Browsing the blog archivesfor the day Friday, September 30th, 2011

To Spread As Far As It Reaches

tō As soon as you arrive at any airport in Japan, you will see a sign saying tōchaku, which means arrival. The chaku of tōchaku means “to arrive.”  Look at the left-part of the character. It looks like itaru. When using the word itaru, some writers use today’s character. However, the reading is not basic. [...]