Uchikura & Co Blog
2026-10-02
Momotaro: A Children’s Story with a Legendary Connection Momotaro, or “Peach Boy,” is one of Japan’s best-known children’s stories. An elderly woman finds a giant peach floating down a river. When ...
2026-10-01
Yubikiri (指切り) Yubikiri is a Japanese promise made by hooking the little fingers of two people together. Children often use it to show that they truly intend to keep their word. The word literall...
2026-10-01
PSPINC to Offer PassWizard Free to Hosting Customers Starting October 5, PSPINC will make PassWizard, its password management system, available at no cost to customers using Dreamersi Web & Email Hos...
2026-10-01
In Japanese, We “Listen” to the Taste Japanese has an interesting way to describe tasting food: 「味を聞く」. The verb 聞く usually means “to listen” or “to ask,” but in this expression, it means to taste ...
2026-10-01
Mabushii: When a Person Shines Like the Sun In Japanese, we use the word mabushii (眩しい) when sunlight is so bright that we have to narrow our eyes. But we also use the same word to describe people. ...
2026-09-30
A Nap in a Warm Patch of Sunshine In Japanese, a daytime nap is called 昼寝（ひるね、hirune）. Imagine taking one in a 暖かい陽だまり（あたたかいひだまり）—a warm patch of sunlight streaming through a window. The sun falls ...
2026-09-30
You Can Never Take Back Spoken Words In Japan, there’s a saying that once you’ve said something, you can’t take them back. Even if you apologize or clarify your meaning later, you can never return to ...
2026-09-30
Nothing Is More Expensive Than Something Free There is a Japanese saying: “Tada hodo takai mono wa nai” (ただほど高いものはない). It means, “Nothing is more expensive than something free.” That may sound stra...
2026-09-30
作法 Sahō: More Than Manners, Less Than Law In Japanese, 作法 (sahō) means the proper way of doing something. It is often translated as “etiquette” or “manners,” but I think it represents something deepe...
2026-09-29
Nagomu: To Feel at Ease The Japanese verb 和む (nagomu) describes the way tension softens and the heart becomes calm. It can mean to feel at ease, to be soothed, or to feel relaxed, depending on the si...