Yausumono Gai no Zeni Ushinai (安物買いの銭失い – Penny Wise and Pound Foolish)
Yausumono Gai no Zeni Ushinai 安物買いの銭失い I like to go to 100-yen shops, however, after buying something, it sometimes breaks
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Kaikaburu (買いかぶる – Overestimating)
Kaikaburu 買いかぶる To misjudge and overestimate a person’s ability is represented as kaikaburu (買いかぶる) in Japanese. 人の実力を見誤り過大評価することを、「買いかぶる」と言います。 Since kai (買い)
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Takara no Mochigusare (宝の持ち腐れ – Better Spent Than Spared)
Takara no Mochigusare 宝の持ち腐れ I splurged and bought a new car about a year ago. 私は約1年前、思い切って車を購入しました。 However, the COVID-19 pandemic
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Interesting Riddles Part 1
Interesting Riddles Part 1 面白いなぞなぞ Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced the term nazonazo (なぞなぞ), which means “riddle.” 昨日は「なぞなぞ」という言葉を紹介しました。 Next, I
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Uri Kotoba ni Kai Kotoba (売り言葉に買い言葉 – Tit for Tat)
Uri Kotoba ni Kai Kotoba 売り言葉に買い言葉 Have you ever exchanged harsh words with someone? 誰かに喧嘩腰な言葉をかけられ、相応の乱暴な言葉を返したことはありますか？ Such an act is called
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Dowasure (ど忘れ – Lapse of Memory)
Dowasure ど忘れ I often do ‘dowasure‘ (ど忘れ). 私はしばしば「ど忘れ」をします。 ‘Dowasure’ means that you suddenly forget something you know well and simply
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Thirty-Six Books
Thirty-Six Books 36冊の本 I have been trouble deciding on a topic for posts on Lang-8 lately. 私は最近いつも、 Lang-8 に投稿するトピックに困っています。 Therefore,
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Shōdō-gai (衝動買い – Impulse Buying)
Shōdō-gai 衝動買い Today I ordered a BlackBerry KEY2 at an overseas online shopping site. 私は今日、海外の通販サイトで BlackBerry の Key2 を注文しました。 These
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