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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Kado ga Tstsu (角が立つ – Creating Bitter Feelings)
Kado ga Tstsu 角が立つ Yesterday, I introduced you to the idiom ‘kado ga toreru‘ (角が取れる), which means that someone who
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Muzu Muzu (むずむず – Itching)
Muzu Muzu むずむず Now my nose is a state expressed as the Japanese term むずむず (muzu muzu). 私は今、鼻が「むずむず」します。 “Muzu muzu”
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Kegirai (毛嫌い – Dislike)
Kegirai 毛嫌い Is there something that you don’t like instinctively without any specific reason. これという理由もなく、何かを感情的に嫌うことはありますか？ In Japan, we use a
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Gou wo Niyasu (業を煮やす – Getting Irritated)
Gou wo Niyasu 業を煮やす Have you ever gotten angry because things didn’t go well as you expected? 事が思うように運ばず、腹を立てた経験はありますか？ Getting angry
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Hara ga Tatsu
Today, I will talk about the Japanese phrase “hara ga tatsu.” 腹が立つ Usually “hara” means “stomach” and “tatsu” means “to
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Onna Gokoro to Aki no Sora (Women’s Feelings and Autumn sky)
Onna Gokoro to Aki no Sora 女心と秋の空 There is the proverb “onna gokoro to aki no sora,” the meaning of
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