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もったいない: Learn About "Mottainai" Because It's Mottainai If You Don't

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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Sa, He's Not Diinexens. And So for the Job, I'm Hold On.

The concept of motina, or like hate for wasting things, has a root in sinto ye ywer. It's kind of like ingraining culture and ta way of thinking in japan. And then ivers spirit on, of course. I'm realy glad to have learnt it. But i also wanted to talk about the origin montina. There are some translations, like you said, it's a waste, or like, such a waste,. But it is really an adjuctive i guess. Ah, so i thought itould be a interesting topic to talk about. Iam sure.

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