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Culture Essay Etymology History Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jun 18, 2017Jan 03, 2024 dictionary, emphasize, identity, Japanese, meaning, orekireki, polite prefix, reki, status, succession

Orekireki (お歴々)

Orekireki お歴々 Even though I am Japanese, I sometimes come across Japanese words I don’t know when referring a dictionary. Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Toru Jun 17, 2017Jan 03, 2024 action, adverb, curiously, eyeballs, gyoro gyoro, keenly, kyoro kyoro, noun, onomatopoeia, surroundings

Kyoro kyoro (きょろきょろ)

Kyoro kyoro きょろきょろ Have you ever gazed your surroundings with no cease, while turning to the right and the left Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Toru Jun 16, 2017Jan 03, 2024 conversation, emotion, expression, giongo, giseigo, gitaigo, Japanese, language, onomatopoeia, sound

Giongo and Gitaigo (Onomatopoeia)

Giongo and Gitaigo 擬音語と擬態語 Up to now, I introduced several times about Japanese giongo (擬音語) / giseigo (擬声語) and gitaigo Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jun 15, 2017Jan 03, 2024 horse, jaja uma, metaphor, noisy, onomatopoeia, otenba, spirited girl, spoiled, wayward, woman

Jaja Uma (じゃじゃ馬 – Shrew)

Jaja Uma じゃじゃ馬 In yesterday’s post, I introduced the word “otenba,” which means a spirited girl. 昨日の投稿で、活発な女の子を意味する「おてんば」という言葉を紹介しました。 Actually, there is Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jun 13, 2017Jan 03, 2024 brew, imitate, Japanese, mane, mohou, niban senji, pakuri, second, terms, thin

Niban Senji

There are several Japanese terms that mean to imitate something, such as “mane,” “mohou,” or “pakuri.” 二番煎じ However, if you Read More

Culture Essay Etymology History Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Toru Jun 12, 2017Jan 03, 2024 adverb, deep sleep, Edo period, etymology, good sleep, gussuri, Japanese, nemuru, onomatopoeia, sukkari

Gussuri (Having a Good Night’s Sleep)

There is the Japanese adverb “gussuri” (ぐっすり), which implies being deep asleep. ぐっすり Actually, a Japanese TV show introduced that Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jun 10, 2017Jan 03, 2024 absence, behavior, composition, existence, home, irusu, Japanese, noun, pretend, word

Irusu

Have you ever been pretended to be out even though you are actually at home. 居留守 In Japanese, such behavior Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jun 09, 2017Jan 03, 2024 adjective, cluttered, deranged, disarrayed, drunk, expression, nervous, shidoro modoro, sloppy, verb

Shidoro Modoro

Have you ever deranged your way of speaking or the talk itself when you were nervous or got drunk. しどろもどろ Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Jun 08, 2017Jan 03, 2024 close relationships, family gatherings, formal, husband and wife, mizu irazu, mizu kusai, parent and child, relatives, secretive, water and oil

Mizu Irazu (水入らず – With Nobody Else)

Mizu Irazu 水入らず When I introduced the term “mizu kusai” (水臭い), which means that someone is formal and secretive, I Read More