Jūbako no Sumi wo Tsutsuku (重箱の隅をつつく – Quibbling on Insignificant Detail)
Jūbako no Sumi wo Tsutsuku 重箱の隅をつつく In my post the day before yesterday, I introduced the word jūbako (重箱), which
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Jūbako Yomi (重箱読み – Mixed Reading of Chinese and Japanese)
Jūbako Yomi 重箱読み In my post yesterday, I explained that it is not standard to read 代替 as daigae (だいがえ).
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Five-yen Coin
Five-yen Coin 五円玉 Usually, there is saisenbako (賽銭箱) in Japanese shrines and temples. 日本の神社や寺院などには「賽銭箱」が置かれていることがあります。 Saisen (賽銭) means money that is
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Nizukuri(荷造り – Packing)
Nizukuri 荷造り Now I am doing ‘nizukuri‘ (荷造り) for moving out of my apartment. 私は今、「荷造り」をしています。 Since ‘ni‘ (荷) means “package”
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