Idiom – Learning English and Japanese

Torihada (鳥肌 – Goose Bumps)

08/23/2019 Toru 0 Comments bird, bump, cold, discomfort, fear, feather, goose, goose bumps, phenomenon, rise, skin

Torihada 鳥肌 A phenomenon that a lot of fine bumps appear on a person’s skin due to cold, fear, or

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Tsuke ga Mawaru (付けが回る – Deserving Thoughtless Behavior)

08/17/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments action, behavior, bill, Bon holiday, come around, deserve, holiday, horrible, pile up, situation, thoughtless, work

Tsuke ga Mawaru 付けが回る I have enjoyed Bon holidays and hardly worked for the last few days. 私はここ数日、長期休暇を満喫し、ほとんど仕事をしませんでした。 As a

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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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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。