Author: Toru

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Bon Holidays: Day 1 (August 14th)

08/14/201908/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments amusement park, Bon holiday, Chiba, Disneyland, holiday, locate, Tokyo, visitor

Bon Holidays: Day 1 (August 13th) お盆休み　一日目（8月14日） During this period in Japan, many Japanese people are on Bon Holidays. この時期、日本はお盆休みです。

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Ichiban Saisho/Ichiban Saigo (一番最初/一番最後 – First/Last)

08/13/201908/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments conversation, daily conversation, document, edge, final, first, formal, last, most, point, redundant

Ichiban Saisho/Ichiban Saigo 一番最初/一番最後 I often hear and say the phrases, ichiban saisho (一番最初) and ichiban saigo (一番最後) in daily

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Amamoyō (雨模様 – Threatening Sky)

08/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments afternoon, drizzle, morning, pattern, rain, rainy, sky, threatening, weather

Amamoyō 雨模様 It was not amamoyō (雨模様) this morning, but it started to rain in the afternoon. 今朝は「雨模様」ではありませんでしたが、昼過ぎには雨が降ってきました。 Ama/ame (雨)

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Petto Botoru (ペットボトル – Plastic Bottles)

08/12/201908/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments acute, bottle, consumption, garbage, misunderstand, PET, plastic, plastic bottle, polyethylene terephthalate

Petto Botoru ペットボトル Plastic bottles are called petto botoru (ペットボトル) in Japanese. “Plastic bottle” のことを日本では「ペットボトル」と言います。 Petto botoru can be written

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Open Campus

08/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments bus, cafeteria, campus, college, disclose, explanation, facility, hold, information, laboratory, lecture, open, open campus, provide, rally, stamp, tour, university, vocational school

Open Campus オープンキャンパス Today, an event called “Open Campus” was held at my university. 今日私の大学では「オープンキャンパス」と呼ばれるイベントが催されました。 “Open Campus” is an event

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Shikō Sakugo (試行錯誤 – Trial and Error)

08/10/201908/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments error, four-character idiom, mistake, problem, solve, trial, trial and error, try

Shikō Sakugo 試行錯誤 I like a kind of methods for solving problems, shikō sakugo (試行錯誤). 私は、問題解決の基本的な手法である「試行錯誤」が好きです。 Shikō (試行) means “to

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Shunjun (逡巡 – Flinching)

08/09/2019 Toru 0 Comments do, flinch, hesitant, hesitate, move around, shy away, unit

Shunjun 逡巡 To flinch or hesitate can be described as shunjun (逡巡) in Japanese. 尻込みしたり、ぐずぐずしたりすることを、日本語で「逡巡」と言います。 Shince shun (逡) means “to

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Nekomatagi (ねこまたぎ – Bad Fish/Fish Bone)

08/08/201908/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments bad fish, bone, cat, eat, fish, pass by, region, step over

Nekomatagi ねこまたぎ Today, I learned the Japanese expression, nekomatagi (ねこまたぎ). 今日は「ねこまたぎ」という表現を知りました。 Since neko (ねこ/猫) means “cat” and matagi (またぎ) means

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Gyokuseki Konkō (玉石混淆 – Mixture of Wheat and Chaff)

08/07/2019 Toru 0 Comments chaff, fake, four-character idiom, genuine, inferior, jewel, mix, mixture, stone, superior, wheat, worth, worthless

Gyokuseki Konkō 玉石混淆 A state that superior things and inferior things are mixed is described as gyokuseki konkō (玉石混淆). 優れたものと劣ったものが入り混じっている状態のことを、「玉石混淆」と言います。

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