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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Urayamakeshikaran (うらやまけしからん)
Urayamakeshikaran うらやまけしからん I introduced you to ‘keshikaran‘ (けしからん) two days ago and ‘urayamashī‘ (うらやましい) yesterday. 一昨日は「けしからん」を、昨日は「うらやましい」を紹介しました。 Today I would like
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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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Kokoro ni Shimiru (心にしみる – Being Impressed)
Kokoro ni Shimiru 心にしみる When expressing that you are impressed by something in English, you probably say in the way
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Ikari Shintō ni Hassuru (怒り心頭に発する – Getting Furious)
Ikari Shintō ni hassuru 怒り心頭に発する For the last two days, I introduced you to idioms that mean a feeling of
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Shinki Itten (心機一転 – Turning Over a New Leaf)
Shinki Itten 心機一転 Two days ago, I introduced you to the phrase “ki ga ki de nai” (気が気でない – anxious),
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Ki ga Ki de nai (気が気でない – Anxious)
Ki ga Ki de nai 気が気でない I am terribly anxious about a certain thing and unsettling now. 私は今、あることが心配で気持ちが落ち着きません。 When expressing
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Uwa no Sora (上の空 – Absence of Mind)
Uwa no Sora 上の空 Recently, I often become a state called uwa no sora (上の空). 私は最近、「上の空」によくなります。 Uwa no sora means
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Kanjin (肝心 – Important/Key)
Kanjin 肝心 Today can be described as kanjin (肝心) for me. 今日という日は、私にとって「肝心」です。 Kanjin is a word that means very important
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