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Edition 01 · 2026.08.01

Words you hear in real life

Eleven everyday words, from emergency signs to bedhead. Choose a meaning, open the study note, then return to Nako's full explanation.

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Japanese Vocab Natives Use Daily: Words You Don't Learn in Textbooks! | VTuber Quiz

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Question 01 Daily words

What does this word on a public sign mean?

非常口

ひじょうぐち · hijōguchi
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Answer Emergency exit 非常口 · ひじょうぐち

Independent editorial summary非常 carries the emergency sense here, while 口 points to an opening or way out.

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Question 02 Daily words

Which everyday object does this name?

手すり

てすり · tesuri
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Answer Handrail 手すり · てすり

Independent editorial summaryIt is a rail you hold with your hand for support. Nako highlights 手 as the useful clue inside the word.

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Question 03 Nuance

Which kind of sleep is this?

居眠り

いねむり · inemuri
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Answer Dozing off 居眠り · いねむり

Independent editorial summary居眠り is dozing where you are; 寝坊 is waking too late, and 夜更かし is staying up late.

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Question 04 Daily words

What part of your footwear is this?

靴ひも

くつひも · kutsuhimo
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Answer Shoelaces 靴ひも · くつひも

Independent editorial summaryA transparent compound: 靴 is a shoe and ひも is a cord or string.

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Question 05 Daily words

What happens to the bill?

割り勘

わりかん · warikan
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Answer Splitting the bill 割り勘 · わりかん

Independent editorial summary割り勘 means dividing the payment. Nako also contrasts it with treating someone and notes that tipping is not customary in Japan.

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Question 06 Nuance

Which date on food packaging is this?

賞味期限

しょうみきげん · shōmikigen
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Answer Best-before date 賞味期限 · しょうみきげん

Independent editorial summary賞味期限 is about expected quality. 消費期限 is the stricter safety deadline for eating the food.

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Question 07 Nuance

Which unpleasant feeling is this?

二日酔い

ふつかよい · futsukayoi
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Answer Hangover 二日酔い · ふつかよい

Independent editorial summaryLiterally a second-day drunkenness. The same 酔い appears in 乗り物酔い and 船酔い for motion and seasickness.

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Question 08 Daily words

Which household routine is this?

部屋干し

へやぼし · heyaboshi
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Answer Drying clothes indoors 部屋干し · へやぼし

Independent editorial summary部屋 + 干し means hanging laundry to dry indoors, a particularly useful word during Japan's rainy season.

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Question 09 Daily words

Which involuntary reaction is this?

しゃっくり

しゃっくり · shakkuri
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Answer Hiccup しゃっくり · しゃっくり

Independent editorial summaryKeep it apart from あくび (a yawn) and くしゃみ (a sneeze). Unlike English “bless you,” Japanese does not generally expect one fixed reply after a sneeze.

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Question 10 Daily words

What can you wake up with?

寝癖

ねぐせ · neguse
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Answer Bedhead 寝癖 · ねぐせ

Independent editorial summary寝癖 is the shape or kink your hair keeps after sleep. 寝言 is sleep talking; いびき is snoring.

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Question 11 Daily words

Which appearance does this describe?

すっぴん

すっぴん · suppin
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Answer No makeup すっぴん · すっぴん

Independent editorial summaryIt is a noun for a face without makeup: 今日はすっぴんです means “I'm not wearing makeup today.”

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