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Ishi no Ue ni mo San-nen (石の上にも三年 – Perseverance Pays Dividends)

Jul 06, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments cold, dividend, good result, long time, on, patience, perseverance, stone, three, top, warm, year

Ishi no Ue ni mo San-nen 石の上にも三年 Today I would like to introduce a Japanese proverb, ishi no ue ni

Corrected Essay Idiom

Me to Hana no Saki (目と鼻の先 – Stone’s Throw)

Apr 01, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments close, distance, eye, nose, point, span, stone, throw

Me to Hana no Saki 目と鼻の先 To describe a very close distance, Japanese people sometimes say me to hana no

Essay Etymology Idiom Uncorrected

Shirokuro Tsukeru (白黒つける – Determining Clearly)

Oct 06, 2019Oct 05, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bad, black, clear, conclusion, determine, Go, good, right, stone, white, winner, wrong

Shirokuro Tsukeru 白黒つける Sometimes you will have a situation where you need to determine whether something is right or wrong,

China Essay Etymology History Idiom Uncorrected

Gyokuseki Konkō (玉石混淆 – Mixture of Wheat and Chaff)

Aug 07, 2019 Toru 0 Comments chaff, fake, four-character idiom, genuine, inferior, jewel, mix, mixture, stone, superior, wheat, worth, worthless

Gyokuseki Konkō 玉石混淆 A state that superior things and inferior things are mixed is described as gyokuseki konkō (玉石混淆). 優れたものと劣ったものが入り混じっている状態のことを、「玉石混淆」と言います。