Setsuna (刹那 – Moment)
Setsuna 刹那 We usually use “second,” “minute” and “hour” as units of time, and this fact is worldwide. 我々が最も使う時間の単位は、秒、分、時などであり、これは世界共通です。 Apart
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Learning English and Japanese
For everyone learning English/Japanese
Gou wo Niyasu (業を煮やす – Getting Irritated)
Gou wo Niyasu 業を煮やす Have you ever gotten angry because things didn’t go well as you expected? 事が思うように運ばず、腹を立てた経験はありますか？ Getting angry
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Premature Laws
There are several premature laws in Japan. 時期尚早な法律 Today I would like to talk about two interesting laws among them.
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Oi (おい – Hey)
Recently, I watched the animated movie, “Sing.” おい When I watched it repeatedly on Blu-ray, I found that Johnny and
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Hiyakasu (冷やかす – Bantering)
Hiyakasu 冷やかす Yesterday, I introduced the Japanese idiom, “chacha wo ireru” (茶々を入れる), which means to tease someone by saying something
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Chacha wo Ireru (茶々を入れる – Teasing)
Chacha wo Ireru 茶々を入れる Have you ever broken into a conversation of others, and said unnecessary things or cracks? 他人の会話に横から入り、余計なことや冷やかしを言ったことはありますか？
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Atezuppou (当てずっぽう – Random Guess)
If you do or say something irresponsible with no basis, you will be told “atezuppou” (当てずっぽう) in Japanese. 当てずっぽう “Atezuppou”
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Kuda wo Maku (管を巻く – Blathering)
Kuda wo Maku 管を巻く Today I’d like to talk about the Japanese idiom, “kuda wo maku” (管を巻く). 今日は「管を巻く」という慣用句を紹介します。 Here, the
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Shinshō Boudai (針小棒大 – Making Mountains out of Molehills)
Yesterday, I introduced the Japanese idiom, “ohire wo tsukeru” (尾ひれを付ける), which menas to embellish or exaggerate a story using something
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