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  1. 50歩をもって100歩を笑おう(ごじゅっぽをもってひゃくぽをわらおう/gojuppo o motte hyakupo o waraou): Lit: Take 50 steps and laugh at those who took 100 Eng: Resource says “pot calling the kettle black”, but I think the literal translation comes across better

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  2. 住めば都(すめばみやこ/sumeba miyako): Lit: If you live there, it’s the capital. Eng: A mans home is his castle

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  3. 忍耐は苦しされどもその実は甘し(にんたいはにがしされどもそのみはあまし/nintai wa nigashisaredo sono mi wa amashi): Lit: Patience is bitter, however its fruit is sweet. Eng: Good things come to those who wait(probably?)

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  4. 出来たことは仕方がない(できたことはしかたがない/dekita koto ha shikata ga nai): English: What’s done is done. Literally: The things that have been done cannot be helped.

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  5. 雀の千声より鶴の一声(すずめのせんごえよりつるのひとごえ/suzume no sen goe yori tsuru no hito goe): Japanese equivalent of “A word from a wiseman is better than a thousand from a fool.” Lit: “One chirp from a crane is better than a thousand from a sparrow.”

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  6. 驕るもの久しからず(おごるものひさしからず/ogoru mono hisashi karazu): Japanese equivalent to the English “Pride goes before the fall”, essentially proud people will be humbled. Literally: Things you pride yourself on won’t go long without being chastised.

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  7. 猫の手も借りたい(ねこのてもかりたい/Neko no te mo karitai): A figure of speech with no English equivalent that I’m aware of. Boils down to “I’m so busy I’d even let the cat lend a hand” I hope y’all are ready for daily Japanese metaphors, because I am

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  8. 浪人生(ろうにんせい/rouninsei): Someone asked me how to say this in English and I said I don’t know, let me look it up, and well... “student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination”

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  9. ナイス!(Naisu!): Nice! Tried my hand at bouldering yesterday, and I swear I heard “Nice!” more than any other congratulatory interjection from the regulars. They were all Japanese, just to clarify.

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  10. 大絶賛(だいぜっさん/daizessan): Extremely high praise, or apparently “rave reviews”

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  11. I was today years old when I learned Peking Duck is actually just Beijing Duck

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  12. Turns out Japanese instant coffee isn’t terrible, I was just using way too much. Oops.

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  13. Thinks my students say that make me wonder where they’re learning English at home, Ep. 1: “Help! I have a hernia!”

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  14. Reupload because I had a typo in the kana. Newest Japanese tongue twister!

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  15. Imagine being dyslexic and Japanese and having to deal with shit like 冶 and 治 all the time. “b” and “d” are bad enough but then like きさちツシソンノ are all things too and???

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  16. I’ve finally hit the part of the learning curve where I improve a lot really fast with my Japanese and it’s so satisfying to have that validation for my hours and hours of studying

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  17. 虹(にじ/niji): Rainbow Forgot to do a word again and was inspired by the “Rainbow Burger” that’s been showing up in the 5th grade lessons the past couple weeks

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  18. 電磁石(でんじしゃく/denjishaku): Electromagnet Recently learned the kanji for magnet, already knew electricity, then saw them together on the science schedule and what do you know, I can read words I’ve never seen before.

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  19. 心筋梗塞(しんきんこうそく/shinkinkousoku): Myocardial Infarction (medical term for heart attack). Gonna start really trying to get this one done daily, and that means I’ll be looking up weirdly specific words because, why not?

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  20. Going snowboarding today and even that fact isn’t enough to conceived me to leave the warmth of my bed just yet

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