EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Aug 25, 2019Aug 26, 2019 0 Comments bird, feather, fly, free, let loose, loose, release, repressed, stretch, stretch out, wing Hane wo Nobasu (羽を伸ばす – Letting Loose) Hane wo Nobasu 羽を伸ばす Last weekend, I took an action called hane wo nobasu (羽を伸ばす). 私はこの休日、「羽を伸ばしました」。 Hane (羽) means “wing” Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Aug 23, 2019 0 Comments bird, bump, cold, discomfort, fear, feather, goose, goose bumps, phenomenon, rise, skin Torihada (鳥肌 – Goose Bumps) Torihada 鳥肌 A phenomenon that a lot of fine bumps appear on a person’s skin due to cold, fear, or Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Jan 23, 2019 0 Comments break, crop, feather, high, nose, pride, subdue Hana wo Oru (鼻を折る – Cropping Someone’s Feathers) Hana wo Oru 鼻を折る Continuing from yesterday’s post, I would like to talk about an idiom related to nose, ‘hana Read More