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Kaikaburu (買いかぶる – Overestimating)

May 16, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments ability, buy, loss, misjudge, overestimate, price, suffer damage, value

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)

Mar 16, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments buy, car, COVID-19, have, rot, talent, treasure, useful, waste

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

Sep 17, 2019 Toru 0 Comments buy, camel, camera, rhino, riddle, shopping, turtle

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)

May 14, 2019 Toru 0 Comments buy, cause, fight, harsh words, quarrel, sell, 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)

Mar 28, 2019 Toru 0 Comments buy, Chinese story, come up with, degree, dimension, forget, lapse, lapse of memory, measure, memory, shoes

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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iPhone Xs

Oct 05, 2018 Toru 0 Comments BlackBerry, buy, iPhone, keyboard, problem, purchase, smartphone, trouble, usability

iPhone Xs iPhone Xs About three months ago, I bought a smartphone equipped with a physical keyboard, BlackBerry Key2. 私は約3ヶ月前に、キーボード付きのスマートフォン

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Thirty-Six Books

Aug 06, 2018 Toru 0 Comments book, buy, English, grammar, history, kanji, Kindle, religion, sale, trivia

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)

Jul 10, 2018Jul 10, 2018 Toru 0 Comments buy, impulse, Microsoft, necessary, product, smartphone

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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I Gave an Xperia Z3 for myself as a Christmas Present.

Dec 27, 2014Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments buy, Christmas, gift, present, smartphone, Sony, Xperia

Today, I bought an Xperia Z3, which is a smartphone made by Sony, at an electronics store. 今日は、電気屋でSony製のスマートフォン、XperiaZ3を買いました。 I could

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