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Te ni Ase wo Nigiri (手に汗を握る – Thrilling)

06/19/201906/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments dangerous, excited, excitment, grasp, hand, hear, nervous, see, situation, sweat, tense

Te ni Ase wo Nigiri 手に汗を握る Being excited or nervous by seeing/hearing a tense situation is called te ni ase

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Tōge wo Kosu (峠を越す – Getting over the Hump)

06/07/2019 Toru 0 Comments crisis, cross over, get over, hump, mountain pass, over, situation, status, term

Tōge wo Kosu 峠を越す Three days ago, I introduced the Japanese word tōge (峠), which means ‘mountain pass.” 三日前、私は “mountain

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Kokoro Machi (心待ち – Being Eagerly Waiting)

05/24/2019 Toru 0 Comments eagerly, girlfriend, heart, heartily, look forward, meet, situation, wait

Kokoro Machi 心待ち Have you ever been eagerly waiting for something? 心から何かを待ち望んだことはありますか？ To describe such a situation, you can use

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Nomikomi ga Hayai (飲み込みが早い – Learning Fast)

04/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments accept, bad, compliment, fast, learn, learner, phrase, quick, quickly, situation, swallow, understand

Nomikomi ga Hayai 飲み込みが早い Yesterday, I heard a compliment phrase, ‘nomikomi ga hayai‘ (飲み込みが早い). 私は昨日、「飲み込みが早い」という褒め言葉を耳にしました。 ‘Nomikomi‘ (飲み込み) means “to swallow

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Shōnenba (正念場 – A Crucial Phase)

02/23/2019 Toru 0 Comments Buddhist term, crucial, election, field, important, operations, phase, right mind, seek, situation, stage, truth, university

Shōnenba 正念場 In the meeting of my university several days ago, the word ‘shōnenba‘ (正念場) was used to the university

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Udatsu ga Agaranai (うだつが上がらない – Never Get Ahead)

02/20/2019 Toru 0 Comments decoration, get ahead, house, job, pillar, raise, roof, situation, title, university, wealthy

Udatsu ga Agaranai うだつが上がらない I will move to a different university in a few months, but my title will not

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Zettai Zetsumei (絶体絶命 – Certain Death)

01/04/2019 Toru 0 Comments absolute, body, certain death, death, definite, end, extremity, life, pinch, situation

Zettai Zetsumei 絶体絶命 Several days ago, I was being fallen into a situation called ‘zettai zetsumei’ (絶体絶命) in Japanese. 私は数日前、「絶体絶命」と呼ばれる状況に陥っていました。

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Miira-tori ga Miira ni Naru (ミイラ取りがミイラになる – Many Go out for Wool and Come Home Shorn)

11/10/2018 Toru 0 Comments become, bring back, fail, fulfill, hunter, mummy, persuade, purpose, situation, taker, wool

Miira-tori ga Miira ni Naru ミイラ取りがミイラになる I sometimes fall into a situation described by the proverb ‘miira-tori ga miira ni

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Boro ga Deru (ぼろが出る – Letting One’s Fault Reveal Unexpectedly)

11/07/2018 Toru 0 Comments cloth, clothes, come out, damage, fault, reveal, secret, shabby, situation

Boro ga Deru ぼろが出る Have you ever let your secret faults reveal unexpectedly? 人に見られないよう隠してきた欠点が、不意に出てしまったことはありますか？ Such a situation can be described

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