A couple of notes for this episode :- 大福 (daifuku) is a Japanese confection consisting of a small round mochi stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly sweetened red bean paste. 豆大福 (mame daifuku) is a variation where soybeans or red beans are mixed in with the mochi. 千切り (sen-giri) literally means “a thousand cuts”. This …
A couple of Japanese proverbs were mentioned in this ep :- 縁の下の力持ち (en no shita no chikara mochi), literally “someone that supports the entire house from under the floor”. This is someone who works in the background, people who do great deeds but get little recognition, people who do thankless jobs or simply unsung heroes. …
I will be working on “Rental nan mo shinai hito” as my Spring 2020 project. This SOL drama wasn’t on my radar initially, but I chanced upon the first episode and really enjoyed it! Synopsis (from jdramas.wordpress.com): Moriyama Shota (Masuda Takahisa) starts a service offering himself for rent, “Anything you might need a single person …