CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiProverbUncorrected Toru May 26, 2023Jan 02, 2024 back, death, hopeless situation, idiom, Japanese, kishi kaisei, life, literal meaning, revival, rise Kishi Kaisei (起死回生 – Turnning Around a Hopeless Situation) Kishi Kaisei 起死回生 To recover from a hopeless situation and come back to life is called kishi kaisei (起死回生) in Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Aug 23, 2019 0 Comments bird, bump, cold, discomfort, fear, feather, goose, goose bumps, phenomenon, rise, skin Torihada (鳥肌 – Goose Bumps) Torihada 鳥肌 A phenomenon that a lot of fine bumps appear on a person’s skin due to cold, fear, or Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Feb 28, 2019 0 Comments cut, feel the wind, lower, proudly, rise, rotate, run, shoulder, strut, swagger, swiftly, walk, wind Kaze wo Kiru (風を切る – Feeling the Wind) Kaze wo Kiru 風を切る To walk, run, or rotate swiftly can be described as ‘kaze wo kiru‘ (風を切る) in Japanese. Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Feb 25, 2018Jan 02, 2024 eel, etymology, metaphor, nobori, phenomenon, price, rise, salmon, theory, unagi Unagi Nobori (うなぎのぼり – Spiral Rise) Unagi Nobori うなぎのぼり When something such as price or status rises rapidly, we express the phenomenon by using the metaphor, Read More
BusinessCultureEssayGamingIdiomJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Sep 27, 2017Jan 03, 2024 ao tenjō, blue ceiling, business, mah-jong, market price, rise, rule, score limit, sky, transactions Ao Tenjō (青天井 – Dome of the Sky) Ao Tenjō 青天井 Have you ever thought that the sky was a blue ceiling? 空を見上げたとき、青色の天井だと思ったことはありますか? In Japan, there is the Read More