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Hito no Furi mite Wa-ga Furi Naose (人の振り見て我が振り直せ)

Sep 30, 2019Oct 01, 2019 Toru 0 Comments behavior, learn, look, negative exemplar, person, what not to do, what to do

Hito no Furi mite Wa-ga Furi Naose 人の振り見て我が振り直せ The day before yesterday, I introduced the idiom hanmen kyōshi (反面教師), which

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Tsuke ga Mawaru (付けが回る – Deserving Thoughtless Behavior)

Aug 17, 2019Aug 19, 2019 Toru 0 Comments action, behavior, bill, Bon holiday, come around, deserve, holiday, horrible, pile up, situation, thoughtless, work

Tsuke ga Mawaru 付けが回る I have enjoyed Bon holidays and hardly worked for the last few days. 私はここ数日、長期休暇を満喫し、ほとんど仕事をしませんでした。 As a

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Shiri ga Karui (尻が軽い – Hasty)

Jun 09, 2019Jun 11, 2019 Toru 0 Comments behavior, butt, hasty, hip, play around, shorten, sit, thoughtless, woman

Shiri ga Karui 尻が軽い I do not like people who are described as shiri ga karui (尻が軽い). 私は「尻が軽い」人があまり好きではありません。 ‘Shiri ga

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Tenohira wo Kaesu (手のひらを返す – Turning a 180)

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 Toru 0 Comments attitude, behavior, change, indicate, palm, turn a 180, turn over, wording

Tenohira wo Kaesu 手のひらを返す I often find people who do an act called tenohira wo kaesu (手のひらを返す). 私はインターネット上で、よく「手のひらを返す」人を見かけます。 Since tenohira

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Shichiten Hakki (七転八起 – Never Giving Up)

Mar 13, 2019 Toru 0 Comments behavior, eight, failure, fall down, get up, give up, Japanese readings, never give up, seven, try

Shichiten Hakki 七転八起 If there is a person who tries many times despite repeated failures, his/her behavior can be described

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Jigou Jitoku (自業自得 – Having It Coming)

Feb 08, 2019Feb 09, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bad, behavior, Buddhist term, deed, deserve, factor, four-character idiom, good, have it coming, oneself, price, profit, ruin

Jigou Jitoku 自業自得 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese idiom ‘boketsu wo horu‘ (墓穴を掘る), which means to make a

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Hana ni Tsuku (鼻につく – Getting Annoyed)

Jan 21, 2019 Toru 0 Comments annoyed, attach, behavior, feel, nose, peculiar, smell, words

Hana ni Tsuku 鼻につく When feeling annoyed with someone’s words or behavior, you can express it by using the Japanese

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