聞く and 聴く (Listen/Hear)
聞く and 聴く 「聞く」と「聴く」 I often “listen” to popular music. 私はよく音楽を「聴き」ます。 Besides, these days I often hear the sound of
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Learning English and Japanese
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Kanji
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
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Mimi ni Tako ga Dekiru (耳にたこができる – Having a Sore Ear)
Mimi ni Tako ga Dekiru 耳にたこができる Have you ever been disgusted by a person who talks the same story repeatedly?
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Uni (ウニ – Sea Urchin)
Uni ウニ Yesterday, I wrote about the fish ‘harisenbon‘ (ハリセンボン – porcupinefish/blowfish). 昨日は「ハリセンボン」という生き物について書きました。 Today, I would like to talk about
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Busu (ブス – Troll)
Busu ブス I do not like the Japanese term ‘busu‘ (ブス). 私は「ブス」という言葉が好きではありません。 Busu is an insulting slang term that refers
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kuwasemono (食わせもの)
Kuwasemono 食わせもの Two days ago, I introduced the term ‘kuwasu‘ (食わす) in my post. 一昨日の記事の中で、「食わす」という表現を紹介しました。 In addition, I explained that
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Tegami (手紙 – Letter)
Tegami 手紙 A paper, on which messages or information is written, is called “letter” in English, whereas it is called
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Kanji (漢字 – “Chinese Character”)
Kanji 漢字 Japanese people often use ‘kanji’ (漢字), which are characters born in China. 日本人は、中国発祥の文字である「漢字」をよく使います。 The term kanji is written
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Yamayama (山々 – Mountains)
Yamayama 山々 “Yama” (山) means “mountains,” and the kanji 々 means a repetition of the last character. 「山」は “mountain,” 漢字「々」は直前の漢字の繰り返しを意味します。
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