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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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  • I’ve added a new feature to the Japanese Furigana Generator: now
    it shows not only furigana, but also the definitions of words in an input sentence (the definitions are automatically retrieved from the open-sourced Japanese dictionary JMDict)

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Word of the Day

NOUN NOUN した/している

Word Type

expression

Yomi

Literal Meaning

Meaning

very characteristic/typical of NOUN; (too) much of NOUN

Additional Info

This is a casual expression mainly used among young people. Also, it is one of the most difficult expressions to document in a dictionary due to its flexible form. 

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観光地観光地した場所はあまり好きじゃない
I don’t quite like a typical tourist (touristy) spot.

チーズチーズしたピザが食べたい気分
I feel like having a quite cheesy pizza

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