onomatopoeia – Page 3 – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Oct 12, 2017Jan 03, 2024 choito, choko choko, interjection, Japanese, move around, occhoko choi, onomatopoeia, prefix, surprise, trivial

Occhoko Choi (おっちょこちょい – Goofy)

Occhoko Choi おっちょこちょい People who do a careless thing without thinking are called “occhoko choi” (おっちょこちょい) in Japanese. 落ち着いて考えず、軽率な行動をしてしまう人のことを、日本語で「おっちょこちょい」と言います。 It Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Oct 06, 2017Jan 03, 2024 drinking party, drunk, etymology, fool, guden guden, hebereke, honorific, Japanese term, kiden, onomatopoeia

Guden Guden (ぐでんぐでん)

Yesterday we held a drinking party. ぐでんぐでん I got back to work in the middle of the second party, but Read More

Culture Essay Food Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Sep 20, 2017Jan 03, 2024 chewing sound, eating, Japan, kechaler, ketchup, kuchaler, mayoler, mayonnaise, mouth, onomatopoeia

Kuchaler (クチャラー – Noisy Eater)

Kuchaler クチャラー Yesterday, I introduced “mayoler” (マヨラー), which means mayonnaise lovers, and “kechaler” (ケチャラー), which means ketchup lovers. 昨日は、マヨネーズが大好きな人を指す「マヨラー」、そしてケチャップが大好きな人を指す「ケチャラー」という俗語を紹介しました。 There Read More

Animal Culture Essay Etymology Food History Idiom Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Sep 18, 2017Jan 03, 2024 China, dorogame, Edo period, etymology, Japan, mud turtle, onomatopoeia, soft-shell turtle, suppon, tsuki

Suppon (スッポン – Soft-Shell Turtle)

Previously, I introduced the Japanese phrase, “tsuki to suppon” (月とスッポン), which means that two things are very different from each Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Onomatopoeia Uncorrected

Toru Aug 10, 2017Jan 03, 2024 adverb, drowsiness, etymology, fall asleep, onomatopoeia, progresses, sleep, theory, utatane, uto uto

Utatane (うたた寝 – Doze/Nap)

Utatane うたた寝 Recently I often become a state of “utatane” (うたた寝). 私は最近よく「うたた寝」をします。 “Utatane” means to be about to fall asleep Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jul 30, 2017Jan 03, 2024 debu, double chin, etymology, expression, fat, inconsiderately, ironic, onomatopoeia, slang

Debu (でぶ – Fat)

Debu でぶ Recently I might have become a little bit “debu” (でぶ), 最近私は少し「デブ」に近づいてきたかもしれません。 “Debu” is a slang term that refers Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jul 29, 2017Jan 03, 2024 etymology, gamushara, Japan, kanji, musha kusha, onomatopoeia, samurai, self-assertive, suffix, theories

Gamushara (がむしゃら – Headlong)

Gamushara がむしゃら Have you ever taken an adventurous action towards a purpose? 何か一つの目的に向かって、向こう見ずな行動をとったことはありますか？ Such an action is called “gamushara” (がむしゃら) Read More