Ohisashi-buri Desu (お久しぶりです – It’s been a long time)
Ohisashi-buri Desu お久しぶりです。 These days, I have been so busy that I could not afford to post on Lang-8. ここ最近は仕事が忙しくて、投稿や添削をする余裕がありませんでした。
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Tajitatan (多事多端 – Eventful)
Tajitatan 多事多端 This is the first post for a month. 1ヶ月ぶりの投稿となります。 I could not write English essays on Lang-8 because
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Typhoon No. 19
Typhoon No. 19 台風19号 A super large typhoon, Typhoon No. 19, hit Japan from October 12th to 13th. 10月12日から13日にかけて、超大型の台風19号が日本を直撃しました。 The
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Unlucky Coins Part 2
Unlucky Coins Part 2 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced jūen-dama (十円玉 – “ten-yen coin”) and gohyakuen-dama (五百円玉 – “five-hundred-yen
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Unlucky Coins Part 1
Unlucky Coins Part 1 縁起の悪いお賽銭 Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced goen-dama (五円玉 – “five-yen coin”) as a popular offertory coin.
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Five-yen Coin
Five-yen Coin 五円玉 Usually, there is saisenbako (賽銭箱) in Japanese shrines and temples. 日本の神社や寺院などには「賽銭箱」が置かれていることがあります。 Saisen (賽銭) means money that is
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En mo Yukari mo Nai (縁もゆかりもない – Complete Stranger)
En mo Yukari mo Nai 縁もゆかりもない When describing that there is no relationship between things or people, you can say
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Ato no Matsuri (後の祭り – Too Late) Part 2
Ato no Matsuri Part 2 後の祭り Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced the Japanese phrase ato no matsuri (後の祭り), which means
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Ato no Matsuri (後の祭り – Too Late) Part 1
Ato no Matsuri Part 1 後の祭り Part 1 I often get into a situation called ato no matsuri (後の祭り). 私はよく「後の祭り」と呼ばれる状況になります。
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