CultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected Toru Oct 23, 2023Jan 01, 2024 difficulties, flexibility, idiom, metaphor, nature, navigate, sway, willow, wind, yanagi ni kaze Yanagi ni Kaze (柳に風 – Warding Off) Yanagi ni Kaze 柳に風 People who do not oppose others and smoothly ward things off are sometimes described as yanagi Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiProverbUncorrected Toru Sep 24, 2021Jan 02, 2024 difficulties, ichi, ichinan satte mata ichinan, Japanese, mata, misfortunes, nan, proverb, satte, translate Ichinan Satte Mata Ichinan (一難去ってまた一難 – ) Ichinan Satte Mata Ichinan 一難去ってまた一難 When misfortunes or difficulties come one after another with no time to rest, you can Read More
CorrectedEssayKanji Toru May 27, 2021Jul 26, 2021 0 Comments bright, difficulties, difficulty, forward, four-character idiom, future, hopeful, many, on the way, sea, spreading water Zento Tanan (前途多難 – Many Difficulties in Future), Zento Yōyō (前途洋々 – Bright Future) Zento Tanan, Zento Yōyō 前途多難 / 前途洋々 To explain that there are many difficulties ahead, you can use the Japanese Read More