Gata ga Kuru (ガタがくる – Showing One’s Age)
Gata ga Kuru ガタがくる As I get older, it became difficult to stay up all night. 私は最近年をとったせいか、徹夜をするととてもつかれるようになりました。 If your body
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Muda (無駄 – Waste)
Muda 無駄 I worked more than three days in a row, without returning home. 私はここ3日間以上、家に帰らず仕事をしていました。 And today, when I came
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Baby Talk to Represent Animals
Baby Talk to Represents Animals 動物を表す幼児語 In a conversation with babies in Japan, we can represent animals by their barks
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Wan Wan and Nyan Nyan (ワンワンとニャンニャン- Doggie and Kitty)
Wan Wan and Nyan Nyan ワンワンとニャンニャン I would like to write about cats and dogs continuing from yesterday. 今日は昨日に引き続き、犬と猫の話題です。 In
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Wanko and Nyanko (「わんこ」と「にゃんこ」 – Puppies and Kittens)
Wanko and Nyanko 「わんこ」と「にゃんこ」 In my post yesterday, I told you that we sometimes call a puppy or a cute
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Wanchan (ワンチャン – Possibility)
Wanchan ワンチャン I wrote that I couldn’t make a deadline for submission of manuscripts yesterday. 昨日私は、原稿の締め切りに間に合わなかったと書きました。 However, there seems to
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Shimekiri ni Owareru (締め切りに追われる – Being under a Deadline)
Shimekiri ni Owareru 締め切りに追われる Since the deadline for a manuscript of an academic conference was 9 o’clock this morning, I
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Hikagemono (日陰者 – An Inconspicuous Person)
Hikagemono 日陰者 I introduced you to the words ‘hoshikage‘ (星影 – starlight) and ‘tsukikage‘ (月影 – moonlight) yesterday. 昨日は「星影」と「月影」という言葉を紹介しました。 You
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