Onomatopoeia – Learning English and Japanese

Hiza ga Warau (膝が笑う – One’s Knees Shake)

01/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments feet, knee, knees, laugh, load, shake, wobble

Hiza ga Warau 膝が笑う When exercising suddenly or imposing a load on your feet, your knees could wobble/shake regardless of

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Chinchin Kamokamo (ちんちんかもかも – Making Out/Snuggling)

12/30/2018 Toru 0 Comments adjust, boil, couple, feeling, jealous, jealousy, make out, man, obscene, snuggle, tone, water, woman

Chinchin Kamokamo ちんちんかもかも To describe that a woman and a man make out or snuggle each other, you can use

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Uto Uto and Utsura Utsura (「うとうと」「うつらうつら」 – Drowsy)

12/12/2018 Toru 0 Comments dreamland, drift, drowsy, fall asleep, half asleep, half awake, sleep

Uto Uto and Utsura Utsura 「うとうと」と「うつらうつら」 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term ‘inemuri‘ (居眠り), which means to fall asleep

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Majime(まじめ – Serious/Earnest)

11/24/201811/24/2018 Toru 0 Comments blink, earnest, eye, repeat, serious, stare

Majime まじめ I think I am what we call ‘majime‘ (まじめ). 私はおそらく「まじめ」です。 ‘Majime’ means that someone is serious or earnest

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Boro ga Deru (ぼろが出る – Letting One’s Fault Reveal Unexpectedly)

11/07/2018 Toru 0 Comments cloth, clothes, come out, damage, fault, reveal, secret, shabby, situation

Boro ga Deru ぼろが出る Have you ever let your secret faults reveal unexpectedly? 人に見られないよう隠してきた欠点が、不意に出てしまったことはありますか？ Such a situation can be described

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Butsubutsu Gawa (ぶつぶつ川)

10/29/201810/29/2018 Toru 0 Comments length, longest, raw, river, shortest, Wakayama

Butsubutsu Gawa ぶつぶつ川 Japan has a law called ‘Kasen-hou’ (河川法 – literally “River Raw”), which designates important rivers in our

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Garakuta(ガラクタ – Junk)

09/28/201809/28/2018 Toru 0 Comments boring, bump, decay, dust, garbage, junk, rascal, touch, useless, worthless

Garakuta ガラクタ There are several ‘gatrakuta‘ (ガラクタ) in my room. 私の部屋には幾つかの「ガラクタ」があります。 Garakuta means something worthless, junk, or useless. 「ガラクタ」とは、価値のないものや、用途のないものを指す言葉です。 ‘Gara‘