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Toru Apr 15, 2023Jan 02, 2024 Chinese poetry, comfortable, dawn, literal, meaning, oversleep, proverb, sleep, spring, temperature

Shunmin Akatsuki wo Oboezu (春眠暁を覚えず – In Spring One Sleeps a Sleep That Knows No Dawn)

Shunmin Akatsuki wo Oboezu 春眠暁を覚えず The temperature was so pleasant today’s morning that I overslept. 今日は気温が心地よく、つい寝坊してしまいました。 It is shunmin akatsuki Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

Toru Apr 11, 2023Jan 02, 2024 change, four-character, idiom, isshin ittai, Japanese, meaning, niten santen, progress, regression, unstable

Isshin Ittai and Niten Santen (一進一退と二転三転 – Back-and-Forth and Change Again and Again)

Isshin Ittai and Niten Santen 「一進一退」と「二転三転」 The four-character idiom isshin ittai (一進一退) describes that things do not progress smoothly or Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Apr 05, 2023Jan 02, 2024 etymology, gen, Japanese, language, laughing, meaning, shissho, shitsu, shitsugen, shitugen

Shitsugen (失言 – Slipping of the Tongue)

Shitugen 失言 I said several shitugen (失言) today. 私は今日、幾つかの「失言」をしました。 Shitsu (失) often means “to lose something,” but here it means Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 25, 2021Jan 02, 2024 back teeth, clearly, expression, idiom, Japanese, meaning, okuba ni mono ga hasamaru, phrase, speaking, stuck

Okuba ni Mono ga Hasamaru (奥歯に物が挟まる – Playing Words Games)

Okuba ni Mono ga Hasamaru 奥歯に物が挟まる When someone doesn’t say what he/she are thinking clearly, the way of speaking can Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Sep 22, 2021Jan 02, 2024 culture, etymology, habits, Japanese, kuse, meaning, nakute nanakuse, nana, phrase, proverb

Nakute Nanakuse (なくて七癖 – Every Man Has His Own Peculiar)

Nakute Nanakuse なくて七癖 Do you have any habits? あなたには何か癖がありますか？ Even if you think you don’t have any habits, some will Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 19, 2021Jan 02, 2024 hitosujinawa, idiom, ikanai, Japanese, meaning, negative, one, rope, standard way, tool

Hitosujinawa de wa Ikanai (一筋縄ではいかない – Being Never Easy)

Hitosujinawa de wa Ikanai 一筋縄ではいかない When a standard way of doing something does not work, it can be described as Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Sep 14, 2021Jan 02, 2024 advice, filial, gone, Japanese, meaning, parents, proverb, regrets, tradition, want

Oyakōkō Shitai Toki ni wa Oya wa Nashi (親孝行したいときには親はなし – When One Would Be Filial, One’s Parents Are Gone)

Oyakōkō Shitai Toki ni wa Oya wa Nashi 親孝行したいときには親はなし In yesterday’s post, I introduced the proverb ishi ni futon wa Read More

Culture Diary Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Sep 13, 2021Jan 02, 2024 culture, filial, futon, gravestone, ishi, Japan, Japanese proverb, meaning, parents, stone

Ishi ni Futon wa Kiserarezu (石に布団は着せられず – When One Would Be Filial, One’s Parents Are Gone)

Ishi ni Futon wa Kiserarezu 石に布団は着せられず There is the Japanese proverb, ishi ni futon wa kiserarezu (石に布団は着せられず). 日本には「石に布団は着せられず」ということわざがあります。 Since ishi Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Proverb Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 12, 2021Jan 02, 2024 baka, comics, idiot, ie, meaning, movies, phrase, rest, say, yasumi

Baka mo Yasumi Yasumi Ie (馬鹿も休み休み言え – Stop Talking Nonsense)

Baka mo Yasumi Yasumi Ie 馬鹿も休み休み言え When someone says many ridiculous things, the following phrase may help you. ふざけたことばかり言う人に対しては、次のフレーズを使うとよいかもしれません。 Baka Read More