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Shōsoku (消息 – Newsletter)

May 10, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments breath, death, letter, life, news, newsletter, situation, vanish

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)

Apr 16, 2019 Toru 0 Comments antiquated, dead, dead language, dead word, death, language, linguistics, obsolete, obsolete word, term, 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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Tachi Ōjō (立ち往生 – Gridlock)

Apr 03, 2019 Toru 0 Comments Buddhist term, dead, death, die, gridlock, incapable, injury, platform, stand, state, traffic accident, train

Tachi Ōjō 立ち往生 A traffic accident causing injury or death happened yesterday near the center of Tokyo, and many trains

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Nami no Hana (波の花)

Feb 27, 2019 Toru 0 Comments court ladies, death, ear, flower, foam, rice, salt, sea, sea foam, sea wave, seawater, wave, white foam

Nami no Hana 波の花 Today, I would like to introduce the term ‘nami no hana‘ (波の花), which even Japanese people

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Zettai Zetsumei (絶体絶命 – Certain Death)

Jan 04, 2019 Toru 0 Comments absolute, body, certain death, death, definite, end, extremity, life, pinch, situation

Zettai Zetsumei 絶体絶命 Several days ago, I was being fallen into a situation called ‘zettai zetsumei’ (絶体絶命) in Japanese. 私は数日前、「絶体絶命」と呼ばれる状況に陥っていました。

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Umi no Mokuzu (海の藻屑 – Being Drowned at Sea)

Dec 17, 2018 Toru 0 Comments accident, alga, algae, become, death, die, drown, marine accident, nemacystus decipines, scrap, sea, seaweed

Umi no Mokuzu 海の藻屑 To die due to a marine accident is called ‘umi no mokuzu ni naru‘ (海の藻屑になる) in

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