Body Fat Percentage of Pigs
Obese people are sometimes referred as “豚(buta, which means pig)” in Japan. 豚の体脂肪率 (I have no idea whether such a
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Learning English and Japanese
For everyone learning English/Japanese
Idiom
First Dream of the Year
First Dream of the Year is called Hatsuyume in Japan. 初夢 Japanese people often forecast the year’s fortune from the
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Boring things (Tsumaranai mono)
Boring things つまらないもの There is a Japanese traditional expression “tsumaranai mono desuga (which means something like ‘this is a boring
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The Diameter of Holes in CDs
The diameter of holes in CDs is perfectly 15 mm. CD の穴の直径 This length is the same as the seven
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Japanese Numeral
In Japanese, when we count something like “one, two, three,…,” we usually say: 日本語の数詞 “ichi, ni, san, shi(yon), go, roku,
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Kachin to kuru” and “Kochin to kuru
There is the Japanese phrase “kachin to kuru,” which expresses anger. 「かちんとくる」と「こちんとくる」 “Kachin” is a hitting sound of hard things.
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The Meaning of Aka (Red)
The Meaning of Aka 日本語の「赤」の意味 The Japanese word “aka (red) ” has various meanings. 赤という言葉は、様々な意味で使われることがあります。 For example, aka includes meanings
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Ichi-moku Oku
Today, I’d like to explain the phrase “ichi-moku oku (place one stone),” derived from the board game called Go. 一目置く
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Suspicious Individual
Yesterday my physical condition was bad, so I slept after I went shopping and ate lunch. 不審者 Then the intercom
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