Money grows on the tree of persistence
I came across this Japanese proverb. I wanted to see it in Japanese and was surprised at the conciseness of the characters.
There comes a time when you have to make your language learning interactive.
English Idioms Target 1000 5th Edition has English idioms usage in Japanese. preview
英熟語ターゲット1000 ５訂版 book
diffuse benefits and concentrated costs
how to make economic development more inclusive
housing crisis - not wealth building for all - if leverage used as tool
first dollars or first rupees towards education - Indra Nooyi
I learned about ekiben today. Stories read
Stories recommended
衣食住 = いしょくじゅう is roti, kapda, makaan -- tortilla, clothes and house
It might seem like a rookie mistake, when you see an executive, who has been a CFO earlier to order more supplies, when there is lot of inventory. With little knowledge thats a no-no but remember any midpoint looks the same going up or going down.
There must be the behavior component or the ostrich burying its head in the sand, to not see whats going on or assume that the burning platform can still be saved. The speed at which things change or the interconnectedness of things (some Unintended consequences), that have been not considered might not leave much leeway.
"Which means you’ve got to anticipate what’s going to happen based on all the trends. You’ve got to look at the trends constantly, you know, read lots of signals." - Indra Nooyi.
Have a future back strategy and anticipate what going wrong might look like and steer ship.
and Direct Indexing - tax flexibility
One tiem transfer of IRA to HSA.
While teaching kids Telugu yesterday, I was reminded how Telugu has vatthulu for the different secondary consonant sounds aka Glottal stop for each of the consonant while Japan has just the small tsu in Japanese.
Japanese has many counters.
This book shows related words, which will grow your muscle of trying to connect more with the roots of the words.
The other day someone who learned Arabic as a child. was asked if he remembered the word for "no exit" , I wondered why that special word. Next day, while dropping the kid at an event, at a construction site near by, I saw the
No Exit Sin Silada sign.
Then it made sense.
no entry
no exit
入場禁止
退場禁止
Nyūjō kinshi
taijō kinshi
Especially important signs, when you are driving.
mamnue aldukhul
mamnue alkhuruj
Now able to pick some of the onyumi and kunyumi from he book.
If you are driving a point and have to repeat it, show it differently - eg
Those employees would need to work for 3,769 years to earn what Nabi received in one
