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Kenage (健気 – Admirable)

06/23/201906/23/2019 Toru 0 Comments admirable, attitude, brave, character, child, different, difficulty, excellent, feeling, solid, strive, woman

Kenage 健気 I like people who have a character described as kenage (健気). 私は「健気」な性格の人が好きです。 Kenage means that someone has a

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Oshare (おしゃれ – Smart/Fancy) Part 1

06/15/201906/16/2019 Toru 0 Comments casual, diligent, dress up, fancy, formal, fun, makeup, man, play, polite, prank, smart, thing, woman

Oshare 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

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Omekashi (おめかし – Dressing up)

06/14/2019 Toru 0 Comments date, do, dress up, event, feeling, lover, makeup, meet, polite, thorough, woman, women

Omekashi おめかし Most women will do omekashi (おめかし) when dating with their lovers or meeting someone they like. 多くの女性は恋人とデートするときや好きな人と会うとき、「おめかし」をします。 O

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Shiri ga Karui (尻が軽い – Hasty)

06/09/201906/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments behavior, butt, hasty, hip, play around, shorten, sit, thoughtless, woman

Shiri ga Karui 尻が軽い I do not like people who are described as shiri ga karui (尻が軽い). 私は「尻が軽い」人があまり好きではありません。 ‘Shiri ga

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‘Yōshi Tanrei‘ and ‘Bimoku Shūrei‘ (「容姿端麗」と「眉目秀麗」 – “Beautiful Features”)

03/20/2019 Toru 0 Comments appearance, beautiful, beauty, eye, eyebrow, features, four-character idiom, man, men, talent, talented, woman, women

‘Yōshi Tanrei‘ and ‘Bimoku Shūrei‘ 「容姿端麗」と「眉目秀麗」 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idom ‘saishoku kenbi‘ (才色兼備), which means to

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Essay Etymology Idiom Kanji Latest Uncorrected 

Saishoku Kenbi (才色兼備 – Being both Talented and Beautiful)

03/19/2019 Toru 0 Comments beautiful, beauty, both, brains, features, four-character idiom, gift, have, talent, talented, woman

Saishoku Kenbi 才色兼備 Have you ever seen a person with both talent and beautiful features? あなたの身の回りには、才能と美しい容姿の両方を持つ人はいますか？ Such a person is

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Hana no Shita wo Nobasu (鼻の下を伸ばす – Spoony)

01/24/2019 Toru 0 Comments attract, attractive, extend, loose, loose face, loosen, man, nose, spoony, stretch, under, woman, womanize

Hana no Shita wo Nobasu 鼻の下を伸ばす When you womanize or have a loose face due to an attractive woman, it

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Chinchin Kamokamo (ちんちんかもかも – Making Out/Snuggling)

12/30/2018 Toru 0 Comments adjust, boil, couple, feeling, jealous, jealousy, make out, man, obscene, snuggle, tone, water, woman

Chinchin Kamokamo ちんちんかもかも To describe that a woman and a man make out or snuggle each other, you can use

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Otasā no Hime (オタサーの姫 – “Princess in a Nerds’ Club”)

11/12/2018 Toru 0 Comments club, liberal-arts-oriented, male, man. female, nerd, princess, woman

Otasā no Hime オタサーの姫 Yesterday, I introduced you to the term ‘kou itten‘ (紅一点), which means a woman among many

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