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Akakara Nabe (赤から鍋 – A Red Hot Pot)

Akakara Nabe 赤から鍋 Today I ate ‘akakara nabe‘ (赤から鍋). 今日は、「赤から鍋」を食べました。 ‘Akakara nabe’ is a kind of dish that is popular

Yoru Gohan 夜ごはん “Breakfast” is referred to as ‘asa gohan’ (朝ごはん – literally “morning meal”) in Japanese. “Breakfast” のことを日本語で「朝ごはん」と言います。 “Lunch”

Manma to Damasareru まんまと騙される Yesterday, I was totally deceived. This situation is expressed as ‘manma to damasareta‘ (まんまと騙された) in Japanese.

Baby Talk 幼児語 The Japanese language has various phrases in baby talk. 日本にはさまざまな幼児語が存在します。 Most of them were made by imitating

Teshio ni Kakeru 手塩にかける Have you experienced raising or cherishing a child, an animal, or a plant by your own

Gochisō ご馳走 I have not been eating gochisō lately. 私は最近「ご馳走」を食べていません。 The go (ご) in gochisō is a polite prefix, and