On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: What is that snot bubble anime characters get when they sleep called? (Nose Expressions in Japanese)
Topics Discussed
- About the snot bubbles seen in anime and video game characters from Japan when they are sleeping (鼻提灯, hanachō`chin)
- About nose related phrases & idioms in Japanese
- hana ga takai
- hana ga hikui
- Hana ni kakeru
- Tengu ni naru
- About tengu
- Hana no shita o nobasu
- Hanamochi naranai
- Hanage o nuku
- Hanage o yomu
- Aoppana, aohana, aobana
- Hanakamigami
- Hanamizu
- Fune o kogu = to row a boat/to doze off
- And much more!
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