Entenka (炎天下 – Under the Hot Sun)
Entenka 炎天下 In summer, you can hear the word entenka (炎天下) on Japanese TV news. 夏になると、テレビのニュースなどで「炎天下」という単語が登場します。 Since en (炎) means
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Usankusai (胡散臭い – Doubtful)
Usankusai 胡散臭い Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese term ‘kinakusai‘ (きな臭い), which means that something is suspicious. 昨日は何かが疑わしいことを意味する「きな臭い」という言葉を紹介しました。 There
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Kinakusai (きな臭い – Suspicious)
Kinakusai きな臭い When describing that something is suspicious, you can use the Japanese ‘kinakusai‘ (きな臭い). 何かが疑わしいことを表す日本語に「きな臭い」があります。 ‘kusai‘ (臭い) means “to
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Tsume ni Hi wo Tomosu (爪に火をともす – Penny Pincher)
Tsume ni Hi wo Tomosu 爪に火をともす Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese proverb related to tsume (爪 – nail/claw),
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Ojan (おじゃん – Falling Through)
Ojan おじゃん When a plan or a thing goes up in smoke, we refers to it as おじゃん (ojan) or
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Hūzen no Tomoshibi (風前の灯火 – Hang by A Thread)
Hūzen no Tomoshibi 風前の灯火 If you want to say that a thing or a person is in danger, or it
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Hi no Kuruma (火の車 – Dire Straits)
I am in a little bad economic situation now. 火の車 If your household economy becomes extremely terrible, the situation will
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Uso mo Houben
Today I will talk about the Japanese proverb “uso mo houben.” 嘘も方便 “Uso mo houben” means that sometimes you need
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Octopus’s Tentacles Wiring
Yesterday, I was talk about octopuses. タコ足配線 Today, I will talk about the Japanese slang “tako ashi haisen” (octopus’s tentacles
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