CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaSlangUncorrected Toru Sep 07, 2021Jan 02, 2024 accent, adverb, ball, chance, Japanese, pronounce, slang, tamatama, testes Tamatama (たまたま – “By Chance”) Tamatama たまたま The Japanese adverb tamatama (たまたま) means that something happens by chance. 日本語の「たまたま」は、「偶然」を表す副詞です。 Tamatama is often used in our Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Mar 06, 2019 0 Comments ball, big, deed, eat, eye, eyeball, get a rocket, harshly, scold, undesirable deed, wide eyes Ōmedama wo Kuu (大目玉を食う – Getting a Rocket) Ōmedama wo Kuu 大目玉を食う To be scolded very harshly can be described as ‘ōmedama wo kuu‘ (大目玉を食う) in Japanese. 目上の人からひどく叱られることを、「大目玉を食う」と言います。 Read More