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Mamagoto (ままごと – House)

08/21/201908/21/2019 Toru 0 Comments act, children, cock, event, family. life, girl, guest, house, invite, mama, meal, play

Mamagoto ままごと Children (especially girl) sometimes play mamagoto (ままごと/飯事). 幼児(特に女児)の遊びに「ままごと」があります。 Mamagoto is as a kind of plays that players imitate

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Akakara Nabe (赤から鍋 – A Red Hot Pot)

12/14/2018 Toru 0 Comments bean paste, blood, dish, hot pot, meal, miso, red, red pepper, spicy

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

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Yoru Gohan (夜ごはん – Dinner)

11/04/2018 Toru 0 Comments breakfast, dinner, evening, lunch, meal, morning, night, noon

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”

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Manma to Damasareru (まんまと騙される – Being Totally Deceived)

09/15/2018 Toru 0 Comments adverb, beautifully, completely, deceive, good, meal, passive voice, successful, successfully, totally

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.

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Baby Talk

07/07/2018 Toru 0 Comments baby, foot, grandfather, grandmother, infants, meal, pee, pronounce, talk, urination, walk

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

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Teshio ni Kakeru (手塩にかける – Raising with Tender Care)

05/01/201805/30/2018 Toru 0 Comments child, meal, raise, salt

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

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Gochisō (ご馳走 – Feast)

04/29/201805/30/2018 Toru 0 Comments cuisine, feast, greeting, meal

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

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