waist – Learning English and Japanese

Doraemon’s Three Sizes (ドラえもんのスリーサイズ)

Doraemon’s Three Sizes ドラえもんのスリーサイズ In my post yesterday, I introduced the term surī saizu (スリーサイズ – which comes from “three

Surī Saizu スリーサイズ Derived from English, surī saizu (スリーサイズ – “three sizes”), is used in ordinary speech in Japan. 日本では「スリーサイズ」という和製英語が使われます。

Koshi ga Hikui 腰が低い I am sometimes told koshi ga hikui (腰が低い). 私はたまに「腰が低い」と言われます。 Since koshi (腰) means “low back” or

Kengka-goshi and Yowa-goshi 喧嘩腰と弱腰 In my post yesterday, I used the Japanese term kenka-goshi (喧嘩腰), which means an attitude that

Monpe もんぺ A pair of work pants having a shape of hakama (袴 – somewhat like baggy pants that were