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Me wo Sankaku ni Suru (目を三角にする – Getting Angry with a Stern Glare)

Jul 25, 2021May 08, 2023 Toru 0 Comments 1915, angry, eye, fury, glare, shape, stern, triangle

Me wo Sankaku ni Suru 目を三角にする When someone gets angry and lifts the corners of his/her eyes up, it can

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Oni no Me ni mo Namida (鬼の目にも涙 – Tears from the Hardest Heart)

Jul 24, 2021May 08, 2023 Toru 0 Comments 1914, cruel, cry, eye, heart, ogre, scary, scene, tears

Oni no Me ni mo Namida 鬼の目にも涙 Is there anyone around you who is cruel and scary like an ogre?

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Nagai Me de Miru (長い目で見る – Taking a Long View)

Jul 13, 2021Aug 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments decision, eye, future, long run, long view, long-term, look, present

Nagai Me de Miru 長い目で見る To make a decision by considering not only the present situation, but also the future

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Me no Ue no Kobu (目の上の瘤 – A Thorn in One’s Side)

Apr 25, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments bump, elder, eye, eyelid, interfere, superior, thorn, upper, work

Me no Ue no Kobu 目の上の瘤 In Japanese society, there are people and things called me no ue no kobu

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Shiko no Kan (指呼の間 – Hailing Distance)

Apr 03, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments call, call out, close, distance, eye, finger, nose, reply, span

Shiko no Kan 指呼の間 In my post two days ago, I introduced the term me to hana no saki (目と鼻の先),

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Me to Hana no Saki (目と鼻の先 – Stone’s Throw)

Apr 01, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments close, distance, eye, nose, point, span, stone, throw

Me to Hana no Saki 目と鼻の先 To describe a very close distance, Japanese people sometimes say me to hana no

Essay Etymology Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Kurushī (苦しい – Painful/Difficult)

Aug 19, 2019Aug 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)

Jun 11, 2019Jun 01, 2021 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

Essay Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

Ateji (当て字 – Phonetic Equivalent) Part 2

May 12, 2019Jul 26, 2021 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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