EssayEtymologySlangUncorrected Toru Mar 09, 2019 0 Comments deep emotion, emotion, feeling, heart, innumerable, nothing, quantity Kan-muryō (感無量 – Deep Emotion) Kan-muryō 感無量 Yesterday, I introduced you to the phrase ‘mune ga ippai ni naru‘ (胸が一杯になる), which means that one’s heart Read More
CultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected Toru Jul 02, 2016Jan 06, 2024 cats, forehead, hitai, namida, neko, phrase, quantity, sparrows, suzume, tears Sparrow’s Tears and Cat’s Forehead Today, I’d like to talk about the Japanese phrases “suzume no namida” and “neko no hitai.” 雀の涙と猫の額 Suzume means sparrows, Read More