Shibō (しぼう – Wish/Death/Fat/Ovary)
Shibō しぼう As you may know, the Japanese language has many homonyms. ご存知のとおり日本語には多くの同音異義語があります。 Yesterday I typed shibō (しぼう) on my
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Yūjū Fudan (優柔不断 – Indecision)
Yūjū Fudan 優柔不断 Someone sometimes calls me yūjū fudan (優柔不断). 私はときどき「優柔不断」と言われます。 Yū (優) means “kind” and jū (柔) means “soft,”
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Hanabie (花冷え – Cold in Cherry-Blossom Time)
Hanabie 花冷え Over the past few days, we have been experiencing a climate called hanabie (花冷え). ここ数日、「花冷え」となりました。 Since hana (花)
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Yumizu no You ni Tsukau (湯水のように使う – Like It Grows on Trees)
Yumizu no You ni Tsukau 湯水のように使う Recently, I may have thrown a lot of money around to set up my
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Isshin Ittai and Niten Santen (一進一退と二転三転 – Back-and-Forth and Change Again and Again)
Isshin Ittai and Niten Santen 「一進一退」と「二転三転」 The four-character idiom isshin ittai (一進一退) describes that things do not progress smoothly or
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Kōin Ya no Gotoshi (光陰矢の如し – Time Flies)
Kōin Ya no Gotoshi 光陰矢の如し I am now 35 years old. 私は今、35歳です。 I feel that time has passed very quickly
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Ichibō Senri (一望千里 – Boundless Expanse)
Ichibō Senri 一望千里 Today I went to an onsen and took an open-air bath offering a view of the Pacific
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Shitsugen (失言 – Slipping of the Tongue)
Shitugen 失言 I said several shitugen (失言) today. 私は今日、幾つかの「失言」をしました。 Shitsu (失) often means “to lose something,” but here it means
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Mune ga Odoru (胸が躍る – Exciting)
Mune ga Odoru 胸が躍る My current feelings as I imagine my new life starting tomorrow can be described as a
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