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Kubi no Kawa Ichimai de Tsunagaru (首の皮一枚で繋がる – Hanging by a Thread)

09/13/2019 Toru 0 Comments body, connect, hang, head, helpless, layer, neck, situation, skin, thread

Kubi no Kawa Ichimai de Tsunagaru 首の皮一枚で繋がる Today I would like to introduce a phrase that describes my current situation.

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Tsuke ga Mawaru (付けが回る – Deserving Thoughtless Behavior)

08/17/201908/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments action, behavior, bill, Bon holiday, come around, deserve, holiday, horrible, pile up, situation, thoughtless, work

Tsuke ga Mawaru 付けが回る I have enjoyed Bon holidays and hardly worked for the last few days. 私はここ数日、長期休暇を満喫し、ほとんど仕事をしませんでした。 As a

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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