Baka mo Yasumi Yasumi Ie (馬鹿も休み休み言え – Stop Talking Nonsense)
Baka mo Yasumi Yasumi Ie 馬鹿も休み休み言え When someone says many ridiculous things, the following phrase may help you. ふざけたことばかり言う人に対しては、次のフレーズを使うとよいかもしれません。 Baka
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Kuchibashiru (口走る – Blurting Out)
Kuchibashiru 口走る To say something unconsciously is called kuchibashiru (口走る) in Japanese. 無意識に何かを口に出してしまうことを、「口走る」と言います。 Since kuchi (口) means “mouth” and bashiru/hashiru
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Yabuisha no Genkan (藪医者の玄関 – Deception)
Yabuisha no Genkan 藪医者の玄関 In yesterday’s post, I introduced the term yabuisha (藪医者), which means a “bad doctor.” 昨日は、治療や診断が下手な医者を意味する「藪医者」という言葉を紹介しました。 There
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Kiyō Binbō (器用貧乏 – Jack of All Trades and Master of None)
Kiyō Binbō 器用貧乏 There is the word kiyō (器用), which means “dexterity.” “Dexterity” を意味する「器用」という言葉があります。 In addition, there is the word
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Shi ni Mono Gurui (死に物狂い – For Life)
Shi ni Mono Gurui 死に物狂い When you work on something seriously so hard that you don’t even fear death, it
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Tarō ni mo Jirō ni mo Tarinu (太郎にも次郎にも足りぬ – Neither One Thing Nor The Other)
Jirō ni mo Tarō ni mo Tarinu 次郎にも太郎にも足りぬ To describe a halfway and useless thing, you can use the following
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Benkei no Tachi Ōjō (弁慶の立ち往生 – Getting Stuck)
Benkei no Tachi Ōjō 弁慶の立ち往生 Two years ago, I introduced the term tachi ōjō (立ち往生), which means “to get stuck”
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Uchi Benkei no Soto Jizō (内弁慶の外地蔵 – A Lion at Home and a Mouse Abroad)
Uchi Benkei no Soto Jizō 内弁慶の外地蔵 In yesterday’s post, I introduced the term uchi Benkei (内弁慶), which means a person
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Oyabaka Kobaka (親馬鹿子馬鹿 – A Doting Parent and Spoiled Child)
Oyabaka Kobaka 親馬鹿子馬鹿 When a parent loves his/her child so much that he/her is unaware of the child’s foolish behavior,
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