Jūbako Yomi (重箱読み – Mixed Reading of Chinese and Japanese)
Jūbako Yomi 重箱読み In my post yesterday, I explained that it is not standard to read 代替 as daigae (だいがえ).
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Daitai (代替 – Alternative)
Daitai 代替 I worked all day yesterday and was not able to write a post on Lang-8. 昨日は起きてから寝るまでずっと仕事をしていて投稿できませんでした。 My English
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Ping Pong Dash (ピンポンダッシュ – Ding-dong Ditch)
Ping Pong Dash ピンポンダッシュ Recently in Japan, food delivery services such as “Uber Eats” and “Demaekan” have become widespread, but
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Asemizu wo Tarasu (汗水をたらす – Sweating Over One’s Work)
Asemizu wo Tarasu 汗水をたらす I have been working while doing asemizu wo tarasu (汗水をたらす) lately. 私は最近、汗水をたらして働いています。 Ase (汗) means “sweat,”
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Iki wo Nomu Utsukushisa (息を呑む美しさ – Breathtaking Beauty)
Iki wo Nomu Utsukushisa 息を呑む美しさ Lately, I work while natural landscape videos on a display installed at the back of
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Mogo Mogo (もごもご – Muttering) and Mogu Mogu (もぐもぐ – Nom Nom)
Mogo Mogo and Mogu Mogu 「もごもご」と「もぐもぐ」 In my post yesterday, I explained that the onomatopoeic phrase mogo mogo (もごもご) could
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Munya Munya (むにゃむにゃ – Muttering)
Munya Munya むにゃむにゃ The onomatopoeic phrase munya munya is sometimes used to represent the muttering of words that do not
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The Emperor’s Birthday (2019-)
The Emperor’s Birthday (2019-) 天皇誕生日（2019年～） Today, February 23, is a Japanese national holiday called “the Emperor’s Birthday.” 今日2月23日は天皇誕生日、祝日です。 The purpose
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Ichi wo Kiite Jū wo Shiru (一を聞いて十を知る – A Word Is Enough to the Wise)
Ichi wo Kiite Jū wo Shiru 一を聞いて十を知る When I was a child, my grandmother told me “Become a person who
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