Taifū Ikka (台風一過 – Clear Weather after the Storm)
Taifū Ikka 台風一過 The day before yesterday, a super typhoon hit Japan. 一昨日、大きな台風が日本を直撃しました。 However, the sky after the typhoon passed
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Essay
Unlucky Coins Part 2
Unlucky Coins Part 2 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced jūen-dama (十円玉 – “ten-yen coin”) and gohyakuen-dama (五百円玉 – “five-hundred-yen
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Unlucky Coins Part 1
Unlucky Coins Part 1 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced goen-dama (五円玉 – “five-yen coin”) as a popular offertory coin.
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Five-yen Coin
Five-yen Coin 五円玉 Usually, there is saisenbako (賽銭箱) in Japanese shrines and temples. 日本の神社や寺院などには「賽銭箱」が置かれていることがあります。 Saisen (賽銭) means money that is
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En mo Yukari mo Nai (縁もゆかりもない – Complete Stranger)
En mo Yukari mo Nai 縁もゆかりもない When describing that there is no relationship between things or people, you can say
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Ato no Matsuri (後の祭り – Too Late) Part 2
Ato no Matsuri Part 2 後の祭り Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced the Japanese phrase ato no matsuri (後の祭り), which means
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Ato no Matsuri (後の祭り – Too Late) Part 1
Ato no Matsuri Part 1 後の祭り Part 1 I often get into a situation called ato no matsuri (後の祭り). 私はよく「後の祭り」と呼ばれる状況になります。
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Shirokuro Tsukeru (白黒つける – Determining Clearly)
Shirokuro Tsukeru 白黒つける Sometimes you will have a situation where you need to determine whether something is right or wrong,
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Aku wa Nobeyo (悪は延べよ)
Aku wa Nobeyo 悪は延べよ Yesterday, I introduced the proverb zen wa isoge (善は急げ), 昨日は、良いと思うことはすぐに実行すべきであることを意味する「善は急げ」ということわざを紹介しました。 Actually, this proverb has an additional
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