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Ohisashi-buri Desu (お久しぶりです – It’s been a long time)

Feb 21, 2021May 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments afford, greeting, long time, phrase, polite, time

Ohisashi-buri Desu お久しぶりです。 These days, I have been so busy that I could not afford to post on Lang-8. ここ最近は仕事が忙しくて、投稿や添削をする余裕がありませんでした。

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Interesting Riddles Part 3

Sep 19, 2019 Toru 0 Comments center, e-mail, insect, mosquito, riddle, time, world

Interesting Riddles Part 3 面白いなぞなぞ Part 3 Today I will give you two interesting Japanese nazonazo (なぞなぞ – “Riddle”). 今日は二つのなぞなぞを出します。

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Nōryō (納涼 – Enjoying Cool in Summer) Part 1

Aug 29, 2019Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments avoid, bring in, comfortably, cool, enjoy, heat, money, place, summer, time

Nōryō 納涼 Several days ago, I introduced the Japanese term hisho (避暑), which means to move to a cool place

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Jiji Kokkoku (時々刻々 – Every Moment)

Jul 16, 2019 Toru 0 Comments change, continuously, every moment, four-character idiom, gradually, hour, moment, occur, repetition, thing, time, vary

Jiji 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,”

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Shiodoki (潮時 – Time/Chance)

Jun 24, 2019 Toru 0 Comments chance, finish, fisherman, fishermen, high tide, indicator, leave, low tide, mistake, moment, negative, quit, start, tide, time

Shiodoki 潮時 Everything has its shiodoki (潮時). あらゆる物事には「潮時」があります。 Shio (潮) means “tide” abd doki/toki (時) means “time,” so the literal

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Giri-giri (ぎりぎり – “Barely”)

Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018 Toru 0 Comments barely, close, deadline, limit, out, time

Giri-giri ぎりぎり Today I ‘giri-giri‘ (ぎりぎり – “barely”) met a deadline. 私は今日、ある締め切りに「ぎりぎり」間に合いました。 Giri-giri is an onomatopoeia that represents that something

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Tokei (時計 – Clock/Watch)

May 21, 2018May 30, 2018 Toru 0 Comments clock, Edo, measuring, time, watch

Tokei 時計 Tokei (時計 – clock/watch) are very important to our lives. 「時計」は我々の生活に欠かせないものです。 Tokei is composed of two kanji: 時

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