Meaning and Usage of 腹八分目 (hara hachi bun me) and 分 (bun) in Japanese. 腹八分目 literally means “belly/stomach 80%” and indicates the act of eating food until you feel 八分 (80%) full, not 十分 (full/100%).Read More
職業病 (shokugyou byou): “Déformation Professionnelle” in Japanese
Definition and Examples of 職業病 (shokugyou byou): it literally means “occupational disease”, where 職業 (shokugyou) means “a job/occupation” and 病 (byou) means “disease”. However, in a casual context, it also refers to your habits that you cannot cannot help doing because you always do them a lot at work.Read More
回し者 (mawashi mono): Meaning and Usage
Meaning and Usage of 回し者 (mawashi mono): it originally means “a spy”, but nowadays it’s more often used to indicate a person who advertises something (often in a stealthy way).Read More
たかが (takaga) … されど (saredo) … | Meaning and Usage
“たかが X, されど X (X is a noun)” is an advanced Japanese expression that means “It’s just X, but it’s still X”.Read More
昭和の香り (Shōwa no kaori) “Smell of Shōwa”: Meaning
昭和(しょうわ)の香(かお)り (Shōwa no kaori) and 昭和の匂(にお)い “Shōwa no nioi” literally mean “smell of 昭和 (Shōwa)”, and describe something that is old-fashioned or brings back a sense of nostalgia.Read More