pretend – Learning English and Japanese

Kamatoto (かまとと – Playing Innocent)

Kamatoto かまとと When someone (especially a woman) pretends she does not know something even if she knows it well, we

Miotosu/Minogasu 見落とす/見逃す Today, I was checking again the corrections that I received on Lang-8. 今日、私は Lang-8 上で受けた添削を見直していました。 At that time,

Real ‘Tanuki Neiri‘ 本当の狸寝入り Previously, I introduced you to the term ‘tanuki neiri‘ (狸寝入り – literally “raccoon dog sleep”), which

Shira wo Kiru しらを切る Have you ever pretended you don’t know something, even though you know it? 何かを知っているのに、知らないふりをしたことはありますか？ Such an