Derek Moore
@linguabear.bsky.social
Ace/Homoromantic Translator/Interpreter (EN, FR, JA, GA). Have a big love of video games and anime localisation.
Finally is Talos with 吹雪 (ふぶき Fubuki), pronounced Foo-boo-key. Meaning blizzards/snowstorms. Something the gang and I are used to after living in Hokkaido. We used to get up to 6ft (2m) of snow each year 🌨️
We hope you enjoyed this week's kanji. Next week our topic will be Winter animals 🐻❄️
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We hope you enjoyed this week's kanji. Next week our topic will be Winter animals 🐻❄️
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December 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Finally is Talos with 吹雪 (ふぶき Fubuki), pronounced Foo-boo-key. Meaning blizzards/snowstorms. Something the gang and I are used to after living in Hokkaido. We used to get up to 6ft (2m) of snow each year 🌨️
We hope you enjoyed this week's kanji. Next week our topic will be Winter animals 🐻❄️
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We hope you enjoyed this week's kanji. Next week our topic will be Winter animals 🐻❄️
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Orion is next with 雪片 (せっぺん Seppen), pronounced Sep-pen (with a small pause between the two Ps). This is the kanji for snowflake, literally meaning "Snow Piece". Did you know no two snowflakes are the same? ❄️
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December 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Orion is next with 雪片 (せっぺん Seppen), pronounced Sep-pen (with a small pause between the two Ps). This is the kanji for snowflake, literally meaning "Snow Piece". Did you know no two snowflakes are the same? ❄️
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Next up is Grimm with 初雪 (はつゆき Hatsuyuki), pronounced Hah-tsoo-you-key. This refers to the first Snow of the season. The first kanji 初 (はつ Hatsu), means first/start and is a popular one around New Year's (we'll intro some of those words later 😉)
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December 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Next up is Grimm with 初雪 (はつゆき Hatsuyuki), pronounced Hah-tsoo-you-key. This refers to the first Snow of the season. The first kanji 初 (はつ Hatsu), means first/start and is a popular one around New Year's (we'll intro some of those words later 😉)
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To start us off is Waffle with 雪 (ゆき Yuki), pronounced You-key. Plain and simply this means snow and is often the base for many words to do with snow. The top part of the character often shows up in weather kanji like the kanji for cloud (雲 Kumo) ☁️
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December 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
To start us off is Waffle with 雪 (ゆき Yuki), pronounced You-key. Plain and simply this means snow and is often the base for many words to do with snow. The top part of the character often shows up in weather kanji like the kanji for cloud (雲 Kumo) ☁️
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Finally, Sparky chose the icon of the season, 七面鳥 (しちめんちよう Shichimenchou). Read She-chi-men-choh, or turkey. Literally it means "Seven Faced Bird"....being two faced is bad enough... 😮
Hope you enjoyed this week's Kanji selection. As we enter into December we'll delve into more snowy kanji 🌨️
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Hope you enjoyed this week's Kanji selection. As we enter into December we'll delve into more snowy kanji 🌨️
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Finally, Sparky chose the icon of the season, 七面鳥 (しちめんちよう Shichimenchou). Read She-chi-men-choh, or turkey. Literally it means "Seven Faced Bird"....being two faced is bad enough... 😮
Hope you enjoyed this week's Kanji selection. As we enter into December we'll delve into more snowy kanji 🌨️
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Hope you enjoyed this week's Kanji selection. As we enter into December we'll delve into more snowy kanji 🌨️
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Flapjack decided on 収穫 (しゅうかく Shuukaku). Read as Shoe-kah-koo, this refers to the harvest as well as harvesting. It interestingly refers both to a physical harvest of fruit or veg, but also reaping benefits from hard work 💪
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Flapjack decided on 収穫 (しゅうかく Shuukaku). Read as Shoe-kah-koo, this refers to the harvest as well as harvesting. It interestingly refers both to a physical harvest of fruit or veg, but also reaping benefits from hard work 💪
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Gealaí chose another fitting Kanji, 祝い (いわい Iwai). Read as ee-wah-ee, this means a celebration or party. This is the noun form of the verb 祝う (iwau), to celebrate 🎉🥳
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Gealaí chose another fitting Kanji, 祝い (いわい Iwai). Read as ee-wah-ee, this means a celebration or party. This is the noun form of the verb 祝う (iwau), to celebrate 🎉🥳
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To start us off, Púca has picked 感謝 (かんしゃ Kansha), pronounced Kan-shah. This means gratitude, thanks and appreciation. Very appropriate. Thanksgiving can be written in Kanji as 感謝祭, where 祭 (sai) means festival. So literally Gratitude Festival 👍
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
To start us off, Púca has picked 感謝 (かんしゃ Kansha), pronounced Kan-shah. This means gratitude, thanks and appreciation. Very appropriate. Thanksgiving can be written in Kanji as 感謝祭, where 祭 (sai) means festival. So literally Gratitude Festival 👍
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Our final chilly kanji is from Talos, 氷 (こおり Kouri), pronounced Koh-ree meaning ice of all types. Hopefully nobody slips and hurts themselves ⛸️
Thank you for tuning in this week, check in next week when we'll turn from the cold and chill toa warmer topic. Thanksgiving 🦃
See you next week 💜
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Thank you for tuning in this week, check in next week when we'll turn from the cold and chill toa warmer topic. Thanksgiving 🦃
See you next week 💜
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November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Our final chilly kanji is from Talos, 氷 (こおり Kouri), pronounced Koh-ree meaning ice of all types. Hopefully nobody slips and hurts themselves ⛸️
Thank you for tuning in this week, check in next week when we'll turn from the cold and chill toa warmer topic. Thanksgiving 🦃
See you next week 💜
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Thank you for tuning in this week, check in next week when we'll turn from the cold and chill toa warmer topic. Thanksgiving 🦃
See you next week 💜
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Orion decided on 寒波 (かんぱ Kanpa), pronounced Kahn-pah. This refers to the sudden dips in temperature that happen around this time of year. Otherwise known as a cold snap, it literally means "cold wave", with the first character meaning cold, and the second meaning wave (like the ocean) 🌊
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November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Orion decided on 寒波 (かんぱ Kanpa), pronounced Kahn-pah. This refers to the sudden dips in temperature that happen around this time of year. Otherwise known as a cold snap, it literally means "cold wave", with the first character meaning cold, and the second meaning wave (like the ocean) 🌊
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Following that trend, Freya picked 木枯らし (こがらし Kogarashi), pronounced Koh-gah-rah-she. This refers to the chilly winds that are blowing about at this time. Make sure you wrap up well with a nice warm scarf 🧣
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November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Following that trend, Freya picked 木枯らし (こがらし Kogarashi), pronounced Koh-gah-rah-she. This refers to the chilly winds that are blowing about at this time. Make sure you wrap up well with a nice warm scarf 🧣
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Do forgive Theodore and myself. This isn't a kanji, but our favourite phrase from Hokkaido-ben (the Japanese dialect of the northernmost island) where we used to live. しばれる (Shibareru) read She-bah-ray-roo, refers to a biting cold. The kind that would freeze your tail off of you had one 🥶
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November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Do forgive Theodore and myself. This isn't a kanji, but our favourite phrase from Hokkaido-ben (the Japanese dialect of the northernmost island) where we used to live. しばれる (Shibareru) read She-bah-ray-roo, refers to a biting cold. The kind that would freeze your tail off of you had one 🥶
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Finally, Púca decided on 霜 (しも Shimo), pronounced She-moh. This means frost, and in some contexts greying of hair. The gang and I love frosty mornings with a nice cup of tea ☕
Thank you for joining us, come back next week for more chilly Kanji fun 🌨️
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Thank you for joining us, come back next week for more chilly Kanji fun 🌨️
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Finally, Púca decided on 霜 (しも Shimo), pronounced She-moh. This means frost, and in some contexts greying of hair. The gang and I love frosty mornings with a nice cup of tea ☕
Thank you for joining us, come back next week for more chilly Kanji fun 🌨️
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Thank you for joining us, come back next week for more chilly Kanji fun 🌨️
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Grimm decided to go with 風 (かぜ Kaze), pronounced Kah-zay. This means wind or breeze, which we definitely get a lot of here in Ireland. You can also say kaze to mean a cold/flu but you don't use any Kanji for that.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Grimm decided to go with 風 (かぜ Kaze), pronounced Kah-zay. This means wind or breeze, which we definitely get a lot of here in Ireland. You can also say kaze to mean a cold/flu but you don't use any Kanji for that.
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Next up is Gealaí with 霞 (かすみ Kasumi), pronounced Kah-sue-mi, meaning mist. While not restricted to winter, it definitely gets a lot more misty here in Ireland during the winter months. It's also the Japanese name of Misty in the Pokémon anime 🌫️
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Next up is Gealaí with 霞 (かすみ Kasumi), pronounced Kah-sue-mi, meaning mist. While not restricted to winter, it definitely gets a lot more misty here in Ireland during the winter months. It's also the Japanese name of Misty in the Pokémon anime 🌫️
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First up is Waffle with 冬 (ふゆ Fuyu), pronounced Foo-you. This is the name of the season Winter. Funnily, though most countries would say November is a winter month, Japan doesn't traditionally start winter until December ☃️
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
First up is Waffle with 冬 (ふゆ Fuyu), pronounced Foo-you. This is the name of the season Winter. Funnily, though most countries would say November is a winter month, Japan doesn't traditionally start winter until December ☃️
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