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   マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 06:53:05 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

   Watching Asura 阿修羅のごとく, I came across the term 八つ当たり, which is weird if you don't know it. It means "taking your anger out on someone else", or "misdirected anger".

   Literally (I think) it just means "hitting something eight times", so I wonder how that came to have this meaning.

   #日本語 #Japanese

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     Jan Manus Leupert (マヌス) (kojinmanus@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 07:20:00 JST Jan Manus Leupert (マヌス)

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     @mario According to some dictionaries the 八つ here means 八方 = "all directions" (as in 四方八方 and other expressions), which would be my guess as well.
     (Also, 八つ doesn't just mean "eight" but can also stand for an unspecified large number.)

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 07:20:00 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     • Jan Manus Leupert (マヌス)

     @kojinmanus thanks 😊