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Kankodori (閑古鳥 – Cuckoo)

Mar 22, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments auspicious, bird, call, cuckoo, echo, mountain, old, prosperous, quiet, town

Kankodori 閑古鳥 In my post yesterday, I explained that cuckoos are not very auspicious in Japan. 昨日の投稿で、「カッコウ」は日本であまり縁起が良くないと説明しました。 A cuckoo is

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Hane wo Nobasu (羽を伸ばす – Letting Loose)

Aug 25, 2019Aug 26, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bird, feather, fly, free, let loose, loose, release, repressed, stretch, stretch out, wing

Hane wo Nobasu 羽を伸ばす Last weekend, I took an action called hane wo nobasu (羽を伸ばす). 私はこの休日、「羽を伸ばしました」。 Hane (羽) means “wing”

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Torihada (鳥肌 – Goose Bumps)

Aug 23, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bird, bump, cold, discomfort, fear, feather, goose, goose bumps, phenomenon, rise, skin

Torihada 鳥肌 A phenomenon that a lot of fine bumps appear on a person’s skin due to cold, fear, or

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Chidoriashi (千鳥足 – Walking Zigzag)

Apr 24, 2019Apr 25, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bird, drunk, feet, finger, foot, plover, stagger, walk, zigzag

Chidoriashi 千鳥足 To walk with a stagger (especially in a drunk state) is called ‘chidoriashi‘ (千鳥足) in Japanese. 酒によってふらふらと歩くことを、日本語で「千鳥足」と言います。 Since

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Kachō Fūgetsu (花鳥風月 – Beauties of Nature)

Dec 29, 2018 Toru 0 Comments beauties, bird, flower, four-character idiom, landscape, moon, nature, poetry, wind

Kachō Fūgetsu 花鳥風月 To describe a beautiful landscape of nature, you can use the four-character idiom ‘kachō fūgetsu‘ (花鳥風月). 自然の美しい風景や風物を表す四字熟語に、「花鳥風月」があります。

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Hinagata (雛形 – form/model/template)

May 31, 2018 Toru 0 Comments bird, form, model, template

Hinagata 雛形 We refer to forms that show how to write documents or models of industrial products as hinagata (雛形).

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