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Te ni Ase wo Nigiri (手に汗を握る – Thrilling)

06/19/201906/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments dangerous, excited, excitment, grasp, hand, hear, nervous, see, situation, sweat, tense

Te ni Ase wo Nigiri 手に汗を握る Being excited or nervous by seeing/hearing a tense situation is called te ni ase

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Shoshi Kantetsu (初志貫徹 – Carrying out Your Original Intention)

06/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments character, consistent, first, flexible, four-character idiom, intention, motive, motto, name, original, popular, positive manner, thorough, will

Shoshi Kantetsu 初志貫徹 Today I would like to introduce my favorite four-character idiom shoshi kantetsu (初志貫徹). 今日は私の好きな四字熟語「初志貫徹」を紹介します。 Sho (初) means

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Oshare (おしゃれ – Smart/Chic/Fashionable) Part 2

06/16/201906/16/2019 Toru 0 Comments adjective, chic, clip, dress up, fancy, fashionable, makeup, polite, smart, store

Oshare Part 2 おしゃれ Part 2 Yesterday, I talked about the Japanese term oshare (おしゃれ), which means to dress up

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Oshare (おしゃれ – Smart/Fancy) Part 1

06/15/201906/16/2019 Toru 0 Comments casual, diligent, dress up, fancy, formal, fun, makeup, man, play, polite, prank, smart, thing, woman

Oshare Part 1 おしゃれ part 1 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese term omekashi (おめかし), which means to dress

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Omekashi (おめかし – Dressing up)

06/14/2019 Toru 0 Comments date, do, dress up, event, feeling, lover, makeup, meet, polite, thorough, woman, women

Omekashi おめかし Most women will do omekashi (おめかし) when dating with their lovers or meeting someone they like. 多くの女性は恋人とデートするときや好きな人と会うとき、「おめかし」をします。 O

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Mōtō-nai (毛頭ない – Least of All)

06/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments degree, deny, hair, head, least, least of all, negative, no, nothing, slight, small, tip, tip of hair

Mōtō-nai 毛頭ない When denying something strongly, we sometimes say mōtō-nai (毛頭ない) by adding mōtō (毛頭) to the negative term nai

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Ninin Sankyaku (二人三脚 – Cooperating with One Another)

06/12/2019 Toru 0 Comments cooperate, leg, participant, people, person, purpose, race, runner, strap, three, three-legged race, two

Ninin Sankyaku 二人三脚 We say ninin sankyaku (二人三脚) to describe that two people sharing the same purpose cooperate. 誰かと二人で協力して物事に取り組むことを、「二人三脚」と表現することがあります。 Ni