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Rōbashin (老婆心 – Excessive Kindness)

Apr 21, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments children, excessive kindness, grandmother, heart, kindness, lady, meddlesome, old, woman

Rōbashin 老婆心 The feeling of worrying about someone or the desire to give someone a word of advice is referred

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How to Use Hitoshio

Apr 11, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments delighted, elegant, emotion, event, old, pleasure, polite, sensation, strikingly, succeed

How to Use Hitoshio 「ひとしお」の使い方 In my post yesterday, I introduced the term hitoshio (ひとしお), which means “strikingly.” 昨日は、「ひときわ」「より一層」を意味する「ひとしお(漢字で『一入』)」という言葉を紹介しました。 Hitoshio

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Kankodori (閑古鳥 – Cuckoo)

Mar 22, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments auspicious, bird, call, cuckoo, echo, mountain, old, prosperous, quiet, town

Kankodori 閑古鳥 In my post yesterday, I explained that cuckoos are not very auspicious in Japan. 昨日の投稿で、「カッコウ」は日本であまり縁起が良くないと説明しました。 A cuckoo is

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Rōnyaku Nan-nyo (老若男女 – “Men and Women of All Ages”)

Sep 09, 2019Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments age, everyone, four-character idiom, men, old, probability, women, young

Rōnyaku Nan-nyo 老若男女 The four-character idiom rōnyaku nan-nyo (老若男女) refers to men and women of all ages. あらゆる層の人々を指す四字熟語に、「老若男女」があります。 Rō (老)

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Misoji (三十路 – Thirty Years Old)

Mar 30, 2019 Toru 0 Comments age, fifty, forty, old, thirties, thirty, thirty years old, twenty

Misoji 三十路 I was ‘misoji‘ (三十路) last year. 私は去年、「三十路」でした。 ‘Misoji’ means “thirty years old.” 「三十路」とは、30歳のことです。 When describing one’s age in

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Bokou (母校 – Old School)

Jun 20, 2018 Toru 0 Comments English, father, French, Meiji, mother, old, school, university

Bokou 母校 I visited my “bokou” (母校) yesterday. 私は昨日、「母校」を訪れました。 Bokou is a school that one’s graduated from, that is, it

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