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Roots de naruhodo Kanyouku Jiten
Publisher Shueisha
CategoriesIdioms and proverbs
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Review by Maiko Covington

This is a VERY handy dictionary of kanyouku (idioms). These are all those sayings like "Kokoro ga sawagu" or "Kosi ga nukeru" or "te ni ase wo nigiru" etc. These are usually not found in proverb dictionaries, but you can't take the meaning of these literally either. This dictionary lists them by ... read more


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