Kōgan/Kōgan Muchi (厚顔/厚顔無恥 – Shameless Audacity)
Kōgan/Kōgan Muchi 厚顔/厚顔無恥 People who are shameless and audacious can be described with the term kōgan (厚顔). 恥知らずでずうずうしいことを、「厚顔」と言います。 Since kō
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Tsura no Kawa ga Atsui (面の皮が厚い – Having a Thick Skin)
Tsura no Kawa ga Atsui 面の皮が厚い People who have no shame and are audacious are sometimes described as tsura no
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Futoppara (太っ腹 – Generous)
Futoppara 太っ腹 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese idiom ‘hara ga futoi‘ (腹が太い), which means that one’s heart/capacity is
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Hara ga Futoi (腹が太い – One’s Heart is Large)
Hara ga Futoi 腹が太い There is an idiom, ‘hara ga futoi‘ (腹が太い) in Japanese. 日本語には「腹が太い」という慣用句があります。 ‘Hara‘ (腹) usually means “stomach”
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Futsutsuka
Today I would like to talk about the Japanese term “futsutsuka.” ふつつか “Futsutsuka” means that someone is inexperienced or insensitive
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Daikon-ashi (Daikon Radish Legs)
Daikon-ashi 大根足 Today, I will talk about the Japanese word “daikon-ashi”. 今日は、「大根足」という言葉を紹介します。 The literal meaning is “daikon/Japanese radish legs”, and
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Shapes of Eggs
Shapes of eggs differ depending on the organisms. 卵の形 For example, many kinds of fish lay spherical eggs. 生物によって卵の形は異なります。 On
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