a slipper rack, [3] and most people in Japan wear slippers around the house, except for rooms which have tatami flooring, as they are bad for the floor.
Capsules in Tokyo Capsule hotel in Warsaw, Poland.The lockers are on the left of the image, while the sleeping capsules are on the right. A capsule hotel (Japanese: カプセルホテル, romanized: kapuseru hoteru), also known in the Western world as a pod hotel, [1] is a type of hotel developed in Japan that features many small, bed-sized rooms known as capsules.
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Genkan are traditional Japanese entryway areas for a house, apartment, or building, a combination of a porch and a doormat. [1] It is usually located inside the building directly in front of the door. The primary function of genkan is for the removal of shoes before entering the main part of the house or building.
Cubby, a Logmein public and private cloud storage system; Cubby the Bear, mascot of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Japanese baseball team; Cubby, mascot of the Daytona Tortugas minor league baseball team; Cubby-hole is a small play house for children.
From the verb bokeru 惚ける or 呆ける, which carries the meaning of "senility" or "air headed-ness," and is reflected in a performer's tendency for misinterpretation and forgetfulness. The boke is the "simple-minded" member of an owarai kombi ( "tsukkomi and boke" , or vice versa ) that receives most of the verbal and physical abuse from ...
Presumed dead, Connery’s 007 gets a Japanese makeover that stops the film dead in its tracks. Which is a shame, because otherwise this is pretty kick-ass stuff (from a Roald Dahl script, no less ...
Wasei-eigo (和製英語, meaning "Japanese-made English", from "wasei" (Japanese made) and "eigo" (English), in other words, "English words coined in Japan") are Japanese-language expressions that are based on English words, or on parts of English phrases, but do not exist in standard English, or do not have the meanings that they have in standard English.