ほら吹き
braggart; boaster
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ほら吹き | ほら hora Shell ; Trumpet Shell | 吹き飛ばす fuki tobasu - to blow off, (literally and metaphorically), brush away [A] |
Wilber's mind was bubbling with the beginnings of a mighty fine misunderstanding.
SUGGESTED USAGE:
趣味ですか？それはね、ほらを吹くことです。
shumi desu ka? sore wa ne, hora o fuku koto desu.
My hobby? Well, that's ???
- 趣味 shumi - hobby [A common question at introductions]
- ですか desu ka - (question marker)
- それはね sore wa ne - That is...
- ほらを吹く hora o fuku - blowing a shell -or- bragging [HORA O FUKU basically means the same as HORA FUKI. We changed it to the basic verb form in order to use KOTO (see below)]
- こと koto - thing [the こと turns the phrase 「ほらを吹く」 into a noun phrase; the matter of blowing a shell]
