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@ModernDayBartleby great book title.
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@swacknificent And perfect design
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@ModernDayBartleby
Ooh! Soup and a sandwich! 😋
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@YLee Grilled cheese and tomato soup, a combo that never fails
Show threadY LeeJul 21
@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
Can I assume that's some soggy toast?
Show threadAdam HartzellJul 22
@YLee It wasn't soggy since I ate it quick enough before the whipped butter had much time to seep in ;)
Show threadY LeeJul 22
@ModernDayBartleby
One thing I discovered on our short trip there last year was their love of soggy toast.
Show threadAdam HartzellJul 22
@YLee Texas Toast thick toast is a staple of kissaten culture
Show threadY LeeJul 22
@ModernDayBartleby
So I've heard. We went to a very nice coffee shop in Machida and, when my wife's son later showed the pictures to his co-workers, they were more impressed with the toast than with the coffee.
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@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon
I read this last year. Extremely interesting...much more modern stuff you will wish you did not know. An excellent read.
Show threadAdam HartzellJul 11
@demerara Yeah, I'm finding it fascinating and, yes, a bit disconcerting
Show threadRiley S. FaelanJul 7

@ModernDayBartleby Er, aren't four-letter idioms more a Chinese thing?

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Show threadAdam HartzellJul 7
@riley @bookstodon Not sure. Not an expert in this area, but those who know more about Japanese put this book together, so I guess not. (But quite a few of these are referred to as coming from Buddhism.)
Show threadearthlingJul 7

@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon

Here's a couple of examples:

#Japanese
#yojijukugo

Show threadearthlingJul 7

@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon

Another popular yojijukugo:

Junin-toiro (十人十色)

Meaning: Different people like different things, everyone has their own ideas and tastes, different strokes for different folks, several men means several minds.

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/weekly-japanese-idiom-junin-toiro-different-strokes-for-different-folks/

#Japanese
#idioms
#yojijukugo

Show threaderibosotJul 7
@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon They're also fairly common in Japanese. Here's a list: https://jisho.org/search/%23words%20%23yoji (Mind you, if you limit this to only common ones by adding #common to the search query, you get 67 back).
#words #yoji - Jisho.org

Japanese dictionary search results for #words #yoji.

Show threadearthlingJul 7

@eribosot @riley

This is just a list of some four character words, not necessarily idiomatic #yojijukugo.

"Yojijukugo in the broad sense refers to Japanese compound words consisting of four kanji characters, which may contain an idiomatic meaning or simply be a compound noun. However, in the narrow or strict sense, the term refers only to four-kanji compounds that have a particular (idiomatic) meaning, which cannot be inferred from the meanings of the components that make them up."

Show threadearthlingJul 7

@riley @ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon

They're definitely a Japanese 'thing'.