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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