Onaka ga Heru (お腹が減る – Being Hungry)
Onaka ga Heru お腹が減る Japanese people say onaka ga suku (お腹が空く) or onaka ga heru (お腹が減る) to represent being hungry.
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Kara Shucchō (カラ出張 – A Fake Business Trip)
Kara Shucchō カラ出張 I work at a university and sometimes go on a business trip using public research spending. 私は大学に勤めており、公的研究費で出張をすることがあります。
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Karacha (空茶 – Served Tea by Itself)
Karacha 空茶 When treating visitors in Japan, we often serve green tea with refreshments (Japanese confectionery). 日本では来客をもてなすとき、お茶にお茶菓子を添えて出します。 However, if the
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Koke ni Suru (コケにする)
Koke ni Suru コケにする Japanese people sometimes say “koke ni suru” (コケにする) when taunting someone. 誰かのことをバカにしたり嘲ったりすることを、日本語では「コケにする」と言うことがあります。 Here, “koke” is written
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Atama ga Piman (Your Head is a Green Pepper)
Atama ga Piman 頭がピーマン Today, I will talk about the Japanese insult “atama ga piman,” whose literal meaning is “your
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Utsusemi (Cicada Shell)
Today, I will talk about the Japanese “空蝉 (utsusemi).” 今日は、「空蝉（うつせみ）」という日本語を紹介します。 “空” menas “empty,” and “蝉” menas “cicada,” and “空蝉” expresses
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