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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Table of Contents
- Blog Posts about Japanese (日本語, nihongo)
- Word List (with definitions/example sentences)
- Lesson Slides for Complete Beginners
- Lesson Slides for Intermediate-Advanced Learners
- Furigana Generator
- Japanese Synonym Finder
Japanese Word of the Day
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Blog Post of the Day
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Featured Posts
- 5 Meanings of 気 (ki) and 30 気-related Phrases/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
- Meaning of プロ驚き屋 (“Professional Surprised Man”) in Japanese Slang 2023
- Japanese Slang するする詐欺 (suru suru sagi, “do do fraud”)
- “High School Debut” in Japanese: Meaning and Examples
- 10 Japanese 前置き (Maeoki) to Sound Modest and Reserved
- Meaning of ドーハの奇跡 “Miracle in Doha” in Japanese
- Essential Japanese Words About Alcohol/Drinking
- 20 Japanese Twitter Slang Words in 2010s/2020s
- Classic Japanese Puns (Dajare, ダジャレ) You Should Know
- Differences Between 切る (kiru) and 尽くす (tsukusu) as Suffix
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