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Minazuki (水無月 – June)

Jun 22, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments January, Japanese-style, June, May, month, no, nothing, rice field, water

Minazuki 水無月 In Japan, when referring to months such as “January” or “May,” we almost always say the number of

Mōtō-nai (毛頭ない – Least of All)

Jun 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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Ne mo Ha mo nai (根も葉もない – Groundless)

Apr 22, 2019Apr 25, 2019 Toru 0 Comments conclusion, foundation, groundless, important, leaf, leaves, nothing, plant, result, root, talk, theory, unfounded

Ne mo Ha mo nai 根も葉もない To describe that a theory or talk has no foundation, you can use the

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Kan-muryō (感無量 – Deep Emotion)

Mar 09, 2019 Toru 0 Comments deep emotion, emotion, feeling, heart, innumerable, nothing, quantity

Kan-muryō 感無量 Yesterday, I introduced you to the phrase ‘mune ga ippai ni naru‘ (胸が一杯になる), which means that one’s heart

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Yūmei Mujitsu (有名無実 – Titular)

Feb 19, 2019 Toru 0 Comments content, delicious, exist, famous, food, innocent, nothing, popular, superficial, titular, well-known

Yūmei Mujitsu 有名無実 I ate a famous food last week, but it was not delicious at all. 私は先週、有名な食べ物を食べましたが、まったく美味しくありませんでした。 Something famous

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Mondō Muyō (問答無用 – No Discussion)

Feb 01, 2019 Toru 1 Comment answer, combination, destination, discussion, errand, girlfriend, need, no, nothing, question, trip, unnecessary, wasteful

Mondō Muyō 問答無用 To mean that discussion is pointless, you can use the four-character idiom ‘mondō muyō‘ (問答無用). 話し合っても無意味であることを意味する四字熟語に「問答無用」がありなす。 ‘Mon‘

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Mukuchi (無口 – Having Few Words)

Dec 23, 2018 Toru 0 Comments few words, mouth, nothing, person, talk, talk a lot, talk little

Mukuchi 無口 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese ‘oshaberi‘ (おしゃべり), which means to talk a lot about something. 昨日は、口数多く話すことを意味する「おしゃべり」という言葉を紹介しました。