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Totte Tsuketa Youna (取って付けたような – Unnatural/Artificial)

Apr 14, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments artificial, as if, attach, attitude, connect, smooth, take off, unnatural, word

Totte Tsuketa Youna 取って付けたような When someone’s words or attitudes are unnatural and artificial, you can describe it as totte tsuketa

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Daitai (代替 – Alternative)

Mar 02, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments feel, goal, post, reading, special reading, word, work

Daitai 代替 I worked all day yesterday and was not able to write a post on Lang-8. 昨日は起きてから寝るまでずっと仕事をしていて投稿できませんでした。 My English

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Shitasaki Sanzun (舌先三寸 – Glib Tongue) Part 2

May 30, 2019 Toru 0 Comments big mouth, glib tongue, hearty words, persuade, shallow, short, short tongue, smooth talk, tip, tongue, word

Shitasaki Sanzun Part 2 舌先三寸 Part 2 Yesterday, I introduced the term shitasaki sanzun (舌先三寸), which describes people who persuade

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Shigo (死語 – Dead Language/Word)

Apr 16, 2019 Toru 0 Comments antiquated, dead, dead language, dead word, death, language, linguistics, obsolete, obsolete word, term, word

Shigo 死語 In my post yesterday, I used the Japanese word ‘shigo‘ (死語). 昨日の投稿の中で、「死語」という言葉を使いました。 Since ‘shi‘ (死) means “death/dead” and

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