Photo by Skiwalker on Flickr
This is one of the more unusual idioms that I’ve found and we don’t really have a comparable English one. The idiom is around cracking a star and the meaning is not what you think.
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Today’s idiom paints a fun mental picture and is uniquely Japanese. So what exactly is a crying signboard?
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The Japanese idiom we’re going to look at today is also very similar to an English idiom of expressing when two things or people cannot seem to mix or get along. It’s called water and oil.
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We have an idiom in English when we do something stupid and have to face the consequences, it’s called being in the doghouse. The Japanese have a something similar, except it has to do with the temperature of your rice :)
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There’s a few Japanese idioms that have a direct and well known translation in English. This is one of them :)
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At first glance, today’s idiom is hard one to decipher. What exactly are hellish ears anyway? Enter…and all will be revealed.
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Today’s idiom expresses reaction to a suggestion or situation that seems highly unlikely. And for anyone who owns a dog you’ll know why.
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Photo by Richard Elzey on Flickr
Our Japanese idiom this week is a fun one. If you’re looking to blow off some steam in Japanese try dropping some thunder! Read on for all the detail about this Japanese idiom.
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Photo by Tomi Tapio on Flickr
As part of our new updating schedule we’re going to try to do major posts on Tuesdays and a minor post on Fridays. Fridays will be dedicated to news and interesting facts about Japan and the Japanese language. Today we’re going to look a fun Japanese idiom to describe a very small area.
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