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Ibitsu (いびつ – Distorted)

08/18/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments awkward, container, cooked rice, distorted, ellipse, mind, property, rice, shape, state, twister mind

Ibitsu いびつ A distorted or awkward shape is described as ibitsu (いびつ/歪) in Japanese. 形がゆがんでいることを、「いびつ(歪)」と言います。 Ibitsu comes from iibitsu (飯櫃),

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Atama ga Panku (頭がパンク – One’s Head is Explode)

03/18/201903/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments brain, explode, flat, flatten, head, job, mind, panic, puncture, punctured, task

Atama ga Panku 頭がパンク I am about to ‘atama ga panku‘ (頭がパンク). 私は今、「頭がパンク」しそうです。 ‘Atama‘ (頭) means “head” and ‘panku‘ (パンク)

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Gishin Anki (疑心暗鬼 – Doubts Beget Doubts)

01/14/2019 Toru 0 Comments Buddhism, Buddhist term, dark, darkness, doubt, doubts, heart, mind, ogre, suspicion, trivial thing

Gishin Anki 疑心暗鬼 Today, I saw a person who has a mind called ‘gishin anki‘ (疑心暗鬼). 私は今日、「疑心暗鬼」になっている人を見ました。 This four-character idiom

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Hara wo Kukuru (腹をくくる – Bracing Oneself)

01/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments bind up, brace, feeling, feelings, heart, mind, occasion, roll up, sleeves, stomach, tie, tie up

Hara wo Kukuru 腹をくくる Following yesterday and the day before yesterday, I would like to talk about an idiom that

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Hara wo Yomu/Hara wo Saguru (腹を読む/腹を探る – Reading One’s Mind/Sounding out One’s Mind)

01/12/2019 Toru 0 Comments feeling, feelings, heart, mind, read, search, sound out, stomach

Hara wo Yomu/Hara wo Saguru 腹を読む/腹を探る In Japan, long ago it was thought that the stomach contains one’s feelings or

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Harawata ga Niekuri Kaeru (はらわたが煮えくり返る – Boiling with Anger)

12/21/2018 Toru 0 Comments anger, boil, bowels, feel, guts, heart, mind, stomach, strengthen, turn over

Harawata ga Niekuri Kaeru 腸が煮えくり返る Today, I was about to ‘harawata ga niekuri kaeru‘ (はらわたが煮えくり返る). 私は今日、腸が煮えくり返りそうになりました。 ‘Harawata ga niekuri kaeru’

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Ki ga Furetu (気が触れる – Losing One’s Mind)

12/15/2018 Toru 0 Comments become crazy, crazy, lose one's mind, mind, spirit

Ki ga Furetu 気が触れる Today, I was about to take an act called ‘ki ga furetu‘ (気が触れる). 私は今日、気が触れそうになりました。 ‘Ki ga

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Gohounen Kudasai (ご放念ください – Please Disregard Something)

11/17/2018 Toru 0 Comments apologize, care, disregard, e-mail, forget, let go, mind, mistake, phrase, please

Gohounen Kudasai ご放念ください Several days ago, I used the phrase ‘gohounen kudasai‘ (ご放念下さい) when writing an e-mail. 私は先日、メールで「ご放念ください」という表現を使いました。 ‘Go‘ (ご)

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Shinshū Osasshi Shimasu (心中お察しします – You Have My Sympathies)

09/26/2018 Toru 0 Comments feeling, guess, heart, infer, inside, message, mind, sympathy, understand

Shinshū Osasshi Shimasu 心中お察しします When unhappy or sad events happen to someone, we sometimes say ‘shinchū osasshi shimasu‘ (心中お察しします) out

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