Onomatopoeia

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Uhauha (うはうは – Exhilarated)

09/10/2019 Toru 0 Comments broadcast, commercial, curry, delicious, excited, exhilarated, happy, inexpensive, line, make, TV, wife

Uhauha うはうは When describing that someone is so happy and so excited, you can use the Japanese onomatopoeia uhauha (うはうは).

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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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Chinchin/Acchinchin/Chinchikochin (ちんちん/あっちんちん/ちんちこちん – Very Hot)

06/20/2019 Toru 0 Comments area, boil, dialect, dialect word, hot, jiggle, kettle, lid, penis, sound, very hot

Chinchin/Acchinchin/Chinchikochin ちんちん/あっちんちん/ちんちこちん I was born and brought up in Nagoya city, Aichi. 私は愛知県の名古屋で育ちました。 In Nagoya (and its surrounding areas), there

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Asedaku (汗だく – Sweaty)

06/18/2019 Toru 0 Comments burst, drench, produce, run, stream, sweat, sweater, sweaty

Asedaku 汗だく In summer, I often become a state described as asedaku (汗だく). 夏、私はよく「汗だく」になります。 Asedaku means that much sweat bursts

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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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