Tag: The Japan Times

  • Eco-friendly eating with a healthy helping of Japanese

    Eco-friendly eating with a healthy helping of Japanese

    From plastic free to zero waste, there are a lot of buzzwords around eco-friendly eating habits. Thankfully, a lot of them are just English loanwords in Japanese, but in this article I explore some other ways to kickstart the conversation too: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/08/10/language/japanese-vocabulary-for-sustainable-eating-restaurants/

  • Frugal phrases: Finding money-saving tips in Japanese

    Frugal phrases: Finding money-saving tips in Japanese

    I think learning to be smart with your money in another country almost feels like starting from scratch. For example, the ingredients I might have fallen on as cheap go-tos in the UK can end up being the most expensive items in Japan! So it can be useful to talk about it in Japanese and…