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- OnomatopoeiaSound words and mimicry words — ドキドキ, ふわふわ, ぐっすり.
- YojijukugoFour-character idioms — 一石二鳥, 一期一会, 臨機応変.
- ProverbsKotowaza — 猿も木から落ちる and centuries of folk wisdom.
- Idioms慣用句 — 猫の手も借りたい, 馬が合う, 油を売る.
- Slang & colloquialCasual and street Japanese — やばい, めっちゃ, バズる.
- KeigoHonorific, humble, and polite words — いらっしゃる, 伺う.
- Wasei-eigoEnglish-looking words Japan invented — サラリーマン, コンセント.
- Countersつ, 個, 本, 匹 — and the sound changes that bend them.
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