work – Learning English and Japanese

Gunte (軍手 – Work Gloves)

Jul 07, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments durable, fuel, glove, Imperial Japanese Army, inexpensive, military, road, tank cap, truck driver, work, work gloves

Gunte 軍手 White knitted work gloves are called gunte (軍手) in Japanese. 主に白色の、メリヤス製の作業用手袋のことを、「軍手」と呼びます。 The term gunte is an abbreviation for

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Jūyaku Shukkin (重役出勤 – Fashionably Late)

Jun 14, 2021Jul 31, 2021 Toru 0 Comments attendance, control, employee, executive, fashionably late, late, sarcastic, work

Jūyaku Shukkin 重役出勤 Arriving at work much later than the opening time, or just being late, is commonly referred to

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Me no Ue no Kobu (目の上の瘤 – A Thorn in One’s Side)

Apr 25, 2021Jul 24, 2021 Toru 0 Comments bump, elder, eye, eyelid, interfere, superior, thorn, upper, work

Me no Ue no Kobu 目の上の瘤 In Japanese society, there are people and things called me no ue no kobu

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Sābisu Zangyō (サービス残業 – Wage Theft)

Apr 07, 2021Jun 02, 2021 Toru 0 Comments colloquial, company, overtime, service, survey, volunteer, wage theft, work, worker

Sābisu Zangyō サービス残業 Unfortunately, people around me often do sābisu zangyō (サービス残業). 残念なことに、私の周りの人はよく「サービス残業」をしているようです。 Sābisu zangyō is a colloquial term meaning

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Ningen-waza (人間業 – Human Work)

Mar 31, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments beyond, god, godlike, human, human power, human work, work

Ningen-waza 人間業 Some words are always used in negative sentences. 言葉の中には、否定を伴って使われることが前提のものがあります。 Ningen-waza (人間業) is one of them. 「人間業」もその一つです。 Since ningen