In Part 2 of this series, we introduced "avec," which means a couple of lovers. In Part 3, we will continue to introduce "Japanese words you don't hear anymore" that we received from our employees and readers. Rewinding" In the past, tape media was used for music and videos, but nowadays there is no need to rewind, and the word "rewind" itself seems to have disappeared. However, nowadays, we don't need to rewind and the word "rewind" itself is no longer heard.

In Part 1, we introduced a Japanese phrase that is rarely heard in today's digital society: "Film is gone. Thank you very much for your submissions! Avec" is now called "couple," but back then, "avec" was a common way of saying "couple. I think it is almost a dead word now. Thank you for your submissions!

At the end of last year, a documentary program was broadcast on TV about a couple who left their elementary school child in an Asian country and came to Japan to work as migrant workers. While the words "tourists visiting Japan" and "inbound" are no longer heard due to the spread of infectious diseases around the world, there are foreigners working in an environment that can hardly be said to be favorable, as they are unable to return to their home countries. Japan has a magical power to tear families apart" ...

Wishing you many happy events and happenings this year, I thought about the English translation of "Kagamiwari," a traditional Japanese event. Kagamiwari" is the breaking of the lid of a sake barrel with a wooden mallet at a feast. However, it is a figurative expression since the sake barrel is broken, not the actual mirror. So, "kagamiwari" = "sake barrel cracking. ...

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