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Toru Mar 12, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments casual, decrease, empty, feel, hungry, stomach

Onaka ga Heru (お腹が減る – Being Hungry)

Onaka ga Heru お腹が減る Japanese people say onaka ga suku (お腹が空く) or onaka ga heru (お腹が減る) to represent being hungry. Read More
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Toru Mar 11, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments answer, conference, fear, nervous, presentation, question, questioner, session, study, understand, Zoom

My First International Conference in a While

My First International Conference in a While 久しぶりの国際会議 Today, I participated in an international conference and made a presentation in Read More
CorrectedEssayEtymologyOnomatopoeiaSlang
Toru Mar 10, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments bark, beyond, cry, elephant, emotion, over, paon, pien

Pien Koete Paon (ぴえんこえてぱおん)

Pien Koete Paon ぴえんこえてぱおん In my post yesterday, I introduced the net slang pien (ぴえん), which represents crying. 昨日は、泣いていることを表すネットスラング「ぴえん」を紹介しました。 Pien Read More
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Toru Mar 09, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments cry, emoji, emotion, pien, smartphone, SNS, sob

Pien (ぴえん – Crying)

Pien ぴえん Have you ever heard of the term pien (ぴえん)? 「ぴえん」という言葉を聞いたことがありますか? Pien is an onomatopoeia that represents crying, which Read More
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Toru Mar 08, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments ambassador, celebrate, equality, event, Swedish, woman, women's day, world

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day 国際女性デー Today, March 8 is International Women’s Day. 今日、3月8日は「国際女性デー」です。 The United Nations has designated March 8 as Read More
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Toru Mar 07, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments bent, cat, cherish, kinked tail, monster, tail

Omagari Neko (尾曲がり猫 – Cats with Bent Tails)

Omagari Neko 尾曲がり猫 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term kagishippo (かぎしっぽ), which represents a cat’s tail that is bent Read More
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Toru Mar 06, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments auspicious, cat, cherish, coccygeal, key, kinked tail, stray cat, tail, vertebrae

Kagishippo (かぎしっぽ – Kinked Tail)

Kagishippo かぎしっぽ There are many stray cats living around my apartment. 私のアパートの周りには野良猫がたくさん住んでいます。 Around noon today, a stray cat that crossed Read More
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Toru Mar 05, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments box, corner, eat, food, insignificant, poke, quibble, store

Jūbako no Sumi wo Tsutsuku (重箱の隅をつつく – Quibbling on Insignificant Detail)

Jūbako no Sumi wo Tsutsuku 重箱の隅をつつく In my post the day before yesterday, I introduced the word jūbako (重箱), which Read More
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Toru Mar 04, 2021Jun 01, 2021 0 Comments bucket, container, how water, mixture, reading, wash-basin

Yutō Yomi (湯桶読み – Mixed Reading of Japanese and Chinese)

Yutō Yomi 湯桶読み I introduced you to the expression jūbako yomi (重箱読み) yesterday, which means a term that is read Read More
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