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The Names of the Fingers

May 30, 2021Jul 26, 2021 Toru 0 Comments center, finger, index, index finger, little, little finger, medicine, middle, middle finger, parent, person, ring, small, thumb

The Names of the Fingers 指の名前 Today, I would like to introduce the common names of yubi (指 – meaning

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Hito___ (一入 – strikingly)

Apr 10, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments cloth, color, dye, person, quiz, soak, strikingly, vibrant

Hito___ 一入 Do you know how to read 一入? 「一入」をなんと読むかご存知ですか? 一入 is very similar to 一人 (read as hitori, meaning

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Mī-Hā (ミーハー – A Person Who Follow the Crowd)

Apr 09, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments crazy, interest, person, theory, trend, woman, young

Mī-Hā ミーハー I think I am a mī-hā (ミーハー). 私は「ミーハー」です。 A mī-hā is a person who is crazy about following

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Jōhatsu (蒸発 – Evaporation/Missing)

Mar 17, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments evaporation, gas, higher state, liquid, missing, person, process, sublimate, substance

Jōhatsu 蒸発 Some people around me sometimes do jōhatsu (蒸発). 私の周りで「蒸発」する人がまれにいます。 Jōhatsu means “evaporation,” and it usually refers to the

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Hito no Furi mite Wa-ga Furi Naose (人の振り見て我が振り直せ)

Sep 30, 2019Oct 01, 2019 Toru 0 Comments behavior, learn, look, negative exemplar, person, what not to do, what to do

Hito no Furi mite Wa-ga Furi Naose 人の振り見て我が振り直せ The day before yesterday, I introduced the idiom hanmen kyōshi (反面教師), which

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Namaiki (生意気 – Impudent/Insolent)

Jul 17, 2019 Toru 0 Comments attitude, halfway, impudent, insolent, lukewarm, person, speaking, truth, young

Namaiki 生意気 Previously, I introduced the term sharakusai (しゃらくさい), which means “impudent” or “insolent.” 私は以前、”impudent” や “isolent” を意味する「しゃらくさい」という言葉を紹介しました。 To tell

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Sagasu (さがす – Searching)

Jul 06, 2019Jul 06, 2019 Toru 0 Comments find, get, hunt, job, lost, missing, missing person, person, search, see, someone, treasure, wallet

Sagasu さがす The most common Japanese verb meaning “to search” is sagasu (さがす), but it has two notation ways by

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Ninin Sankyaku (二人三脚 – Cooperating with One Another)

Jun 12, 2019 Toru 0 Comments cooperate, leg, participant, people, person, purpose, race, runner, strap, three, three-legged race, two

Ninin Sankyaku 二人三脚 We say ninin sankyaku (二人三脚) to describe that two people sharing the same purpose cooperate. 誰かと二人で協力して物事に取り組むことを、「二人三脚」と表現することがあります。 Ni

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Gobu Gobu (五分五分 – Half and Half)

Mar 12, 2019 Toru 0 Comments 100%, 50%, 99%, even, five, half, half and half, person, priority, probability, thing, unit

Gobu Gobu 五分五分 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘kubu kurin‘ (九分九厘), which means that a probability or

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