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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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Mune wo Utsu (胸を打つ – Moving One’s Heart)

Jul 05, 2021Aug 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments heart, move, move heart, strike, strike heart

Mune wo Utsu 胸を打つ To move or strike someone’s heart strongly is expressed as mune wo utsu (胸を打つ) in Japanese.

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Ki no Doku (気の毒 – Feeling Sorry)

Jun 13, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments bad, feel sorry, feeling, heart, misfortune, poison, sorry, suffer, sympathy

Ki no Doku 気の毒 To feel sorry for someone or have sympathy for someone’s misfortune or suffering is described as

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Rōbashin (老婆心 – Excessive Kindness)

Apr 21, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments children, excessive kindness, grandmother, heart, kindness, lady, meddlesome, old, woman

Rōbashin 老婆心 The feeling of worrying about someone or the desire to give someone a word of advice is referred

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Kokoro Machi (心待ち – Being Eagerly Waiting)

May 24, 2019 Toru 0 Comments eagerly, girlfriend, heart, heartily, look forward, meet, situation, wait

Kokoro Machi 心待ち Have you ever been eagerly waiting for something? 心から何かを待ち望んだことはありますか? To describe such a situation, you can use

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Ne ni Motsu (根に持つ – Holding a Grudge)

Apr 02, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bottom, grudge, have, heart, hold, hold a grudge, pat, root, suffer

Ne ni Motsu 根に持つ To hold a grudge for a long time is referred to as ‘ne ni motsu‘ (根に持つ)

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Kan-muryō (感無量 – Deep Emotion)

Mar 09, 2019 Toru 0 Comments deep emotion, emotion, feeling, heart, innumerable, nothing, quantity

Kan-muryō 感無量 Yesterday, I introduced you to the phrase ‘mune ga ippai ni naru‘ (胸が一杯になる), which means that one’s heart

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Mune ga Ippai ni Naru (胸がいっぱいになる – Overflowing)

Mar 08, 2019 Toru 0 Comments compliment, farewell, farewell party, fill, full, grief, heart, heartfelt, joy, overflow, party, university

Mune ga Ippai ni Naru 胸がいっぱいになる Yesterday, a farewell party for teachers who would retire or change their jobs at

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Gishin Anki (疑心暗鬼 – Doubts Beget Doubts)

Jan 14, 2019 Toru 0 Comments Buddhism, Buddhist term, dark, darkness, doubt, doubts, heart, mind, ogre, suspicion, trivial thing

Gishin Anki 疑心暗鬼 Today, I saw a person who has a mind called ‘gishin anki‘ (疑心暗鬼). 私は今日、「疑心暗鬼」になっている人を見ました。 This four-character idiom

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