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Tough Love
Sometimes we need to show tough love to bring out the best in others. Here's a story about how I showed tough love to one of my translators
Jason Khoh
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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Word of the Week for #worldphotographyday
Let's learn some words in Japanese related to #worldphotographyday
Jason Khoh
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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Beautiful reframes in Japanese - arigato
What words and phrases do you use in your daily lives that spark joy within? Read on to find out a beautiful way to use the word 'arigato'
Jason Khoh
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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The Art of Business Cards
We're love the way our new business cards look and feel! Find out about the thinking process behind our hand-stamped and hand-made cards
Jason Khoh
Aug 17, 20222 min read
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#InternationalBeerDay
Our word of the week pays tribute to one of the world's most popular alcoholic beverages, especially for men
Jason Khoh
Aug 5, 20221 min read
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Spitz - Polar Bear (English lyrics)
Have you ever loved a song so much that you just had to translate the lyrics into your mother tongue?
Jason Khoh
Jul 27, 20221 min read
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Customer Feedback - Matty Hill
Much appreciation for the generous feedback from drifter Matty Hill, who has competed in Formula Drift, D1 New Zealand, and many other...
Jason Khoh
Nov 11, 20211 min read
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Eleven cats by Noboru Baba
Eleven cats by Noboru Baba
Jason Khoh
Oct 30, 20211 min read
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Are you full of beans?
It’s Sports Day (体育の日; taiiku no hi) in Japan today. So I thought it would be fitting to share a four-character idiom in Japanese (四字熟語;...
Jason Khoh
Oct 11, 20211 min read
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Day 47: Tokyo Prefecture
The last day of our virtual pub quiz takes us to Japan’s largest and most famous prefecture: Tokyo.
Jason Khoh
Jul 14, 20201 min read
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Day 46: Kanagawa Prefecture
The second-last day of our virtual journey around all the prefectures of Japan has us back in Kanto to visit Kanagawa.
Jason Khoh
Jul 13, 20201 min read
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Day 45: Osaka Prefecture
The last day of week 9 has us visiting the largest prefecture of the Kansai region: Osaka. Its capital also goes by the same name.
Jason Khoh
Jul 10, 20201 min read
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Day 44: Aichi Prefecture
Day 44 has us back in the Chubu region of Japan as we pay a visit to Aichi. Its capital is Nagoya.
Jason Khoh
Jul 9, 20201 min read
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Day 43: Saitama Prefecture
Day 43 keeps us in the Kanto region of Japan as we visit Chiba’s landlocked neighbour: Saitama Prefecture.
Jason Khoh
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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Day 42: Chiba Prefecture
Day 42 has us back in the Kanto region to visit Chiba. Its capital also goes by the same name.
Jason Khoh
Jul 7, 20201 min read
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Day 41: Hyogo Prefecture
On the second-last week we head back to the Kansai region of Japan to visit Hyogo. Its capital is Kobe.
Jason Khoh
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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Day 40: Hokkaido Prefecture
The last day of week 8 has us visiting the northernmost prefecture of Japan: Hokkaido.
Jason Khoh
Jul 3, 20201 min read
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Day 39: Fukuoka Prefecture
Day 39 has us back in the island of Kyushu to visit Fukuoka.
Jason Khoh
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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Day 38: Shizuoka Prefecture
Day 38 has us back in the Chubu region of Japan to visit the prefecture of Shizuoka. Its capital also goes by the same name.
Jason Khoh
Jul 1, 20202 min read
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Day 37: Ibaraki Prefecture
Day 37 has us back in the Kanto region of Japan to visit Ibaraki. Its capital is Mito and the prefecture faces the Pacific Ocean.
Jason Khoh
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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Day 36: Hiroshima Prefecture
The start of week 8 has us back in the Chugoku region of Japan to visit Hiroshima prefecture. Its capital also goes by the same name.
Jason Khoh
Jun 29, 20202 min read
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Day 35: Kyoto Prefecture
The last day of week 7 has us back in the Kansai region to visit Kyoto prefecture. Its capital also goes by the same name.
Jason Khoh
Jun 26, 20201 min read
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Day 34: Miyagi Prefecture
We head up to the Tohoku region of Japan to visit the Pacific-Ocean facing prefecture of Miyagi.
Jason Khoh
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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Day 33: Niigata Prefecture
For the third day in a row we stay in the Chubu region of Japan to visit Niigata Prefecture, which faces the Sea of Japan.
Jason Khoh
Jun 24, 20201 min read
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