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Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Onomatopoeia Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jul 02, 2023Jan 02, 2024 adjective, awesome, exclamation, extreme, incredible, Japanese, negative, oh my gosh, positive, yabai

Yabai (やばい – Incredible)

Yabai やばい Japanese young people often use the word, yabai (やばい). 日本の若者がよく使う言葉に「やばい」があります。 Yabai is an adjective that represents a severe Read More

Corrected Essay Idiom Kanji

Toru Jul 09, 2021Aug 01, 2021 0 Comments action, doing, four-character idiom, negative, positive, saying, talk, walk, words

Fugen Jikkō and Yūgen Jikkō (不言実行と有言実行 – Action before Words / Walking the Talk)

Fugen Jikkō and Yūgen Jikkō 不言実行と有言実行 To do what you have to do without saying a word is described as Read More

Essay Idiom Uncorrected

Toru Dec 01, 2018 0 Comments bad, connotation, earnest, good, hard head, head, inflexible. serious, negative, positive, say, speak

Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba, (良く言えば～、悪く言えば～)

Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba, 良く言えば～、悪く言えば～ I introduced you to the Japanese term ‘ishiatama‘ (石頭 – hard head/inflexible) yesterday, and ‘majime‘ Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

Toru May 31, 2017Jan 03, 2024 big, busy, change, hard, important, major incident, negative, positive, taihen, tiring

Taihen

When showing that someone is very busy or something is deadly/important, we often say “taihen (大変).” 大変 I think that Read More

Culture Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Toru May 26, 2017Jan 03, 2024 communication, cool, dehanai, euphemism, expression, intention, Japanese, negative, positive, yabusaka

Yabusaka dehanai

Japanese people tend to avoid direct expressions, and use euphemism/ambiguous ones in daily communication. やぶさかではない You may think that it’s Read More