The magic hour is a term referring to the twilight period that can be experienced for about several tens of minutes after sunset or before sunrise. During this time, the light... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a translation function so it can be translated into multiple languages. h…

"Never forget your beginner's mind," was the phrase that Ze’ami (c1363~c1443), who perfected Noh, preached as the secret of the (performing) arts. The phrase appears in Kakyo (1402), the first volume of Fushi’kaden (1424), a treatise on the art of Noh... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it h…

The word diet originates from the ancient Greek word "δίαιτα" meaning lifestyle or way of life. Later, it was transferred to the medieval Latin word dieta, meaning daily work or amount of food, and the French word diete meaning food... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a translation fu…

Godzilla is a kaiju. Godzilla is a gigantic creature that spits destructive rays, is unfazed by the barrage of high-tech weaponry, and marches forward while mercilessly destroying even the most sturdy modern urban buildings and infrastructure in its path... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, i…

In period dramas set in the Edo period (1603-1868), the standard job of ronin (aka, masterless samurai) is, above all, reupholstering umbrellas. Many people have probably seen the scene where a ronin brushes glue onto a bamboo frame and... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a translatio…

The word disaster is composed of dis and aster (from medieval Latin dis-astro), and refers to something bad that occurs away from a good star. The word is said to have originated from the ancient astrological belief that an unlucky... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a translation fun…

In'ga-ōh-hō means that good or bad deeds in a previous life or in the past are the cause, and good or bad results are brought about in the present as retribution. The word karma is often used in this... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a translation function so it can be translated in…

A sense of belonging is a fundamental emotion that people have when they seek social connections. It is a structure of consciousness that is the result of a psychological process in which people internalize the goals, value system, and role... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a transl…

Mysterious phenomena are a general term for phenomena that cannot be explained by modern scientific knowledge or are scientifically irrational, including psychic phenomena, fortune telling, UFOs, and paranormal powers. Mysterious phenomena are also called supernatural phenomena, paranormal phenomena, the occult,... Support the show This show is bro…

Oases are places where water miraculously springs up and greenery spreads across the vast, dry desert, which is a harsh environment for any living thing. Just the arrangement of the letters, the sound and resonance of the word “ou-éi-si-s" somehow... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a…

Sakoku (locked or closed country) refers to the isolationist policy implemented during the reign of the third Tokugawa Shogunate shogun, Iemitsu (1604~1651), in the Edo period (1603~1868), which restricted Japanese travel abroad and the arrival of foreign ships... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my web…

Many people may know it from Yakuza movies, but in scenes where rival factions kill each other during a conflict, "killing" is expressed as " Tama wo toru.” Tama is Tamashii, so it means "to take away one's soul.” The... Support the show This show is brought to you by Rough Time Diary. Please visit my website, it has a translation function so it ca…