Hōmu Shikku (ホームシック – Homesickness)
Hōmu Shikku ホームシック Five days have passed since I came to Italy, and I am gradually becoming ‘hōmu shikku‘ (ホームシック).
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Hara wo Kukuru (腹をくくる – Bracing Oneself)
Hara wo Kukuru 腹をくくる Following yesterday and the day before yesterday, I would like to talk about an idiom that
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Hara wo Yomu/Hara wo Saguru (腹を読む/腹を探る – Reading One’s Mind/Sounding out One’s Mind)
Hara wo Yomu/Hara wo Saguru 腹を読む/腹を探る In Japan, long ago it was thought that the stomach contains one’s feelings or
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Chinchin Kamokamo (ちんちんかもかも – Making Out/Snuggling)
Chinchin Kamokamo ちんちんかもかも To describe that a woman and a man make out or snuggle each other, you can use
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Shinjū (心中 – Love Suicide)
Shinjū 心中 I introduced you to the Japanese word ‘shinchū‘ (心中 – “feeling”) in my yesterday’s post. 昨日の表現の中で、”feeling” を意味する「心中（しんちゅう）」という言葉が出てきました。 Actually,
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Shinshū Osasshi Shimasu (心中お察しします – You Have My Sympathies)
Shinshū Osasshi Shimasu 心中お察しします When unhappy or sad events happen to someone, we sometimes say ‘shinchū osasshi shimasu‘ (心中お察しします) out
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Urayamashī (うらやましい – Envious)
Urayamashī うらやましい When you think that someone is favored/rich and you want to become such a person, you can say
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Koibumi (恋文 – Love Letter)
Koibumi 恋文 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese word ‘tegami‘ (手紙), which means a “letter.” 昨日は “letter” を意味する「手紙」という日本語を紹介しました。 Among
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Yamayama (山々 – Mountains)
Yamayama 山々 “Yama” (山) means “mountains,” and the kanji 々 means a repetition of the last character. 「山」は “mountain,” 漢字「々」は直前の漢字の繰り返しを意味します。
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