Yausumono Gai no Zeni Ushinai (安物買いの銭失い – Penny Wise and Pound Foolish)
Yausumono Gai no Zeni Ushinai 安物買いの銭失い I like to go to 100-yen shops, however, after buying something, it sometimes breaks
Read moreYausumono Gai no Zeni Ushinai 安物買いの銭失い I like to go to 100-yen shops, however, after buying something, it sometimes breaks
Read moreEn mo Yukari mo Nai 縁もゆかりもない When describing that there is no relationship between things or people, you can say
Read moreJiji Kokkoku 時々刻々 Things vary by jiji kokkoku (時々刻々). 物事は「時々刻々」と変化します。 Ji (時) means “time” or “hour,” koku (刻) means “moment,”
Read moreOshare Part 1 おしゃれ part 1 Yesterday, I introduced you to the Japanese term omekashi (おめかし), which means to dress
Read moreMonomi Yusan 物見遊山 I would like to do Monomi Yusan (物見遊山) sometimes. たまには「物見遊山」したいものです。 Since mono (物) means “thing,” mi (見)
Read moreGobu Gobu 五分五分 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘kubu kurin‘ (九分九厘), which means that a probability or
Read moreMakuhiki 幕引き The academic conference in which I am participating is approaching ‘makuhiki‘ (幕引き). 現在参加している学会も、間もなく「幕引き」です。 ‘Makihiki’ means that things or
Read moreIkken Rakuchaku 一件落着 Today, my presentation at an academic conference was finally finished. 今日、学会での発表が終わりました。 To describe such a situation, you
Read moreYuiitsu Muni 唯一無二 If you want to express something that is only one thing in the world, you can use
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