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Corrected Culture Diary Essay Etymology Slang

Toru Apr 09, 2021Jun 02, 2021 0 Comments crazy, interest, person, theory, trend, woman, young

Mī-Hā (ミーハー – A Person Who Follow the Crowd)

Mī-Hā ミーハー I think I am a mī-hā (ミーハー). 私は「ミーハー」です。 A mī-hā is a person who is crazy about following Read More

Business Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Apr 06, 2018Jan 02, 2024 expression, extended usage, interest, investment, Japanese phrase, literal meaning, lose everything, original purpose, principal, significance

Moto mo Ko mo nai (元も子もない – Losing Everything/Makes No Sense)

Moto mo Ko mo nai 元も子もない When you lose everything or an original purpose, we express the situation using the Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 28, 2017Jan 03, 2024 father, horse, incident, interest, meaning, old horse, oyajiuma, unrelated, useless, yajiuma

Yajiuma (野次馬 – Rubberneck)

When a fire or an accident occurs, many “yajiuma” (野次馬) will gather. 野次馬 “Yajiuma” means people show interest in a Read More

Culture Essay Etymology History Japanese tradition Kanji Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jan 06, 2017Jan 02, 2024 Edo period, interest, Japanese, lascivious, noun, personify, slang, suffix, sukebe, verb

Sukebe

Today I will talk about the Japanese slang “sukebe”. すけべ “Sukebe” means that something or someone is lascivious, and it Read More