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Toru Oct 20, 2023Jan 01, 2024 American, benefit, cat, fable, France, idiom, Japan, monkey, proverb, risk

Kachū no Kuri wo Hirou (火中の栗を拾う – Taking a Risk for Someone): Part 2

Kachū no Kuri wo Hirou: Part 2 火中の栗を拾う Part 2 Based on the fable “The Monkey and the Cat (Le Read More

Culture Essay European countries Food History Idiom Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 19, 2023Jan 01, 2024 Aesop, cat, chestnuts, fable, fire, hirou, kachū, kuri, monkey, pick up, proverb

Kachū no Kuri wo Hirou (火中の栗を拾う – Taking a Risk for Someone): Part 1

Kachū no Kuri wo Hirou: Part 1 火中の栗を拾う Part 1 Taking risks for someone else, with no benefit to oneself, Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 18, 2023Jan 01, 2024 flower, idiom, Japanese, kyōka suigetsu, literal meaning, mirror, moon, reflection, unattainable, water

Kyōka Suigetsu (鏡花水月 – Phantom)

Kyōka Suigetsu 鏡花水月 Beautiful things or phantoms that we can see but cannot touch are sometimes described as kyōka suigetsu Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 17, 2023Jan 01, 2024 clear, clear mind, distraction, meikyo, metaphor, mirror, reflection, shisui, still, water

Meikyō Shisui (明鏡止水 – Clear and Serene)

Meikyō Shisui 明鏡止水 When someone’s mind is completely free of distraction and is perfectly clear, the state is sometimes described Read More

Culture Diary Essay Idiom Onomatopoeia Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Oct 16, 2023Jan 01, 2024 become, gradually, Japanese, jiri jiri, jirihin, mazushiku, naru, onomatopoeic, poor, term

Jirihin (ジリ貧 – Gradually Becoming Poor)

Jirihin ジリ貧 I could say that I am in a situation described with the term jirihin (ジリ貧). 私は「ジリ貧」の状態にあると言えます。 Jirihin is Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 15, 2023Jan 01, 2024 attitude, become, expression, irresponsible, Japanese, literal meaning, problem, proverb, resolute, solve

Ato wa No to Nare Yama to Nare (後は野となれ山となれ – After Me the Deluge)

Ato wa No to Nare Yama to Nare 後は野となれ山となれ If you think, “as long as I can solve the problem Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 12, 2023Jan 01, 2024 cry, hunters, Japanese, meaning, misfortune, negative suffix, pheasant, proverb, shot, unnecessary

Kizi mo Nakazu wa Utaremai (雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい – Silence Keeps Your Safe)

Kizi mo Nakazu wa Utaremai 雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい Have you ever faced misfortune because you said something unnecessary? 余計なことを言ってしまったばかりに、災難に遭ったことはありますか？ If you find Read More