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# Language

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Language & culture

If you agree to meet “shiasatte,” will you arrive on the same day?

You hear the same Japanese word, yet mark different days on your calendars. Dialect records help reveal a misunderstanding hidden inside an apparently clear arrangement.

Text: ~4 min · 2026.11.06Revisit the sources ↗

Language & culture

Books that open to the right or left: the difference goes beyond the letters

Why is a book’s spine sometimes on the right and sometimes on the left? Follow the direction of the characters, the next line, and the next page, and the book’s shape connects to the order in which you read it.

Text: ~5 min · 2026.11.06Revisit the sources ↗