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En mo Yukari mo Nai (縁もゆかりもない – Complete Stranger)

10/09/2019 Toru 0 Comments complete stranger, emphasize, family, friend, negative, phrase, relationship, stranger, thing

En mo Yukari mo Nai 縁もゆかりもない When describing that there is no relationship between things or people, you can say

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Shiodoki (潮時 – Time/Chance)

06/24/2019 Toru 0 Comments chance, finish, fisherman, fishermen, high tide, indicator, leave, low tide, mistake, moment, negative, quit, start, tide, time

Shiodoki 潮時 Everything has its shiodoki (潮時). あらゆる物事には「潮時」があります。 Shio (潮) means “tide” abd doki/toki (時) means “time,” so the literal

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Mōtō-nai (毛頭ない – Least of All)

06/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments degree, deny, hair, head, least, least of all, negative, no, nothing, slight, small, tip, tip of hair

Mōtō-nai 毛頭ない When denying something strongly, we sometimes say mōtō-nai (毛頭ない) by adding mōtō (毛頭) to the negative term nai

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Kengka-goshi and Yowa-goshi (喧嘩腰と弱腰 – Defiant Attitude and Bearish Attitude)

05/15/2019 Toru 0 Comments bearish, bearish attitude, defiant, defiant attitude, fight, negative, quarrel, waist, weak

Kengka-goshi and Yowa-goshi 喧嘩腰と弱腰 In my post yesterday, I used the Japanese term kenka-goshi (喧嘩腰), which means an attitude that

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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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