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Torihada (鳥肌 – Goose Bumps)

08/23/2019 Toru 0 Comments bird, bump, cold, discomfort, fear, feather, goose, goose bumps, phenomenon, rise, skin

Torihada 鳥肌 A phenomenon that a lot of fine bumps appear on a person’s skin due to cold, fear, or

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Pāpeki (パーペキ – Perfect)

08/22/2019 Toru 0 Comments combine, composite, dead word, hear, imagine, perfect, sound, young people

Pāpeki パーペキ Today, I noticed that the slang term pāpeki (パーペキ) was used. 私は今日、「パーペキ」という俗語表現を聞きました。 Pāpeki is a composite term that

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Mamagoto (ままごと – House)

08/21/201908/21/2019 Toru 0 Comments act, children, cock, event, family. life, girl, guest, house, invite, mama, meal, play

Mamagoto ままごと Children (especially girl) sometimes play mamagoto (ままごと/飯事). 幼児（特に女児）の遊びに「ままごと」があります。 Mamagoto is as a kind of plays that players imitate

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Tapiru (タピる)

08/20/2019 Toru 0 Comments boom, drink, eat, girl, image, popular, tapioca, young people

Tapiru タピる In Japan, tapioca and tapioca drinks have become very popular since around last year. 去年頃から、日本でタピオカおよびタピオカドリンクがブームになっています。 Along with this

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Kurushī (苦しい – Painful/Difficult)

08/19/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments confuse, difficult, eye, hard, head, heat, mental, pain, painful, physical, sadness, spin, state, suffering, theory

Kurushī 苦しい Now I am in a state called kurushī (苦しい). 私は今、「苦しい」です。 Kurushī is a term that describes a physically

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Ibitsu (いびつ – Distorted)

08/18/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments awkward, container, cooked rice, distorted, ellipse, mind, property, rice, shape, state, twister mind

Ibitsu いびつ A distorted or awkward shape is described as ibitsu (いびつ/歪) in Japanese. 形がゆがんでいることを、「いびつ（歪）」と言います。 Ibitsu comes from iibitsu (飯櫃),

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Tsuke ga Mawaru (付けが回る – Deserving Thoughtless Behavior)

08/17/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments action, behavior, bill, Bon holiday, come around, deserve, holiday, horrible, pile up, situation, thoughtless, work

Tsuke ga Mawaru 付けが回る I have enjoyed Bon holidays and hardly worked for the last few days. 私はここ数日、長期休暇を満喫し、ほとんど仕事をしませんでした。 As a

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Bon Holidays: Day 2 (August 15th)

08/15/201908/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments Bon holiday, Disney, DisneySea, distribution, fast food, holiday, movie, muscle pain, preparation, projector, service, video, visit

Bon Holidays: Day 2 (August 15th) お盆休み　二日目（8月15日） Today, I decided to rest my body the whole day because I felt

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Bon Holidays: Day 1 (August 14th)

08/14/201908/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments amusement park, Bon holiday, Chiba, Disneyland, holiday, locate, Tokyo, visitor

Bon Holidays: Day 1 (August 13th) お盆休み　一日目（8月14日） During this period in Japan, many Japanese people are on Bon Holidays. この時期、日本はお盆休みです。

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