Mo ni Fukusu (喪に服す – Mourning): Part 1
Mo ni Fukusu: Part 1 喪に服す Part 1 In Japanese culture, after the death of a loved one, people refrain
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Ōjōgiwa ga Warui (往生際が悪い – Bad Loser)
Ōjōgiwa ga Warui 往生際が悪い The Japanese idiom, ōjōgiwa ga warui (往生際が悪い), is used to describe people who try to refuse
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Hito wo Norowa ba Ana Futatsu (人を呪わば穴二つ – Chickens Come Home to Roost)
Hito wo Norowa ba Ana Futatsu 人を呪わば穴二つ Have you ever thought about cursing someone to death? 人を呪い殺そうと思ったことはありますか？ In such a
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Kyūshi ni Isshō wo Eru (九死に一生を得る – Having a Narrow Escape)
Kyūshi ni Isshō wo Eru 九死に一生を得る Have you ever survived a critical situation where the chances of survival were meager?
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Kishi Kaisei (起死回生 – Turnning Around a Hopeless Situation)
Kishi Kaisei 起死回生 To recover from a hopeless situation and come back to life is called kishi kaisei (起死回生) in
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Shibō (しぼう – Wish/Death/Fat/Ovary)
Shibō しぼう As you may know, the Japanese language has many homonyms. ご存知のとおり日本語には多くの同音異義語があります。 Yesterday I typed shibō (しぼう) on my
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Shi ni Mono Gurui (死に物狂い – For Life)
Shi ni Mono Gurui 死に物狂い When you work on something seriously so hard that you don’t even fear death, it
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Shōsoku (消息 – Newsletter)
Shōsoku 消息 A letter or news that informs what you have been doing lately is called shōsoku (消息) in Japanese.
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Shigo (死語 – Dead Language/Word)
Shigo 死語 In my post yesterday, I used the Japanese word ‘shigo‘ (死語). 昨日の投稿の中で、「死語」という言葉を使いました。 Since ‘shi‘ (死) means “death/dead” and
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