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イチャモン (ichamon) Meaning ‘Unreasonable Complaints’ in Japanese

September 12, 2018

イチャモン (いちゃもん, ichamon) is a casual but advanced Japanese word meaning unreasonable and/or nitpicky complaints. It is usually used as "イチャモンをつける", meaning " to give unreasonable complaints" or "to nitpick".Read More

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