Municipal election français 日本語

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I can’t explain why but the municipal elections for Ichihara (population of 180.000) were much more 激しい (HageShiI) “intense” than what I have experienced in Sendai (population over 1 million). For a start, there were at least 4 times more 候補者 (KôHoSha) “candidates”. Also, I have never seen so much 工夫 […]

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Turtle fur ! français 日本語

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I just can’t get tired of learning the Japanese language. One of the main reason that makes learning Japanese language such a thrill is discovering words like とかく (ToKaKu). Here is the sentence that made me look up this strange word in my electronic dictionnary.

いずれにしても、先輩や年長者の言うことは、傾聴するに値するといった戒めですが、とかく若い人たちは年長者を尊敬するよりも、軽くみるといった風潮が強くあります。

Izure ni shite mo, senpai ya nenchôsha no iu koto ha, […]

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