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Itaku mo Kayuku mo Nai (痛くも痒くもない – Not Caring at All)

04/05/201904/04/2019 Toru 0 Comments action, at all, care, expression, feel, influence, itch, itchy, mental, nasty, negative, not care, not feel, pain, painful, physical

Itaku mo Kayuku mo Nai 痛くも痒くもない When you do not feel a thing about someone’s action against you, you can

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Fumin Fukyū (不眠不休 – Without Sleep or Rest)

01/30/2019 Toru 0 Comments concentrate, effort, make an effort, negative, prefix, rest, sleep, with no, without

Fumin Fukyū 不眠不休 When you do something without sleeping or resting, it is referred to as ‘fumin fukyū‘ (不眠不休) in

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Isshin Furan (一心不乱 – Heart and Soul)

01/03/2019 Toru 0 Comments concentrate, confused, heart, negative, one, racklessly, rush, rush headlong, soul

Isshin Furan 一心不乱 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘chototsu moushin‘ (猪突猛進), which means to rush headlong into

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Toru ni Tarinai (取るに足りない – Marginal)

12/10/2018 Toru 0 Comments enough, marginal, negative, pick up, take, trivial, worth

Toru ni Tarinai 取るに足りない I sometimes do work that can be described as ‘toru ni tarinai‘ (取るに足りない). 私はたまに「取るに足りない」仕事をしています。 ‘Toruni tarinai’

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Debushō (出不精 – Houseplant)

12/08/2018 Toru 0 Comments character, fat, go out, houseplant, negative, property, reliability, spirit, stay

Debushō 出不精 These days, I may have begun to have a property called ‘debushō‘ (出不精). 私は最近、「出不精」の性質が現れてきたかもしれません。 ‘Debushō’ means to stay

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Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba, (良く言えば～、悪く言えば～)

12/01/2018 Toru 0 Comments bad, connotation, earnest, good, hard head, head, inflexible. serious, negative, positive, say, speak

Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba, 良く言えば～、悪く言えば～ I introduced you to the Japanese term ‘ishiatama‘ (石頭 – hard head/inflexible) yesterday, and ‘majime‘

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Usankusai (胡散臭い – Doubtful)

11/22/201811/22/2018 Toru 0 Comments doubtful, fire, negative, prefix, seem like, suspicious

Usankusai 胡散臭い Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese term ‘kinakusai‘ (きな臭い), which means that something is suspicious. 昨日は何かが疑わしいことを意味する「きな臭い」という言葉を紹介しました。 There