Senrihin (戦利品 – Spoils of Battle)
Senrihin 戦利品 At the end of this year, I went to a huge crane game specialty store and acquired various
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Month: December 2023
Ryū Ryū Shinku (粒粒辛苦 – Toil and Moil)
Ryū Ryū Shinku 粒粒辛苦 The four-character idiom ryū ryū shinku (粒粒辛苦) is sometimes used to describe the accumulation of small
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I no Ichiban (いの一番 – The Very First)
I no Ichiban いの一番 The Japanese phrase i no ichiban (いの一番) is sometimes used to describe that something is first
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Nōkin (脳筋 – Meathead)
Nōkin 脳筋 I sometimes become a state called nōkin (脳筋) while playing various games. 私はときどき、ゲームをプレイ中に「脳筋」になります。 Nōkin is an Internet slang
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Egosa (エゴサ – Egosurfing)
Egosa エゴサ Have you ever done egosa (エゴサ) on the Internet? あなたはインターネットで「エゴサ」をしたことがありますか？ Egosa is short for egosāchi (エゴサーチ), which refers
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Bōtto Suru (ぼーっとする – “Spacing Out”)
Bōtto Suru ぼーっとする Recently, I have been finding myself in a state referred to as bōtto suru (ぼーっとする) a lot.
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Heijō Unten (平常運転 – As Usual)
Heijō Unten 平常運転 Today is Christmas, but I have no special plans besides work; in other words, it is heijō
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Nengajō (年賀状 – New Year’s Greeting Card): Part 2
Nengajō: Part 2 年賀状 Part 2 On the nengajō (年賀状 – “New Year’s greeting card”), the zodiac animal of the
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Nengajō (年賀状 – New Year’s Greeting Card): Part 1
Nengajō: Part 1 年賀状 Part 1 Today, I wrote nengajō (年賀状). 私は今日、年賀状を書きました。 Nengajō is a traditional Japanese greeting card for
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