Machibouke wo Kuu (待ちぼうけを食う – Chilling Out)
Machibouke wo Kuu 待ちぼうけ食う Now I am doing ‘machibouke wo kuu‘ (待ちぼうけを食う). 私は今、待ちぼうけを食っています。 Since ‘machi‘ (待ち) means “to wait” and
Read More
Learning English and Japanese
For everyone learning English/Japanese
Idiom
Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba, (良く言えば～、悪く言えば～)
Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba, 良く言えば～、悪く言えば～ I introduced you to the Japanese term ‘ishiatama‘ (石頭 – hard head/inflexible) yesterday, and ‘majime‘
Read More
Okame Hachimoku (岡目八目 – Bystander’s Vantage)
Okame Hachimoku 岡目八目 Generally, it is considered that third parties can judge things more correctly than the parties involved. 一般的に、当事者よりも第三者のほうが、物事を正しく判断できると考えられます。
Read More
Nisshin Geppo (日進月歩 – Fast Progressing)
Nisshin Geppo 日進月歩 Information technology, especially security technology, continually progresses day by day. 情報技術、特にセキュリティに関する技術は、日に日に絶えず進歩しています。 When describing such a fact, we
Read More
Gohounen Kudasai (ご放念ください – Please Disregard Something)
Gohounen Kudasai ご放念ください Several days ago, I used the phrase ‘gohounen kudasai‘ (ご放念下さい) when writing an e-mail. 私は先日、メールで「ご放念ください」という表現を使いました。 ‘Go‘ (ご)
Read More
Taikoban wo Osu (太鼓判を押す – Guaranteeing)
Taikoban wo Osu 太鼓判を押す Yesterday, I introduced you to the term ‘machigai-nai‘ (間違いない), which means that there is no doubt
Read More
Shippo wo Dasu (尻尾を出す – Revealing One’s Secret Unintentionally)
Shippo wo Dasu 尻尾を出す The other day I introduced you to the idiom boro ga deru (ぼろが出る), which means to
Read More
Boro ga Deru (ぼろが出る – Letting One’s Fault Reveal Unexpectedly)
Boro ga Deru ぼろが出る Have you ever let your secret faults reveal unexpectedly? 人に見られないよう隠してきた欠点が、不意に出てしまったことはありますか？ Such a situation can be described
Read More
Me ga Nai (目がない – Having a Weakness)
Me ga Nai 目がない When you want to describe that someone is crazy fond of something, you can use the
Read More