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Pāpeki (パーペキ – Perfect)

08/22/2019 Toru 0 Comments combine, composite, dead word, hear, imagine, perfect, sound, young people

Pāpeki パーペキ Today, I noticed that the slang term pāpeki (パーペキ) was used. 私は今日、「パーペキ」という俗語表現を聞きました。 Pāpeki is a composite term that

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Tapiru (タピる)

08/20/2019 Toru 0 Comments boom, drink, eat, girl, image, popular, tapioca, young people

Tapiru タピる In Japan, tapioca and tapioca drinks have become very popular since around last year. 去年頃から、日本でタピオカおよびタピオカドリンクがブームになっています。 Along with this

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Ichiban Saisho/Ichiban Saigo (一番最初/一番最後 – First/Last)

08/13/201908/17/2019 Toru 0 Comments conversation, daily conversation, document, edge, final, first, formal, last, most, point, redundant

Ichiban Saisho/Ichiban Saigo 一番最初/一番最後 I often hear and say the phrases, ichiban saisho (一番最初) and ichiban saigo (一番最後) in daily

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Bucchake (ぶっちゃけ – Frankly)

08/06/2019 Toru 0 Comments complaint, confess, disguise, frankly, go home, honest, say, simply, verb, young people

Bucchake ぶっちゃけ When saying your thoughts simply without disguise, you can use the slang term, bucchake (ぶっちゃけ). なにかを包み隠さず端的に言うとき、「ぶっちゃけ」という俗語を使うことがあります。 Bucchake became

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Yome (嫁 – Daughter-in-Law)

08/01/201908/02/2019 Toru 0 Comments anime, character, daughter, daughter-in-law, dictionary, geek, internet, nerd, newlywed wife, wife

Yome 嫁 A daughter-in-law is called yome (嫁) in Japanese. 息子の妻のことを、日本語で「嫁」と言います。 However, many Japanese men refer to their wives as

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Furyō (不良 – Rogue/Hood)

07/21/201907/22/2019 Toru 0 Comments abbreviation, action, bad, boy, data, debt, girl, hometown, hood, product, rogue

Furyō 不良 Many furyō (不良) live in my hometown. 私の地元には、多くの「不良」が住んでいます。 Fu (不) is a negative prefix and ryō (良) means

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931 and 201

07/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments digit, good mell, number, quiz, smell, stink, stinky, stinky smell

931 and 201 931 と 201 I will continue to give you a quiz about digits. 今日も、語呂合わせクイズです。 “931” and “201”

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Onbu ni Dakko (おんぶに抱っこ – Completely Relying on Others)

07/04/201907/04/2019 Toru 0 Comments carry, depend, depend on, huggy, piggyback, rely, rely on, ride, work, wuggy

Onbu ni Dakko おんぶに抱っこ Yesterday, I introduced the term marunage (丸投げ), which means to leave all the work that you

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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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