Honyarara (ほにゃらら – Blah Blah Blah)
Honyarara ほにゃらら The expression honyarara (ほにゃらら) can be used when you want to obscure words, read concerned text, or refer
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Learning English and Japanese
For everyone learning English/Japanese
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Inishie (古 – Obsolete)
Inishie 古 When I use words that were popular several years ago, sometimes young people describe them as inishie (古),
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Kotoba no Aya (言葉の綾 – Figure of Speech)
Kotoba no Aya 言葉の綾 Have you ever been in a situation where you used a complex expression that could be
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Kotobajiri wo Toraeru (言葉尻をとらえる – Pouncing on Someone’s Words)
Kotobajiri wo Toraeru 言葉尻をとらえる It is not good behavior to pick up someone’s careless slip of the tongue and sarcastically
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Fugen Jikkō and Yūgen Jikkō (不言実行と有言実行 – Action before Words / Walking the Talk)
Fugen Jikkō and Yūgen Jikkō 不言実行と有言実行 To do what you have to do without saying a word is described as
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Hana ni Tsuku (鼻につく – Getting Annoyed)
Hana ni Tsuku 鼻につく When feeling annoyed with someone’s words or behavior, you can express it by using the Japanese
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Zayū no Mei (座右の銘 – Motto)
Zayū no Mei 座右の銘 Do you have a “zayū no mei” (座右の銘)? 皆さんは「座右の銘」を持っていますか？ “Zayū no mei” means words that you
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Three Events
There were three events yesterday and today, so I will write them together in this diary. 3つの出来事 First, I got
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10000 words
Lately, I have learned 40-60 English words everyday using an online learning site of my university. 10000単語 And yesterday, the
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