Kōbō mo Fude no Ayamari (弘法も筆の誤り – Even Homer Sometimes Nods): Part 1
Kōbō mo Fude no Ayamari: Part 1 弘法も筆の誤り Part 1 Yesterday, I introduced the proverb saru mo ki kara ochiru
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Benkei no Tachi Ōjō (弁慶の立ち往生 – Getting Stuck)
Benkei no Tachi Ōjō 弁慶の立ち往生 Two years ago, I introduced the term tachi ōjō (立ち往生), which means “to get stuck”
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Uchi Benkei (内弁慶 – A Lion at Home and a Mouse Abroad)
Uchi Benkei 内弁慶 A person who is strong and domineering inside the house, but cowardly outside, is called uchi Benkei
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Benkei ni Naginata (弁慶に薙刀 – Adding Wings to a Tiger)
Benkei ni Naginata 弁慶に薙刀 In yesterday’s post, I introduced the idiom oni ni kanabō (鬼に金棒), which means “making an already
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Mochi (餅 – Rice Cake)
Mochi 餅 Today I did 餅つき (mochitsuki). 私は今日、餅つきをしました。 Mochitsuki is a traditional Japanese event that people make 餅 (mochi –
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Yodare (よだれ – Saliva)
Yodare よだれ Today, I found a student who was sleeping while dribbling “yodare” (よだれ). 今日は、よだれを垂らして寝ている学生を見ました。 “Yodare” means saliva dribbling unconsciously
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Sode wo Nurasu
In Japan, there have been a lot of expressions that use word association since ancient times. 袖を濡らす For example, in
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Utsukushii (Beautiful)
Today I will talk about the common Japanese adjective “utsukushii.” 美しい “Utsukushii” refers to that colors, shapes or sounds of
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Futsutsuka
Today I would like to talk about the Japanese term “futsutsuka.” ふつつか “Futsutsuka” means that someone is inexperienced or insensitive
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