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Toru Jun 04, 2017Jan 03, 2024 cold, excited, games, gaming, Legend of Zelda, Mario Kart, Nintendo Switch, play, rest, sore throat

Nintendo Switch

I finally bought a Nintendo Switch yesterday. ニンテンドースイッチ Software that I bought at the same time were The Legend of Read More
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Toru Jun 03, 2017Jan 03, 2024 embarrassed, feeling, hanikamu, honeycomb, katakana, shy, smile, teeth, verb

Hanikamu

“Hanikamu” (はにかむ) is a verb that means to feel embarrassed or get shy. はにかむ I think that the basis to Read More
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Toru Jun 02, 2017Jan 03, 2024 bluff, compliments, Japanese, kabuki, kerenmi ga nai, language, lie, media, pretense, sincerity

Kerenmi (けれん味)

Kerenmi けれん味 How many compliments do you have? 皆さんは、人を褒めるときの言葉のバリエーションをどれくらい持っているでしょうか? Of course, I think that there are various types of compliments Read More
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Toru Jun 01, 2017Jan 03, 2024 appearance, attractive, bashiru, dandy, face, handsome, ikemen, Japanese, nigami, otoko mae

Nigami Bashiru

As Japanese terms that represent a man with good appearance, there are “otoko mae” and “ike men” (“ike” is short Read More
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Toru May 31, 2017Jan 03, 2024 big, busy, change, hard, important, major incident, negative, positive, taihen, tiring

Taihen

When showing that someone is very busy or something is deadly/important, we often say “taihen (大変).” 大変 I think that Read More
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Toru May 30, 2017Jan 03, 2024 cry, expressions, Heian period, Japan, makura wo nurasu, pillow, sode wo nurasu, sode wo siboru, tears, word association

Sode wo Nurasu

In Japan, there have been a lot of expressions that use word association since ancient times. 袖を濡らす For example, in Read More
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Toru May 29, 2017Jan 03, 2024 adjective, anime, Buddhism, common sense, cruel, dramas, enlightenment, inhumanity, Japanese, negative prefix

Hidoi (Auful/Terrible)

During watching Japanese dramas or anime, you may hear the dialogue “hidoi (ひどい).” ひどい “Hidoi” is an adjective that refers Read More
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Toru May 28, 2017Jan 03, 2024 educated guess, eye, goal, Japan, literal meaning, mark, meboshi wo tsukeru, put a mark, star, tsukeru

Meboshi wo Tsukeru (目星をつける)

Meboshi wo Tsukeru 目星をつける It is important to make an educated guess or establish a goal when you conduct/investigate something. Read More
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Toru May 27, 2017Jan 03, 2024 apology, date, etymology, friends, gotaku, hairstyle, idiom, naraberu, online game, stress

Gotaku wo Naraberu (Give a Song and Dance )

Gotaku wo Naraberu 御託を並べる Woman: “Why were you late for our date today?” 女性「今日のデート、なんで遅刻したの?」 Man: “Yesterday, I played a game Read More
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