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Toru Apr 01, 2019 0 Comments active, brushstroke, character, clinical depression, daily-use kanji, depressed, depression, example, gloom, gloomy, grow, kanji, largest, model, norm, plants, stroke

The Kanji Character with the Largest Number of Strokes

The Kanji Character with the Largest Number of Strokes 最も画数の多い漢字 Today I introduced you to the kanji character which has Read More
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Toru Mar 31, 2019 0 Comments believe, burst, burst into laughter, funny, incorrect, laugh, laughter, lose, mistake, misunderstand, wrong

Shisshō (失笑 – Bursting into Laughter)

Shisshō 失笑 Have you ever burst into laughter because something was so funny? 何かがおかしくて、こらえきれず笑ってしまったことはありますか? Such a laugh is referred to Read More
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Toru Mar 30, 2019Jan 02, 2024 0 Comments age, fifty, forty, old, thirties, thirty, thirty years old, twenty

Misoji (三十路 – Thirty Years Old)

Misoji 三十路 I was ‘misoji‘ (三十路) last year. 私は去年、「三十路」でした。 ‘Misoji’ means “thirty years old.” 「三十路」とは、30歳のことです。 When describing one’s age in Read More
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Toru Mar 29, 2019 0 Comments after, atmosphere, break on, feel, feeling, leftover, odor, pass by, remnant, residual, shore, university, wave

Nagori (なごり – Remnant)

Nagori なごり Today is the last working day at my university. 今日は、現在の大学の最終勤務日です。 Now I am feeling ‘nagori‘ (なごり) to this Read More
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Toru Mar 28, 2019 0 Comments buy, Chinese story, come up with, degree, dimension, forget, lapse, lapse of memory, measure, memory, shoes

Dowasure (ど忘れ – Lapse of Memory)

Dowasure ど忘れ I often do ‘dowasure‘ (ど忘れ). 私はしばしば「ど忘れ」をします。 ‘Dowasure’ means that you suddenly forget something you know well and simply Read More
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Toru Mar 27, 2019Mar 28, 2019 0 Comments attack, become, devil, drowsy, get sleepy, guess, passive, resist, sleepiness, sleepy

Suima ni Osowareru (睡魔に襲われる – Getting Sleepy)

Suima ni Osowareru 睡魔に襲われる I am very sleepy now. 私は今、とても眠たいです。 When you become very drowsy or sleepy, it can be Read More
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Toru Mar 26, 2019Mar 28, 2019 0 Comments blood, blood sampling, blood vessel, collect, collect blood, health check, hospital, injection, novice, nurse, observe

Saiketsu (採血 – Blood Sampling)

Saiketsu 採血 Today I went to a hospital for a health check. 今日は入社前の健康診断に行きました。 Among the health check, there was ‘saiketsu‘ Read More
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Toru Mar 25, 2019 0 Comments ancestral spirits, as if, bon, busy, came, come, festival, job, moving, New Year, retirement, same time, together, very busy

Bon to Shōgatsu ga Issho ni Kita-yō (盆と正月が一緒に来たよう – Very Busy)

Bon to Shōgatsu ga Issho ni Kita-yō 盆と正月が一緒に来たよう I am very busy now because of retirement, entering a new job, Read More
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Toru Mar 24, 2019Mar 24, 2019 0 Comments apartment, bag, box, make, move, moving, package, packing, put together, string, tie

Nizukuri(荷造り – Packing)

Nizukuri 荷造り Now I am doing ‘nizukuri‘ (荷造り) for moving out of my apartment. 私は今、「荷造り」をしています。 Since ‘ni‘ (荷) means “package” Read More
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