Take ni Suzume/Yanagi ni Tsubame/Momiji ni Shika (竹に雀/柳に燕/紅葉に鹿 – Match Made in Heaven)
Take ni Suzume/Yanagi ni Tsubame/Momiji ni Shika 竹に雀/柳に燕/紅葉に鹿 In my post yesterday, I introduced the phrase “Ume ni Uguisu,” which
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Deer in Nara
Deer in Nara 奈良の鹿 Today I came to Nara to participate in an academic conference. 今日は学会参加のため、奈良県に来ています。 The conference venue was
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Shishiodoshi
Yesterday, I talked about “kakashi,” which is used for driving annoying animals away. ししおどし Today I will talk about “shishiodoshi,”
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Deer in Nara Park
Nara Park, which is located in Nara Prefecture of Japan, has about 660 hectares, and is well known that a
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Shikato (Disregard)
Today, I will tell you about the Japanese word “shikato(シカト),” which means “disregard.” 今日は、「無視」を意味する「シカト」という言葉を紹介します。 Since “shikato” is mainly used by
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