Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

水臭い

mi zu ku sa i · みずくさい

Literally

smells of water

What it really means

stand-offish toward someone close; treating a friend like a stranger

물 탄 술처럼 정이 묽다는 뜻. '왜 나한테 말 안 했어, 水臭い!'

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Japanese, taken literally

猫の手も借りたいI want to borrow even a cat's paw猫に小判Gold coins to a cat猫をかぶるTo put on a cat猫舌Cat's tongue猫背Cat's back猫の額Cat's forehead