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Hanmen Kyōshi (反面教師 – A Negative Exemplar)

09/28/201909/30/2019 Toru 0 Comments four-character idiom, Mao Zedong, negative exemplar, other side, reflection, speech, teacher

Hanmen Kyōshi 反面教師 There are many people and things that can be described as hanmen kyōshi (反面教師) in the world.

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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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Dowasure (ど忘れ – Lapse of Memory)

03/28/2019 Toru 0 Comments buy, Chinese story, come up with, degree, dimension, forget, lapse, lapse of memory, measure, memory, shoes

Dowasure ど忘れ I often do ‘dowasure‘ (ど忘れ). 私はしばしば「ど忘れ」をします。 ‘Dowasure’ means that you suddenly forget something you know well and simply

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Chinese New Year

02/04/2019 Toru 0 Comments boiled pot sticker, China, Chinese, Chinese New Year, eve, full, holiday, Korea, lunar, Lunar New Year, Malaysia, party, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam

Chinese New Year 旧正月 Today is the eve of Chinese New Year. 今日は旧正月の大晦日です。 Chinese (Lunar) New Year is celebrated in

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Doro no You ni Nemuru (泥のように眠る – Sleeping like a Log)

01/29/2019 Toru 0 Comments ancient Chinese stories, asleep, awake, creature, deep sleep, imaginary creature, marine, mud, sea, sleep

Doro no You ni Nemuru 泥のように眠る I will ‘doro no you ni nemuru‘ (泥のように眠る) tonight. 私は今晩、「泥のように眠る」と思います。 ‘Do ro no you

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Hokusoemu (ほくそ笑む – Smiling Inwardly)

01/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments ancient Chinese stories, inwardly, North, old man, smile, smile inwardly

Hokusoemu ほくそ笑む Have you ever smiled inwardly as a result of something going well as expected? 何かがうまくいき、一人ひそかに笑ったことはありますか？ Such an act

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Kou Itten (紅一点 – The Only Woman in a Group)

11/11/2018 Toru 0 Comments bloom, crimson, different, female, girl, group, male, men, one, point, red, woman

Kou Itten 紅一点 A group I know is composed of about twenty men and one woman. 私が知るあるグループは、男性20人と女性1人で構成されています。 When a woman

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Tama ni Kizu (玉に瑕 – Even the Sun Has Spots)

10/20/2018 Toru 0 Comments beautiful, fault, jewelry, perfect, scar, scratch, shortcoming, spot, sun

Tama ni Kizu 玉に瑕 Is there a perfect person or thing around you? あなたの周りには、完璧な人や、完全なものがありますか？ I think that most people and

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Akuji Senri wo Hashiru (悪事千里を走る – Bad News has Wings)

09/02/2018 Toru 0 Comments bad, bad news, evil, ill, length, run, spread, thing, thousand

Akuji Senri wo Hashiru 悪事千里を走る If you do bad things, the rumor will spread rapidly. 悪いことをしたとき、その噂というものは、すぐに広まってしまうものです。 To express such a

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