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Aruki Sumaho (歩きスマホ – Smartphone Zombie)

06/08/2019 Toru 0 Comments dangerous, narrow view, problem, smartphone, smartphone zombie, surroundings, use, walking, zombie

Aruki Sumaho 歩きスマホ In accordance with the prevalence of smartphones, aruki sumaho (歩きスマホ) has become a big problem in the

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Tenohira Kurū (ﾃﾉﾋﾗｸﾙｰ – Turning a 180)

05/28/201905/29/2019 Toru 0 Comments attitude, change, idiom, palm, parenthesis, slang, turn, turn a 180, turn over, wording

Tenohira Kurū ﾃﾉﾋﾗｸﾙｰ YesterdayYesterday, I introduced the Japanese idiom tenohira wo kaesu (手のひらを返す), which means to make a 180-degree turn

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Tehepero (てへぺろ)

05/07/201905/07/2019 Toru 0 Comments adorable, bashfulness, embarrass, embarrassment, forgive, get shy, hide, laugh, mistake, stick, stick out, tongue, voice actor, young people

Tehepero てへぺろ Have you ever tried to hide your embarrassment when you made a mistake? 失敗をしてしまったときや恥ずかしいとき、ごまかしたいと思ったことはありますか？ In such a case,

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Oha-konban-chiwa (おはこんばんちは – Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening)

04/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments afternoon, anime, dead language, dead word, evening, good afternoon, good evening, good morning, greeting, morning, YouTuber

Oha-konban-chiwa おはこんばんちは Yesterday, I introduced the term ‘shigo‘ (死語), which means “dead language” or “dead word.” 昨日は “dead language” や

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Shame (写メ – Photo) Part 2

04/15/201904/15/2019 Toru 0 Comments e-mail, mobile phone, photo, smartphone, suffix, take a photo, verb, young people

Shame (写メ) Part 2 写メ Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced the slang term ‘shame‘ (写メ), which means to take photos

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Shame (写メ – Photo) Part 1

04/14/201904/15/2019 Toru 0 Comments attach, camera, e-mail, mail, mobile phone, photo, picture, smartphone

Shame Part 1 写メ Part 1 Have you ever heard of the Japanese slang term ‘shame‘ (写メ)? 「写メ」という俗語を耳にしたことはありますか？ ‘Shame’ is

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Kan-muryō (感無量 – Deep Emotion)

03/09/2019 Toru 0 Comments deep emotion, emotion, feeling, heart, innumerable, nothing, quantity

Kan-muryō 感無量 Yesterday, I introduced you to the phrase ‘mune ga ippai ni naru‘ (胸が一杯になる), which means that one’s heart

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Kamatoto (かまとと – Playing Innocent)

02/21/2019 Toru 0 Comments artificial way, Edo, fish, ignorant, innocent, know, paste, play, pretend, prostitute, story

Kamatoto かまとと When someone (especially a woman) pretends she does not know something even if she knows it well, we

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Bottakuri (ぼったくり – RIp-Off)

02/12/2019 Toru 0 Comments euro, exorbitant fee, fee, frustrating, Italy, money, pick up, pizza, rip-off

Bottakuri ぼったくり I am in Italy now. 私は今、イタリアにいます。 Unfortunately, today I experienced ‘bottakuri‘ (ぼったくり) at a pizza store. そして、あるピザ屋さんで「ぼったくり」にあってしまいました。 ‘Bottakuri’

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