Acting Like a Stranger

Mizukusai (水臭い): watery-smelling. Distant and formal, like a stranger, toward someone close. Tanin gyōgi (他人行儀): behaving like an outsider. A usage example: Onaji chīmu no menbā nan dakara, tanin gyōgi wa yose yo. We are on the same team, so drop the formality.

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