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Atatte Kudakero (当たって砕けろ – Go for Broke)

May 17, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments break, challenge, determination, failure, fear, go for broke, hit, succeed

Atatte Kudakero 当たって砕けろ When the fear of failure prevents you from taking action, the phrase atatte kudakero (当たって砕けろ) could help

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Typhoon No. 19

Oct 13, 2019Oct 14, 2019 Toru 0 Comments break, carry out, Category five, damage, flood, Hagibis, hurricane, recovery effort, rescue, river, typhoon

Typhoon No. 19 台風19号 A super large typhoon, Typhoon No. 19, hit Japan from October 12th to 13th. 10月12日から13日にかけて、超大型の台風19号が日本を直撃しました。 The

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Ikinuki (息抜き – Breather)

Aug 24, 2019Aug 26, 2019 Toru 0 Comments air, balance, body, break, breath, breather, life, live, performance, refresh, relax, release, rest, tension, work

Ikinuki 息抜き People need ikinuki (息抜き) in their lives. 人が生きていく上で、「息抜き」は必要不可欠です。 Ikinuki means to rest, relax or refresh for a while

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Hachiku no Ikioi (破竹の勢い – Tremendous Momentum)

Apr 18, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bamboo, break, divide, momentum, swiftly, tremendous

Hachiku no Ikioi 破竹の勢い When something has an intense momentum and it can’t be stopped, you can describe that using

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Hana wo Oru (鼻を折る – Cropping Someone’s Feathers)

Jan 23, 2019 Toru 0 Comments break, crop, feather, high, nose, pride, subdue

Hana wo Oru 鼻を折る Continuing from yesterday’s post, I would like to talk about an idiom related to nose, ‘hana

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Yudan (油断 – Carelessness)

Aug 05, 2018Aug 05, 2018 Toru 0 Comments break, careless, carelessness, cut off, king, oil, relax, servant, theory

Yudan 油断 To let one’s guard down or to be careless is called ‘yudan‘ (油断) in Japanese. 気をゆるめることや、注意を怠ることを、「油断」と言います。 ‘Yu‘ (油)

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Kinchō no Ito ga Kireru (緊張の糸が切れる)

May 16, 2018May 30, 2018 Toru 0 Comments break, cut, loose, relieve, strain, stress, string, tension, thread

Kinchō no Ito ga Kireru 緊張の糸が解ける I finished my important work yesterday. 私は昨日、大事なイベントをこなしました。 I was very nervous until yesterday, but

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