Otsukaresama Desu
Today, I will talk about an useful Japanese expression “Otsukaresama desu.” お疲れ様です Otsukaresama desu is a phrase that rewards someone
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There’s No Limit to Things (Ue niwa ue ga aru)
Today, I’d like to introduce a Japanese phrase that we often confused. 上には上がある It’s “ue niwa ue ga aru (which
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Boring things (Tsumaranai mono)
Boring things つまらないもの There is a Japanese traditional expression “tsumaranai mono desuga (which means something like ‘this is a boring
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Ichi-moku Oku
Today, I’d like to explain the phrase “ichi-moku oku (place one stone),” derived from the board game called Go. 一目置く
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Understand versus Understood
I sometimes use the phrase “I understood” in the meaning of “わかりました (I understand),” but apparently, these nuances were completely
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That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
Today, I learned the phrase “That’s the way the cookie crumbles.” 今日は、「That’s the way the cookie crumbles.」というフレーズを学びました。 This is used
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Important to me or important for me
I heard a phrase like “that is important to me,” in a US drama. 私はアメリカのドラマで、”That is important to me.” のようなフレーズを聞きました。
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