wh5: Japanese

wh5 = who, what, where, when and why. The five basic questions that are the structure of any story. Explored in "Who says what, where, when and and Why: Context in Conversation." An introduction to Sociolinguistics through Conversation Analysis. wh5 is the blogsite of the book published 2008 by Nanundo-Phoenix, Tokyo.

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Friday, March 6, 2026

March Comes in Like a Lion

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Sakura wonders at the naming of the manga… Hiroshi : Not random, I read that Umino knew the English expression, “March comes in like a lion ...

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Japanese Wins Tour de France

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July on the Champs-Élysées… Hiro : Unbelievable! A Japanese winning the Tour de France! On a Japanese bike! Wataru : Historic! Always been d...

Saturday, May 25, 2024

Animism in an Overgrown Shrine

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A cultural connection… Deirdre : You drop into the shrine pretty often then? Yuki : Yes, well. I go there to toss a five-yen coin into the s...

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Amaterasu Cat

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Trading up a cat… . Mariko: I want a Burmese. Ginger looks too ordinary. . Arisa: Keep the ginger cat. They’re strong and friendl...

Friday, July 5, 2019

Murakami Haruki and back translation

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Back translating? . Franz: One writer I’ve heard of who does that is Murakami Haruki. . Yoko: Yes. He did. That...

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Three Station Announcements

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on the Central Line... Three Hawks, Kitsch George Olive Oil . Announcement: Stopping now at Three Hawks. The doors on the right...

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Barry Natusch: Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay; Still trying each day to have at least one stimulating conversation with someone, help whoever needs it, eat slowly and walk fast... and make sense of events.

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