Welcome to Takashi’s Japanese Dictionary (Takashionary)! This website, run by a Japanese native speaker Takashi, introduces intriguing, quirky and useful Japanese expressions (e.g. idioms, slang words) that are usually not covered by textbooks or language classes. If you want to astonish your Japanese friends using advanced Japanese words, or simply love to learn quirky aspects of language, this is the website for you.
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(temporarily suspended; see Archives of Word of the Day to discover 200+ unique Japanese phrases)
Recent Update
I’ve made new pages where I share the slides that I made and used myself to teach Japanese to complete beginners and intermediate-advanced learners. (to be updated more)
Featured Posts
- Japanese Conversation Practice to Master 気-related Idioms
- “Gakkī Loss”: Meaning of ロス (“Loss”) in Japanese
- 30+ Japanese Words for “Very”: Synonyms of とても (totemo)
- 40 Ways of Saying “Many” in Japanese (Ooi, Ippai, Takusan, and More…)
- 8 Funny and Cute Japanese Cat Idioms
- Success Story of Ichiro Suzuki: What He Means to Japanese Baseball Fans
Latest Posts
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- Meaning of だけに (dake ni) and Its Usage to Make a Pun in Japanese
- Japanese Word of The Day in January 2022
- Confusing English Loan Words Used in Japanese with Different Meanings
- Meaning of “It will snow/rain a lot tomorrow” in Japanese (+ Other Languages)