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Yatsuatari (八つ当たり – Misdirected Anger)

02/09/201902/09/2019 Toru 0 Comments act, anger, bump, calmness, direction, eight, hit, misdirected, surroundings, unrelated people

Yatsuatari 八つ当たり Today, I did an act called ‘yatsuatari‘ (八つ当たり). 私は今日、「八つ当たり」をしました（反省しています）。 ‘Yatsuatari’ means that when you get angry with something,

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Ehoumaki (恵方巻 – Lucky Direction Roll)

02/03/2019 Toru 0 Comments direction, disposal, eat, event, face, February, lucky, lucky direction, massive, roll, silently, spring, sushi

Ehoumaki 恵方巻 February 3rd is ‘setsubun‘ (節分). 今日、2月3日は節分です。 Setsubun is the day before the beginning of spring (February 4th), and

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Fumin Fukyū (不眠不休 – Without Sleep or Rest)

01/30/2019 Toru 0 Comments concentrate, effort, make an effort, negative, prefix, rest, sleep, with no, without

Fumin Fukyū 不眠不休 When you do something without sleeping or resting, it is referred to as ‘fumin fukyū‘ (不眠不休) in

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Neshōgatsu(寝正月 – Staying at Home during the New Year’s Holiday)

01/01/2019 Toru 0 Comments god, greet, holiday, home, incoming year, New Year, New Year's holiday, sleep, stay

Neshōgatsu 寝正月 Happy New Year. あけましておめでとうございます。 This year I have done ‘neshōgatsu‘ (寝正月). 今年は「寝正月」をしました。 ‘Ne‘ (寝) means “sleep” and ‘shōgatsu‘

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Kotatsu (こたつ)

12/25/2018 Toru 0 Comments comforter, devil, equipment, furniture, heat, kotatsu, ruin, winter

Kotatsu こたつ I spent the winter without ‘kotatsu’ (こたつ) over the past two years. 私は去年と一昨年、こたつを使わずに冬を越しました。 However, this year I bought

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Uto Uto and Utsura Utsura (「うとうと」「うつらうつら」 – Drowsy)

12/12/2018 Toru 0 Comments dreamland, drift, drowsy, fall asleep, half asleep, half awake, sleep

Uto Uto and Utsura Utsura 「うとうと」と「うつらうつら」 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term ‘inemuri‘ (居眠り), which means to fall asleep

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Ōzume (大詰め – The Final Stage)

12/06/2018 Toru 0 Comments chapter, chess, drama, fill, final, infill, kabuki, kyogen, last, phase, stage

Ōzume 大詰め My research is about to reach a stage called ‘ōzume‘ (大詰め). 私の研究は今、「大詰め」と呼ばれる段階に来ています。 ‘Ōzume’ means the final stage or

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Oyasumi (おやすみ – Good Night)

12/02/2018 Toru 0 Comments go to bed, good night, greeting, night, please, polite, prefix, rest, sleep

Oyasumi おやすみ The most common phrase used when you go to bed in Japan is ‘oyasumi‘ (おやすみ). 日本の就寝時の挨拶でもっとも一般的なのは「おやすみ」です。 If you

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Nerds’ Birthday

11/27/2018 Toru 0 Comments birthday, born, exercise, nerd, sport, tendency, theory

Nerds’ Birthday オタクの誕生日 A few days ago, I found an interesting theory on the Internet. 先日、インターネット上で面白い説を見ました。 That is “Nerds tend

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