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Kurushī (苦しい – Painful/Difficult)

08/19/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments confuse, difficult, eye, hard, head, heat, mental, pain, painful, physical, sadness, spin, state, suffering, theory

Kurushī 苦しい Now I am in a state called kurushī (苦しい). 私は今、「苦しい」です。 Kurushī is a term that describes a physically

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Ome ni Kakaru (お目にかかる – Having the Pleasure of Meeting)

06/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments eye, honor, meet, meeting, pleasure of meeting, pleasure of seeing, respect, seen

Ome ni Kakaru お目にかかる The most common Japanese term meaning to meet someone is au (会う). 誰か会う・対面することを意味する日本語で最も一般的なものは「会う」です。 However, if you

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Ateji (当て字 – Phonetic Equivalent) Part 2

05/12/2019 Toru 0 Comments amethyst, autumn, bitter, Buddha, character, come out, crystal, eye, France, incoherent, kanji, leaf, orchid, Pacific cod, phonetic equivalent, purple, reading, red, tea, unreasonable, west

Ateji Part 2 当て字 Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced two meanings of ateji (当て字). 昨日は「当て字」が持つ二つの意味を紹介しました。 I would like to show

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Megane (眼鏡 – Glasses)

04/27/201904/28/2019 Toru 0 Comments eye, glasses, import, invent, Italy, mirror, ruler

Megane 眼鏡 Today I bought a megane (眼鏡). 私は今日「眼鏡」を買いました。 Megane is a Japanese word that means “glasses.” 「眼鏡」は “glasses” を意味する日本語であす。

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Megashira ga Atsuku Naru (目頭が熱くなる – One’s Eyes Fill with Tears)

03/22/2019 Toru 0 Comments accumulate, corner, eye, get hot, graduation ceremony, head, hot, spread wings, tear, university, warm

Megashira ga Atsuku Naru 目頭が熱くなる The day before yesterday, a graduation ceremony took place at my university. 一昨日は、私の大学の卒業式が行われました。 When I

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‘Yōshi Tanrei‘ and ‘Bimoku Shūrei‘ (「容姿端麗」と「眉目秀麗」 – “Beautiful Features”)

03/20/2019 Toru 0 Comments appearance, beautiful, beauty, eye, eyebrow, features, four-character idiom, man, men, talent, talented, woman, women

‘Yōshi Tanrei‘ and ‘Bimoku Shūrei‘ 「容姿端麗」と「眉目秀麗」 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idom ‘saishoku kenbi‘ (才色兼備), which means to

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Ōme ni Miru (大目に見る – Overlooking)

03/07/2019 Toru 0 Comments big, eye, failure, gap, look, overlook, pass through, scold, shortcoming, sieve

Ōme ni Miru 大目に見る Yesterday, I introduced you to the idiom ‘ōmedama wo kuu‘ (大目玉を食う), which means to be scolded

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Ōmedama wo Kuu (大目玉を食う – Getting a Rocket)

03/06/2019 Toru 0 Comments ball, big, deed, eat, eye, eyeball, get a rocket, harshly, scold, undesirable deed, wide eyes

Ōmedama wo Kuu 大目玉を食う To be scolded very harshly can be described as ‘ōmedama wo kuu‘ (大目玉を食う) in Japanese. 目上の人からひどく叱られることを、「大目玉を食う」と言います。

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Okame Hachimoku (岡目八目 – Bystander’s Vantage)

11/28/2018 Toru 0 Comments bystander, examine, eye, four-character idiom, Go, judge, outside, see, side, step, third party, vantage, watch

Okame Hachimoku 岡目八目 Generally, it is considered that third parties can judge things more correctly than the parties involved. 一般的に、当事者よりも第三者のほうが、物事を正しく判断できると考えられます。

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