# nihongoism (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover nihongoism. Page: Feed: --- ## [How I Studied Japanese in 1976, Part II](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/how-i-studied-japanese-in-1976-part) _2026-08-02 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ Exactly fifty years ago this July 4, I boarded a plane for my first trip to Japan! ## [Ten Thousand What?](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/ten-thousand-what) _2026-07-13 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ In a recent article on the character 運 (Why does Japanese use the same character for “luck” and “carry”?), I quoted a famous sentence from Dōgen, the thirteenth-century Zen master, in his masterwork Shōbōgenzō (正法眼蔵, “Treasury of the True Dharma Eye”—and hold on to that word “Dharma”): ## [What exactly is ginjo sake?](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/what-exactly-is-ginjo-sake) _2026-06-29 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ Most people who drink sake learn right off the bat that a ginjo (吟醸) or daiginjo (大吟醸) means something exceptional is happening in the bottle. ## [Why does Japanese use the same character for "luck" and "carry"?](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/why-does-japanese-use-the-same-character) _2026-06-14 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ When a Japanese speaker says un ga ii (運がいい), they mean someone is lucky. ## [Hey Bob, how much of this are you just making up anyway?](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/hey-bob-how-much-of-this-are-you) _2026-06-01 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ A deep dive into Japanese historical linguistics and the surprising revelation that Japanese used to have eight vowels instead of five ## [The Japanese Art of Thinking, Part 2](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/the-japanese-art-of-thinking-part) _2026-05-10 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ How kangaeru behaves and what the grammar reveals ## [The Japanese Art of Thinking](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/the-japanese-art-of-thinking) _2026-04-28 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ Part I: The history and archaeology of "kangaeru" ## [Weaving the threads of time](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/weaving-the-threads-of-time) _2026-04-14 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ What do machines and opportunities have to do with each other? ## [The Farmer Planning His Day with the Hoe at His Side](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/the-farmer-planning-his-day-with) _2026-03-22 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ How a farmer’s first act of the day became the Japanese word for “to plan” ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mdcG9RXbWttF) _2026-03-22 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [The pata-pata of little feet](https://nihongoism.substack.com/p/the-pata-pata-of-little-feet) _2026-03-15 · Bob Myers · Nihongoism_ Japanese has an extraordinary vocabulary for things touching and being touched