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The Japanese Have a Word for It! - HonyakuJoshua - 2012-03-08
唐変木 is a long time favorite. I love the sound of it.
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - howtwosavealif3 - 2012-03-08
言わ猿
They make the zaru into the kanji for monkey for that proverb with the wise monkeys.
for the normal verb conjugation stuff like sezaru wo enai... zaru is left in hiragana. there's no kanji for it.
I thought it was cute
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - HonyakuJoshua - 2012-03-08
yada!! is also awesome as is mo yada.
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - Splatted - 2012-03-09
Thanks for the link Josh. I should probably avoid using マクる if it's pretty much just used by high school students, but to hell with it.
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - HonyakuJoshua - 2012-03-09
I must say it made me laugh.
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - Tzadeck - 2012-03-11
Today I was reading the newspaper and saw the word for rounding fractions--四捨五入.
GREAT kanji.
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - Tzadeck - 2012-03-25
Another funny kanji word I came across just now.
Bamboo rakes are called 熊手 (くまで)
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - kitsu - 2012-04-18
normal word I was still glad to find: 諺
While looking for something like 「口は災いの元」
Very effective in searches too!
直ちに実行される
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - socrat - 2012-04-18
This one is funny but not in most dictionaries. Do a google image search for it.
It's attaching an umbrella to your bike to keep off the sun.
かさすべ
Another funny one. カラスの行水 Taking a very quick shower/bath.
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - Tzadeck - 2012-06-06
Everyone who has lived in Japan for any length of time knows that certain things or images are closely associated with a season, and vice-versa. This goes well beyond what I was used to in America, where seasonal associations don't go very far beyond snow=winter.
Anyway, I was reading the Japanese Wikipedia article for 桜, and came across this word:
風物詩 (ふうぶつし）
Things which remind someone of a particular season. A big thing in Japanese culture, but I had never heard the word until now.
The Japanese Have a Word for It! - kitsu - 2012-06-20
五月雨（さみだれ）
Used in a name that I could never remember the reading for: 妖刀 五月雨（ようとうさみだれ）.
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