Bon Misu (凡ミス – Careless Mistake)
Bon Misu 凡ミス I made a bon misu (凡ミス) of deleting my post today. 私は今日、自分の記事を消すというミスを犯しました。 Since bon (凡) means “ordinary”
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Shaka ni Seppō (釈迦に説法 – Preaching to the Choir)
Shaka ni Seppō 釈迦に説法 I noticed that some presenters used the Japanese phrase shaka ni seppō (釈迦に説法) in an academic
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Suttoko Dokkoi (すっとこどっこい – Idiot)
Suttoko Dokkoi すっとこどっこい Yesterday, I introduced you to the term ‘tokoroga dokkoi‘ (ところがどっこい). 昨日は「ところがどっこい」という言葉を紹介しました。 There is another term that uses
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Doji(どじ – Stupid/Idiot)
Doji どじ I am probably a person called ‘doji‘ (どじ). 恐らく私は「どじ」です。 Doji means a stupid mistake or a person who
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Hema (へま – Mistake/Lubber)
Hema へま Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese word poka (ぽか), which means a careless mistake. 昨日は、「不注意から生じた失敗」を意味する日本語「ぽか」を紹介しました。 Today I
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Bonkura (ぼんくら – Idiot)
Yesterday I introduced you to the Japanese word 間抜け (manuke – stupid). ぼんくら There is another Japanese term, ぼんくら (bonkura),
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Manuke (間抜け – Stupid)
I might be a person called 間抜け (manuke). 間抜け “Manuke” is a word referring to a foolish, stupid, or goofy
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Baka (Idiot)
Today I would like to talk about the word “baka.” ばか “Baka” means a stupid thing/person or a person who
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Ton Chin Kan
Today, I’d like to talk about the Japanese phrase “ton chin kan.” とんちんかん “Ton chin kan” expresses that things are
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