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WotD: Nifty
A corkscrew is nifty.
So is a smartphone, and even idioms and expressions are nifty.
That’s why I added a section named Nifty Little Expressions to the feedback sheets I create for students after each lesson.
I put excellent sentences or phrases that are useful and practical.
With an idiom or expression, we can convey a complex concept or idea with only a few words.
Nifty things are useful, cool and practical. Japan has all kinds of useful, cool and practical items.
It’s one of the reasons why people love ¥100 stores; they’re chock-a-block full of neat little doodads and whatchamacallits.
The next time you see something such as a cool gadget or kitchen utensil, you can say, “Wow! That’s (insert today’s Word of the Day)!”
It’s also another reason you should be reading my blog daily and signing up for the Tuesday & Wednesday emails as well.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 67.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.