Advanced · c1
Nuance and feeling
Use everyday idioms and tone particles, and say strong things plainly
1Idioms people actually sayFour high frequency body idioms for frustration, bottled up feelings, remarks that sting, and open handed spending.
2Saying it straight, not in proverbsFour plain modern lines for the moments a proverb used to cover: when the timing matters more than the argument, when someone blames the circumstances for their own slip, when half-knowledge is the real danger, and when someone is celebrating too early.
3The particles that carry the toneHow to, i, and na change a sentence from flat to pointed, emphatic, coaxing, or wary.
Express regret, nostalgia, and mixed feelings
4Saying what you wish you had doneCounterfactual regret with conditional participles plus hoto and jeto, the uchit chhilo frame for what you should have done, and a real apology.
5Missing what is goneNostalgia through experiencer verbs: a place that brings everything back, a mood that drops for no reason, and missing someone who moved away.
6When two feelings arrive togetherFrames for bittersweet, two sided, and unnameable feelings, using tobu, ekdike, the additive o, and admitting you cannot say.