This is interesting. “Kochira” is literally “this way” so a 2001 Bablefish translation would’ve been “Summit this way” but this the result of an AI/frequency-based system realizing that on the web the word is often/usually used with hyperlinks. Sometimes smart is dumb! #nihongo twitter.com/AntiXeelee/sta…
よっ友(とも) [Slang] = a “friend” of yours whom you occasionally bump into at a certain place (e.g. at school/work) and say よ (Hi), but don’t actually start a conversation with because you are not that close to each other and you know its gonna be awkward. #nihongo
左利き (left-handed) also means "heavy drinker" because in the Edo period workers like carpenters and miners would hold a hammer in their right hands and a chisel in their left hands. "chisel" is ノミ just like 飲み (drink), so this phrase was born as a pun. #nihongo twitter.com/8AndAHalfTails…
#nihongo: everyone knows about the versatility of "yabai," but how about its cousin "egui"? in my anecdotal experience, some younger people are using it as much as (more than?) "yabai" for the meaning of "awesome; amazing; incredible; cool"
ガチ恋 (こい) [Slang] = to fall in love with someone whom you're not supposed to have serious feelings for, such as idols, Youtubers/Vtubers, anime characters, employees at host/hostess clubs, or other sorts of "entertainers" ガチ (serious) + 恋 (こい, love) #nihongo #japanese
Japanese 前置き (maeoki) expressions to sound like Japanese #nihongo #langtwt
If you're in Japan and feeling a bit tired, you're not alone. What 五月病 ("May Disease") means in Japanese. #nihongo #studyJapanes
In Japanese, #相合傘 (aiai gasa) means ‘to share one umbrella among two persons (esp. a couple)’. This is something that most Japanese people yearn for in their childhood, and kids often draw 相合傘 on a notebook to make a wish to be together with their crush. #日本語 #nihongo
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LIFE: EAT SLEEP GET FAT COMPLAIN TWEET 人生 jinsei: 食う kuu 寝る neru 太る futoru 愚痴を言う guchi wo iu つぶやく tsubuyaku #japanese #nihongo #kitten