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Essay History Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected 

Uhauha (うはうは – Exhilarated)

09/10/2019 Toru 0 Comments broadcast, commercial, curry, delicious, excited, exhilarated, happy, inexpensive, line, make, TV, wife

Uhauha うはうは When describing that someone is so happy and so excited, you can use the Japanese onomatopoeia uhauha (うはうは).

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Karuizawa Part 2

08/29/2019 Toru 0 Comments bullet train, church, develop, foreigner, hotel, Karuizawa, Shinkansen, summer resort, villa, Western hotel

Karuizawa Part 2 軽井沢 Part 2 This entry continues from yesterday’s one. この投稿は、昨日の投稿の続きです。 At almost the same time when Alexander

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Karuizawa Part 1

08/27/2019 Toru 0 Comments Anglican, Canadian, cool, flourish, heat, hometown, Karuizawa, missionary, place, post station, summer, summer resort, Toronto, transportation

Karuizawa Part 1 軽井沢 Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term hishochi (避暑地), which means cool places where

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Ibitsu (いびつ – Distorted)

08/18/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments awkward, container, cooked rice, distorted, ellipse, mind, property, rice, shape, state, twister mind

Ibitsu いびつ A distorted or awkward shape is described as ibitsu (いびつ/歪) in Japanese. 形がゆがんでいることを、「いびつ（歪）」と言います。 Ibitsu comes from iibitsu (飯櫃),

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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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Jinkō Chinō (人工知能 – Artificial Intelligence)

07/25/2019 Toru 0 Comments ability, academic conference, AI, artificial, artificial intelligence, boom, human, intelligence, knowledge, man-made, people

Jinkō Chinō 人工知能 Jinkō chinō (人工知能) is one of the major themes of the academic conference I am participating in.

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Ikasama (イカサマ – Cheating/Fraud)

07/19/201907/20/2019 Toru 0 Comments cheat, cheating, fraud, fraudulent practice, gambling, gimmick, how, magic, sure, trick, true

Ikasama イカサマ Cheating in gambling and a fraudulent practice are called ikasama (イカサマ) in Japanese. 賭博における不正行為や、詐欺的行為のことを「イカサマ」と言います。 Ikasama can be written

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Poketto Beru (ポケットベル – Pager/Beeper) Part 2

07/09/201907/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments alphabet, beeper, decline, digit, disaster, disaster prevention, katakana, message, pager, radio wave, telecommunication, wireless

Poketto Beru Part 2 ポケットベル Part 2 In my post yesterday, I wrote that poketto beru (ポケットベル – “pager/beeper”) has

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Chō-dokyū (超弩級 – Extraordinary)

07/01/2019 Toru 0 Comments battleship, British, degree, Dreadnought, huge, powerful, ship, super

Chō-dokyū 超弩級 When expressing that something is extraordinarily huge, we sometimes say chō-dokyū (超弩級 or 超ド級) in Japanese. 何かが桁外れに大きいことを、「超弩級」（または「超ド級」）と言うことがあります。 Chō

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