Tarō ni mo Jirō ni mo Tarinu (太郎にも次郎にも足りぬ – Neither One Thing Nor The Other)
Jirō ni mo Tarō ni mo Tarinu 次郎にも太郎にも足りぬ To describe a halfway and useless thing, you can use the following
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Me no Ue no Kobu (目の上の瘤 – A Thorn in One’s Side)
Me no Ue no Kobu 目の上の瘤 In Japanese society, there are people and things called me no ue no kobu
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Okanmuri (お冠 – Bad Temper)
Okanmuri お冠 To describe that someone is angry or in a bad mood, Japanese people sometimes use the term okanmuri
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Gyokuseki Konkō (玉石混淆 – Mixture of Wheat and Chaff)
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。
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Me ga Takai (目が高い – Having a Good Eye)
There is the Japanese idiom, “me ga takai” (目が高い). 目が高い The “me” means “eye,” and the “takai” means “high,” so
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Right and Left [Part2]
Today, I will write the rest of the yesterday’s entry. 右と左 [Part2] In Japan, when we receive a diploma in
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