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Nen-nen Korori (ねんねんころり)

09/05/2019 Toru 0 Comments boy, child, Edo, good boy, good child, lie down, lullaby, melody, roll, sleep, song

Nen-nen Korori ねんねんころり I think that the most well-known traditional lullaby in Japan is Edo Komoriuta (江戸子守唄 – “Edo Lullaby”).

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Fumin Fukyū (不眠不休 – Without Sleep or Rest)

01/30/2019 Toru 0 Comments concentrate, effort, make an effort, negative, prefix, rest, sleep, with no, without

Fumin Fukyū 不眠不休 When you do something without sleeping or resting, it is referred to as ‘fumin fukyū‘ (不眠不休) in

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Doro no You ni Nemuru (泥のように眠る – Sleeping like a Log)

01/29/2019 Toru 0 Comments ancient Chinese stories, asleep, awake, creature, deep sleep, imaginary creature, marine, mud, sea, sleep

Doro no You ni Nemuru 泥のように眠る I will ‘doro no you ni nemuru‘ (泥のように眠る) tonight. 私は今晩、「泥のように眠る」と思います。 ‘Do ro no you

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Neshōgatsu(寝正月 – Staying at Home during the New Year’s Holiday)

01/01/2019 Toru 0 Comments god, greet, holiday, home, incoming year, New Year, New Year's holiday, sleep, stay

Neshōgatsu 寝正月 Happy New Year. あけましておめでとうございます。 This year I have done ‘neshōgatsu‘ (寝正月). 今年は「寝正月」をしました。 ‘Ne‘ (寝) means “sleep” and ‘shōgatsu‘

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Uto Uto and Utsura Utsura (「うとうと」「うつらうつら」 – Drowsy)

12/12/2018 Toru 0 Comments dreamland, drift, drowsy, fall asleep, half asleep, half awake, sleep

Uto Uto and Utsura Utsura 「うとうと」と「うつらうつら」 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term ‘inemuri‘ (居眠り), which means to fall asleep

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Inemuri (居眠り – Snooze/Doze)

12/11/2018 Toru 0 Comments doze, practice, school, sleep, snooze, stay, work

Inemuri 居眠り Today, I did ‘inemuri‘ (居眠り) for just a few minutes. 私は今日、ほんの数分程「居眠り」をしてしまいました。 Inemuri means to fall asleep unwillingly when

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Oyasumi (おやすみ – Good Night)

12/02/2018 Toru 0 Comments go to bed, good night, greeting, night, please, polite, prefix, rest, sleep

Oyasumi おやすみ The most common phrase used when you go to bed in Japan is ‘oyasumi‘ (おやすみ). 日本の就寝時の挨拶でもっとも一般的なのは「おやすみ」です。 If you

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Real ‘Tanuki Neiri‘

10/23/2018 Toru 0 Comments brain, faint, fall asleep, pretend, raccoon dog, sham sleep, sleep, surprise

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

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Kahō wa Nete Mate (果報は寝て待て – Everything Comes to Those who Wait)

07/17/2018 Toru 0 Comments compensation, happiness, lie, sleep, TV show, wait

Kahō wa Nete Mate 果報は寝て待て A Japanese TV show conducted an interesting survey related to Japanese proverbs. 日本のあるテレビ番組で、ことわざに関する興味深い調査が行われました。 The targets

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