by Matthew

First kanji I learnt:
一、二、三
And that was about 20 years ago nearly. Imagine my surprise, when I learnt you can also write (and read) the same:
壱、弐、参
They are archaic, and apparently used in documents still. Should you have the occasion (or patience) to sit down and read some legal Japanese, you will no longer look like a [...]

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by Matthew

My student dropped this one in a lesson the other day: 英会話を聞く骨知りたい, said she. こつ? thought I. The bones of listening? No. The knack. “I want to know the knack of understanding what I hear.” I will add some examples later.

Not this Knack
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[UPDATE] the examples I promised.
それには骨がある
There is a knack to it.
骨を知っている
have the knack [...]

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