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Gomakasu (ごまかす – Covering up) Part 2

05/09/201905/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments ash, Buddhism, cover up, deceive, founder, lie, offering, ritual, tell a lie, theory, training, wood

Gomakasu Part 2 ごまかす Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced the term gomakasu (ごまかす), which means to cover up something or

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Gomakasu (ごまかす – Covering up) Part 1

05/08/201905/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments bake, change the subject, confection, cover up, flour, gloss over, hollow, lie, mix, sesame, sesame confection, sesame seeds, tell a lie, theory

Gomakasu Part 1 ごまかす Part 1 I am not good at doing gomakasu (ごまかす). 私は失敗を「ごまかす」のが苦手です。 Gomakasu means to cover up

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Nehori Hahori (根掘り葉掘り – Thoroughly)

04/23/2019 Toru 0 Comments dig, emphasize, essence, foundation, leaf, leaves, rhythm, root, talk, theory, thoroughly

Nehori Hahori 根掘り葉掘り Yesterday, I introduced the term ‘ne mo ha mo nai‘ (根も葉もない), which means that a theory/talk has

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Ne mo Ha mo nai (根も葉もない – Groundless)

04/22/201904/25/2019 Toru 0 Comments conclusion, foundation, groundless, important, leaf, leaves, nothing, plant, result, root, talk, theory, unfounded

Ne mo Ha mo nai 根も葉もない To describe that a theory or talk has no foundation, you can use the

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Kirifuda (切り札 – Trump)

02/25/2019 Toru 0 Comments card, cut, emergency, last resort, measure, strongest, theory, trump

Kirifuda 切り札 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese term ‘denka no houtou‘ (伝家の宝刀), which means a measure of last

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Sharakusai(しゃらくさい)

12/05/2018 Toru 0 Comments chic, incense, insolent, like, push oneself, smell bad, stink, theory, unpopular

Sharakusai しゃらくさい Today, I used the Japanese phrase, ‘sharakusai‘ (しゃらくさい), which is no longer used very much. 私は今日、最近ではあまり使われない「しゃらくさい」という言葉を口にしました。 ‘Sharakusai’ means