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August 18th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese with Japanese Idiomatic Phrases at JapanesePod101.com! To be able to think in Japanese is an important process in mastering Japanese and progressing faster. You’ll probably be surprised to know that you’ve done it many times before! There are many Japanese proverbs and idiomatic phrases that have entered the English language. Today we’ll learn several more phrases to help get you thinking like a Japanese person.

Many mouths saying the same thing? People running around in circles! At least everyone agrees that it’s a total state of confusion! If this explanation seems confusing, it will make complete sense after listening to today’s lesson.

Impress Japanese friends and colleagues with these 2 yojijukugo, 4 character kanji compound that forms an idiomatic phrase. And progress faster by learning to think like a Japanese Person!

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This entry was posted on Monday, August 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Yojijukugo. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

10 Responses to “Yojijukugo #7 - A Unanimous State of Confusion!”

avatar JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, have you had the chance to use any of these expressions?

avatar Eric says:

always my favorite lesson of the week :twisted:

thanks JPOD Team

Yojijukugo #7 - A Unanimous State of Confusion! says:

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avatar プチクレア says:

I have to agree with Ericさん ! :dogeza:
Monday has become the best day of the week, and those 四字熟語 lessons are great !
Jpodの皆さん、いつも有り難うございます! :kokoro:

avatar PrettyNappy says:

Great lesson as usual! I really liked the second phrase–I can now perfectly decribe how I feel when trying to keep up with my lessons @ work. Shhh don’ t tell my boss!

avatar プチクレア says:

質問があります!

I’ve never really thought about it before, but is 一生懸命 also a 四字熟語 ?

avatar Yuki says:

When I try to do something for the first time or when I get into difficult situation, 右往左往しまくりです。。 :hachimaki:

プチクレアさん
さすがですね! :wink:  “一生懸命”も四字熟語ですよ!

avatar markystar says:

プチクレアさん、
yes it is!!

and there is a variant spelling (which i prefer) 一所懸命 :kokoro:

avatar HighBridge says:

:dogeza: :dogeza: :dogeza:

avatar Ana says:

I really love these lessons!!! :dogeza:
But would it be possible to get an option to add the words to the word bank? That would make it even better!

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