{"id":2131,"date":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","slug":"right-in-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.mom\/blog\/right-in-the-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Right in the eye!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<\/div>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">Another busy week at Genki Japanese and Culture School, and when it gets busy, we get wacky! So let us share some of the wacky Japanese wordplay we know.<\/p>\n<p>\u76ee\u306e\u4e2d\u306b\u5165\u308c\u3066\u3082\u75db\u304f\u306a\u3044\u307b\u3069\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\uff01 (&#8220;\u3081 \u306e \u306a\u304b \u306b \u3044\u308c\u3066\u3082 \u3044\u305f\u304f\u306a\u3044 \u307b\u3069 \u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044&#8221; &#8211; me no naka ni iretemo itakunai hodo kawaii &#8211; (lit.) &#8220;it&#8217;s so cute, it wouldn&#8217;t hurt even if I put it in my eye&#8221;)<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20150129-1.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"277\" alt=\"20150129-1.jpg\" title=\"20150129-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The above phrase&#8230;ouch. No kidding that putting objects directly in your eye would hurt. But what if that character, baby or animal you saw at the zoo was so cute&#8230;that you would be left speechless and put them in your eye to absorb all the cuteness? (That&#8217;s something normal people do, right? Right?)<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, this expression can be matched with the phrase in English \u201cOh! It is so cute I could explode!\u201d But with Japanese people, expressions would not be complete without a referral to the eyes. Personally, the eye is such a sensitive area \u2013 we think we would rather implode than being stuck in the eye with something like a baby. But when affections are all but won over, you have to wonder. <\/p>\n<p>So instead of just saying \u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044 (&#8220;kawaii!&#8221;)\uff01 Perhaps next time you could say \u76ee\u306e\u4e2d\u306b\u5165\u308c\u3066\u3082\u75db\u304f\u306a\u3044\u307b\u3069\u304b\u308f\u3044\u3044\uff01 Give it a try!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| Another busy week at Genki Japanese and Culture School, and when it gets busy, we get wacky! 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