Vocabulary
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| Body Idioms Part I |
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| 口が堅い tight-lipped; able to keep a secret |
口が堅い - tight-lipped; able to keep a secret; lips are sealed |
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| 口を割る to spill the beans |
口を割る - to spill the beans; confess; tell all |
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| 口が重い be slow to speak; tongue-tied |
口が重い - to be slow to speak; tongue-tied |
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| Seeing Things with 鏡 kagami |
鏡 - Words using 鏡 |
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| Japanese Idiom 足が棒になる My Dogs are Barking |
足が棒になる - to walk one's legs off; have very sore legs; my dogs are barking |
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| Japanese Conversation and Dialogues |
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| Japanese Idiom 朝飯前 child's play; cinch; no sweat; piece of cake |
朝飯前 - child's play; cinch; no sweat; piece of cake |
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| Japanese Idiom 穴があったら入りたい to be so ashamed, one wishes to crawl in a hole |
穴があったら入りたい - to be so ashamed, one wishes to crawl in a hole |
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| Japanese Idiom あけすけに言う say something frankly; openly; without reserve |
あけすけに言う - say something frankly; openly; without reserve |
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| Japanese Idiom 赤子の手をひねるよう taking candy from a baby |
赤子の手をひねるよう - something very easy; taking candy from a baby |
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| Japanese Idiom 味をしめる Develop a Taste For... |
味をしめる - develop a taste for...; to be encouraged by initial success |
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| Japanese Dialogues: At the Restaurant |
Japanese Dialogues: At the Restaurant. Click Here. |
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| Japanese Dialogues: Meeting and Greetings |
Japanese Dialogues: Meetings and Greetings. Click Here. |
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| あいづち responding during conversation |
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| 揚げ足を取る to find fault with someone |
揚げ足を取る - to find fault with someone |
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| 顎で人を使う To Use People (in an arrogant way) with One's Chin | 顎で人を使う To Push Someone Around. Click for video. | ||
| 本物 or 偽者？ | 本物 honmono (the real thing) and 偽物 nisemono (a fake) are opposites. But there is a third word: 偽者 nisemono - an imposter. Click here for More... | ||
| iPhone & iPod Touch Applications |
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| Body Idioms Part V |
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| Body Idioms Part IV |
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| Body Idioms Part III |
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| Body Idioms Part II |
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| Chiyon's nihongo no tamatebako |
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| Toil is the Father of Fame |
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| Country Names, Languages, and People | Country Names, Languages, and People in Japanese. Flash file with sound. | ||
| Japanese Online Word and Phrasebook with Audio |
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| List of な-Adjectives | A list of common beginner level -na adjectives with mouseover readings. | ||
| List of い-Adjectives Part 2 | A list of common beginner level -i adjective vocabulary words grouped by the categories with mouseover readings. | ||
| List of い-Adjectives Part 1 | A list of common beginner level -i adjective vocabulary words grouped by the categories: Temperatures, Amounts, Sizes, and others with examples and mouseover readings. |
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