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   マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 05:52:09 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

   Today's new Japanese word is 鼻歌 (はなうた, hana uta). Literally it means "nose song", but the meaning is "humming".
   I thought this was odd when I first came across it, but thinking about it, humming is kind of singing with your mouth closed, so your song comes out of your nose. 😁

   #LearningJapanese #日本語を勉強する

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     Robert Belton (shiawase@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 06:27:49 JST Robert Belton

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     @mario
     If I try to hum while pinching my nose I can’t, so maybe they were on to something in naming it.

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jul-2023 06:27:49 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     • Robert Belton

     @shiawase ha, you're right, I just tried too and it's not possible!

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     ムドリ (mudri@mathtod.online)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 00:56:12 JST ムドリ

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     @mario I'd always misheard it as *花歌!

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:15:22 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     • ムドリ

     @mudri that's kind of poetic 😅