Ā Ie ba Kō Iu (ああ言えばこう言う – Having a Smart Mouth)
Ā Ie ba Kō Iu ああ言えばこう言う The Japanese idiom, “ā ie ba kō iu” (ああ言えばこう言う), describes a situation where someone
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Shirankedo (知らんけど – “I’m not sure, though” / “But who knows”)
Shirankedo 知らんけど I feel that the number of people who say shirankedo (知らんけど) after saying something has increased lately. 最近、発言の最後に「知らんけど」をつける人が増えたように感じます。
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Chinchin/Acchinchin/Chinchikochin (ちんちん/あっちんちん/ちんちこちん – Very Hot)
Chinchin/Acchinchin/Chinchikochin ちんちん/あっちんちん/ちんちこちん I was born and brought up in Nagoya city, Aichi. 私は愛知県の名古屋で育ちました。 In Nagoya (and its surrounding areas), there
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Hara ga Futoi (腹が太い – One’s Heart is Large)
Hara ga Futoi 腹が太い There is an idiom, ‘hara ga futoi‘ (腹が太い) in Japanese. 日本語には「腹が太い」という慣用句があります。 ‘Hara‘ (腹) usually means “stomach”
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Dobe and Biri
Dobe and Biri 「ドベ」と「ビリ」 Yesterday, while playing Super Mario Party, I used the Japanese term ‘dobe‘ (ドベ), but its meaning
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Tōtō toto Tottōto?
Tōtō toto Tottōto? とうとうとととっとーと？ Yesterday, I introduced you to a phrase that uses a lot of ‘ka‘ (か). 昨日は「か」ばかりを使った文章を紹介しました。 After
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Kakā Kā KāKa?
Kakā Kā KāKa? かかーかーかーか？ When reading a book, I found an interesting phrase that uses the dialect in Toyama. 本読をんでいて、富山の方言を使った面白い言葉を見つけました。
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Kettai (Queer-Beer)
Kettai けったい Today I would like to talk about the term in Osaka dialect “kettai.” 今日は大阪弁の「けったい」を紹介します。 “Kettai” means that something
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