Friday, November 7, 2008

Word of the day

Sometimes a word fits just perfectly with what it means:

食言する - shokugen suru
Literally, "eating one's words", this verb means "to go back on one's promise".

For students of Japanese out there, a disclaimer - this word is awesome but evidently isn't very commonly used.

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