Words. Schools are swimming in them. Children are swimming in them too, and potentially drowning in them. A recent Education Week article discussed the need for students to “learn more words,” stating ...

The farewell phrase, お疲れさまです (o-tsukare-sama-desu; “Thank you for your hard work”), is typically used at the end of the business day. While o and desu are functional words, tsukare means “tired,” and ...