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Toru Nov 08, 2018Jun 04, 2023 0 Comments 1420, come out, deceive, fault, fox, raccoon dog, reveal, tail, unintentionally, weakness

Shippo wo Dasu (尻尾を出す – Revealing One’s Secret Unintentionally)

Shippo wo Dasu 尻尾を出す The other day I introduced you to the idiom boro ga deru (ぼろが出る), which means to Read More
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Toru Nov 07, 2018 0 Comments cloth, clothes, come out, damage, fault, reveal, secret, shabby, situation

Boro ga Deru (ぼろが出る – Letting One’s Fault Reveal Unexpectedly)

Boro ga Deru ぼろが出る Have you ever let your secret faults reveal unexpectedly? 人に見られないよう隠してきた欠点が、不意に出てしまったことはありますか? Such a situation can be described Read More
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Toru Nov 06, 2018 0 Comments arrest, exceed, expressway, highway, road, speeding, world record

Speeding

Speeding スピード違反 Yesterday, a man who was driving a GT-R in Osaka was arrested for speeding. 昨日、大阪で GT-R を運転していた男性がスピード違反で逮捕されました。 Surprisingly, Read More
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Toru Nov 05, 2018 0 Comments bark, come, Czech, dog, French, name, petit, pochi, Pojd', Pooch, small, spotty, synonym

Pochi (ポチ)

Pochi ポチ Dogs are the animal with the oldest history as pets, and many dogs are bred all over the Read More
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Toru Nov 04, 2018 0 Comments breakfast, dinner, evening, lunch, meal, morning, night, noon

Yoru Gohan (夜ごはん – Dinner)

Yoru Gohan 夜ごはん “Breakfast” is referred to as ‘asa gohan’ (朝ごはん – literally “morning meal”) in Japanese. “Breakfast” のことを日本語で「朝ごはん」と言います。 “Lunch” Read More
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Toru Nov 03, 2018 0 Comments abbreviation, bad image, gifted, given, good image, marriage, shotgun, unexpected, unintended, wedding

Sazukari Kon (授かり婚 – Shotgun Wedding)

Sazukari Kon 授かり婚 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese term ‘dekichatta kekkon’ (できちゃった結婚), which means “shotgun wedding.” 昨日は「できちゃった結婚」という言葉を紹介しました。 However, Read More
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Toru Nov 02, 2018 0 Comments abbreviate, baby, create, made, marriage, pregnancy, shotgun, wedding

Dekichatta Kekkon (できちゃった結婚 – Shotgun Wedding)

Dekichatta Kekkon できちゃった結婚 Today, I would like to introduce you to the Japanese slang term ‘dekichatta kekkon‘ (できちゃった結婚). 今日は日本の俗語「できちゃった結婚」を紹介します。 ‘Dekichatta‘ Read More
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Toru Nov 01, 2018Jun 11, 2023 0 Comments 1413, ability, be fond of, blind, crazily, eye, have, heavily, judge, nothing, see, weakness

Me ga Nai (目がない – Having a Weakness)

Me ga Nai 目がない When you want to describe that someone is crazy fond of something, you can use the Read More
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Toru Oct 31, 2018 0 Comments chagrin, cry, drink, regret, sorrow, swallow, swallow tears, tear, tears

Namida wo Nomu (涙を呑む – Swallowing Tears)

TNamida wo Nomu 涙を呑む A few days ago, I took an action called ‘namida wo nomu’ (涙を呑む) in Japanese. 私は先日、涙を呑みました。 Read More
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