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) that are not covered by textbooks but often used by native Japanese speakers. If you want to astonish your Japanese friends using advanced Japanese words, this is the website for you.
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Table of Contents
- A List of Words/Phrases (with definitions/example sentences)
- Blog Posts about Japanese (日本語, nihongo)
- Lesson Slides for Complete Beginners
- Lesson Slides for Intermediate-Advanced Learners
- Furigana Generator
- Japanese Synonym Finder
Japanese Quiz
Word of the day
ガーン
gān
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