Fun – The “et cetera” Articles – Page 3

Fun – The “et cetera” Articles – Page 3

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The Kotoba Zamurai Archives
Kotoba Zamurai - Fun Japanese language lessons

‘Kotoba zamurai’ articles are written to be ‘a non-systematic approach to learning unusual, but useful words.’ While these not-so-serious articles are written with the upper-beginner to intermediate in mind, even beginners should be able to get something out of them. If not, I may have wasted 15 minutes of your life… I will leave it up to you to take the chance.
Fun How to Wow Words in Japanese
How to Wow - Fun Japanese words with examples

Some words are just more fun than others. This area of TJP may empower your vocabulary with less than useful example sentences. Dozens of fun words in nine fun categories.
Quizzes
Interactive Web Quizzes for learning Japanese

Various Quizzes on beginner level Japanese

 

Various other articles:

Title Teaser
世界一 World’s best

世界一

Worlds best

万年床 Unmade Bedding

万年床

unmade bedding

ほっぺが落ちる Delicious

ほっぺが落ちる

very oishii (its so delicious, my cheek will fall)

おまけに To make matters worse…

おまけに

To make matters worse…

いつのまにか Before you Know it

いつのまにか

before you know it

迷う Perplexed

迷う

perplexed, puzzled, lost the way

接着剤 Super Glue

接着剤

super glue

女の直感 Woman’s Intuition

女の直感

womans intuition

夢遊病 Sleepwalking

夢遊病

Sleepwalking

食い逃げ Eat & Leave Without Paying, to Bilk

食い逃げ

eat & leave without paying, to bilk

江戸っ子 Born and Raised in Tokyo
江戸っ子
(Edos child – born and raised in Tokyo)
毒見役 Taste Tester

毒見役

taster (of food or drink) for poison

果たし状 letter of challenge (to fight)

果たし状

letter of challenge (to fight)

接吻 Kiss

接吻

kiss (old word)

辻斬り Samurai who Kills Someone with a Sword on the Street

辻斬り

Samurai who kills someone with a sword on the street

かわず Frog

かわず

(old word for かえる kaeru- Frog)

馬が合わない Not get along
馬が合わない
Not get along
雪男 Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot
雪男
Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot
瞬間 a Moment
瞬間
moment, an instant
猫ばば take something someone left as your own
猫ばば
take something someone left as your own; pocket (to swip something regardless of whose it is)
犬掻きで泳ぐ dog paddling, swim like a dog
犬掻きで泳ぐ
dog paddling, swim like a dog
弓を引く Draw the bow; rise up against…
弓を引く
Draw the bow; rise up against…
天然ボケ Naturally Air Headed
天然ボケ
Naturally Air Headed
天敵 Natural Enemy
天敵
natural enemy
変身 metamorphosis, transformation
変身
metamorphosis, transformation
真実 the Truth

真実

truth

理想的 ideal

理想的

ideal

強敵 Formidable Enemy

強敵

Formidable Enemy

弁解 Excuse

弁解

Excuse

宇宙人 alien, space man

宇宙人

alien, space man

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