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Toru May 31, 2016Jan 07, 2024 bokin-suru, charge, fee, game development, Japanese, kakin, kifu, money, nokin, siharai

The Japanese Word “Kakin

Today, I will talk about the Japanese word “kakin.” 課金という日本語 “Ka” in kakin means to assess something, and “kin” in Read More
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Toru May 30, 2016Jan 07, 2024 barrel, beer barrel, dry barrel, fluid barrel, gallons, grains, liters, oil, vegetables, volume

Barrel

Today, I will talk about the unit “barrel,” which is used for representing a volume. バレル The “barrel” is often Read More
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Toru May 29, 2016Jan 07, 2024 cables, electric shock, fire, Japanese, octopus, outlet, plugs, slang, tako ashi haisen, tentacles

Octopus’s Tentacles Wiring

Yesterday, I was talk about octopuses. タコ足配線 Today, I will talk about the Japanese slang “tako ashi haisen” (octopus’s tentacles Read More
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Toru May 28, 2016Jan 07, 2024 arms, brains, food, hearts, legs, move, octopus, study, tentacles

Legs of Octopuses

The number of octopus legs is normally eight.(There is an octopus that has 96 legs.) タコの足 We sometimes call them Read More
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Toru May 27, 2016Jan 07, 2024 dog, east, father, Japanese, older, proverb, rain, tail, weather, west

A Rainy Day is a Bad Weather Day

Since it rained today, I will talk about the Japanese proverb “ame ga furu hi ha tenki ga warui,” which Read More
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Toru May 26, 2016Jan 07, 2024 1970s, do, Japanese, ocha-suru, phrase, pick up line, smoke, tea, watch movie

Do Tea (Ocha-suru)

Today, I will talk about the Japanese phrase “ocha-suru.” お茶する (“Ocha” is a noun that means tea, and “suru” is Read More
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Toru May 25, 2016Jan 07, 2024 chokomaka, chokozai, henachoko, henahena, imitative, immature, Japanese, taunting, unimportant, word

Henachoko

Today, I will talk about a Japanese word “henachoko.” へなちょこ Henachoko is a taunting word that expresses an immature or Read More
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Toru May 24, 2016Jan 07, 2024 apartment, cardboard boxes, cleaning, cockroach, eggs, fast food, hygiene, kitchen, Nagano Prefecture, pests

Encounter with a Cockroach

It was when I was leaving a fast food restaurant after I ate dinner, I found a cockroach in the Read More
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Toru May 23, 2016Jan 07, 2024 clothes, colleagues, jacket, outlet mall, pants, refreshing, rotation, shirts

Shopping for Clothes

Yesterday, I went to an outlet mall, and bought some clothes after I finished my work. 服の買い物 It’s been a Read More
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