https://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/filipino-terms-of-endearment
Filipino Terms of Endearment. Myles A. Garcia. During special holidays, one becomes mindful of how lucky we are as Filipinos for being reverential toward old age and our elders. It is part of our Asian roots to pay homage and respect to elders in their golden years on the planet. "Mano po," a uniquely Filipino tradition and possibly a dying

https://www.philstar.com/readers-corner/2008/03/08/48853/terms-filipino-endearment
Being abroad means being away from one's own family. But the fact that Filipinos everywhere use terms of endearment to call each other and treat non-family as family in the process, means that

https://learnakan.com/akan-alphabet/
Ww. Yy. The two letters in red are the only ones that you'll find in Akan but not in English. Likewise, The Akan alphabet does not have the letters j, q, v, x and z that you find in the English alphabet. Just like the English alphabet, we can group the letters of the Akan alphabet into two sets (the consonants and the vowels) as shown in the

https://yumemipi.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/oshi-terms-101-a-guide/
Oshi's around the net usually put an intro (its like a "carrd") on their SNS's where you'll get to know more about them! They usually have these symbols to indicate what's OK and not OK! - Very OK, Approves. - OK, Supports, Yes. - Partially OK (between and X) X - Absolutely not allowed, Prohibited.

https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/pages/the-50-most-important-akan-proverbs/
This proverb is similar to the English one that says "two heads are better than one.". The Adinkra symbol Kuronti ne Akwamu admonishes the involvement of the various arms of the state in decision-making because "Ti koro nko agyina," to wit, "One person does not constitute a council.". 4.

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Using-Filipino-Affixes-Makaka-Nakaka-and-Naka
Example 1: Nakakakanta and Nakakapunta. Let's continue with the example of your friend who's hoping to one day travel the world. Imagine that you haven't heard from this friend for a few years. As the two of you catch up, your friend says they're now doing well financially and adds, "I can now travel the world."

https://www.tagaloglang.com/filipino-family-terms-from-chinese/
Filipino Family Terms from Chinese. These are family terms that Filipinos use that are from Hokkien Chinese. ate = appellation for eldest sister. from a ci ("a" is a prefix for relationships; "ci" means older sister) ditse = appellation for second eldest sister. from di ci ("di" means second and "ci" means older sister)

https://www.8asians.com/2018/06/20/filipino-kinship-terms-and-their-confusing-translation-into-english/
Number One Son has a "nephew" who is also a college student in Boston. When I mentioned this to my brother, he couldn't understand how Number One Son could be the "uncle" of someone who is the same age and who is neither his son nor the son of The Wife's siblings. I told him "uncle" is the English

https://www.italki.com/en/post/question-128703
Hi Gary, 1) KONG is a conjugated form of two Tagalog words KO and NA KO translates to I or MY NA could be WHICH/ THAT (a word that that connects a noun with an a description or object) Example Formal: Ang alaga ko na aso. (My pet dog) Conversational: Ang alaga kong aso.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/possessive-apostrophe/
Possessive apostrophes are apostrophes (') used with the letter s at the end of a noun to show ownership over or a close connection with another noun. For example, if you were talking about the tail of your cat, you can add a possessive apostrophe and an s as punctuation to show which noun is the owner. My cat's tail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_profanity
A vagina or woman. 새끼 ; saekki: Noun. A noun used to derogatorily refer to any general person. The word, when not used as a profanity, is used to describe a young of an animal. 씨발 ; ssibal: Adjective (similar to " fucking ") or interjection ("fuck!").

https://www.japanpowered.com/japan-culture/chan-kun-senpai-japanese-honorifics
These are called honorifics. They are roughly the same as our own Mister, Miss, Madam, and Sir. Although for the Japanese they tell a lot more about the relationships between people. Honorifics are gender neutral, but some are used more for one gender than the other. Kun, for example, is used more for males while chan is for females.

https://savvytokyo.com/ikigai-japanese-concept-finding-purpose-life/
Enter ikigai, the age-old Japanese ideology that's long been associated with the nation's long life expectancy. A combination of the Japanese words "iki" (生き), which translates to "life," and "gai" (甲斐), which is used to describe value or worth, ikigai is all about finding joy in life through purpose. In other words

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_(character)
A papercut showing the character 福; fú written in 100 different ways (11 × 9, plus 1). The Chinese character fu (福; fú ⓘ), meaning 'fortune' or 'good luck' is represented both as a Chinese ideograph and, at times, pictorially, in one of its homophonous forms. It is often found on a figurine of the male god of the same name, one of the trio of "star gods" Fú, Lù, and Shòu.

https://www.linguajunkie.com/japanese/ai-koi-japanese-meaning
2) Koi. 恋 (こい) Koi. Love (falling in love) Koi is the initial feeling of love you feel when falling in love. Once you establish the relationship, most people would switch to the stronger word for love or ai. It can also have a meaning of longing for something or someone.

https://learnthaiinsingapore.com/what-do-krub-and-ka-mean-in-thai/
The exact meaning of "krub" and "ka" cannot be translated in English. It is simply an ending particle used in 90% of your spoken Thai sentences to make them more polite. For example, if you need to apologise, you should always say "khor thoot ka/krub" (khor thoot = sorry). You will come across as rude if you simply say "khor thoot".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manananggal
Mythology. The word manananggal comes from the Tagalog word tanggal, which means "to remove" or "to separate", which literally translates as "remover" or "separator".In this case, "one who separates itself". The name also originates from an expression used for a severed torso. The manananggal is described as scary, often hideous, usually depicted as female, and always capable of severing its

https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/yojijukugo-idioms/
Four kanji. Meanings of the individual kanji don't really have much to do with the idiom on a whole. Probably comes from some story - in fact, if you don't know the story it's hard or impossible to derive their meaning. While there are other types of idioms in Japanese, idioms like that follow the above pattern are known as yojijukugo

https://cotoacademy.com/how-to-use-japanese-word-%E3%81%8B%E3%81%A3%E3%81%93%E3%81%84%E3%81%84-kakkoii-handsome-cool-in-japanese/
Well, today we shall cover just that through using the Japanese word かっこいい (Kakkoii)! The word in itself is comprised of 2 parts: 1. 格好（かっこう）- Read as Kakkou. 2. いい - Read as Ii. The former refers to the "Appearance" of someone or something whereas the latter is an adjective used to describe something as

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sum
The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy. He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. It later appeared in Latin in his Principles of Philosophy, and a similar phrase also

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-paradox-1691563
Paradox in English Grammar. Definition and Examples. An example of a paradox is "Waking is dreaming". A paradox is a figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself. This type of statement can be described as paradoxical. A compressed paradox comprised of just a few words is called an oxymoron.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turtle_and_the_Monkey
A sample of Rizal's illustration of The Monkey and The Turtle. The Turtle and the Monkey ( Tagalog: Ang Pagong at ang Matsing or Si Pagong at si Matsing) also known as The Monkey and the Turtle is a Philippine fable. It involves the tortoise outwitting a monkey over a banana tree. The story was popularized by Jose Rizal, who made a publication

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baka_(Japanese_word)
Baka ( 馬鹿, ばか in hiragana, or バカ in katakana) means "fool", or (as an adjectival noun) "foolish" and is the most frequently used pejorative term in the Japanese language. [1] The word baka has a long history, an uncertain etymology (possibly from Sanskrit or Classical Chinese ), and linguistic complexities.